Recent content by David Goodson

Is there such a thing as an adapter to mount a powerbook floppy drive with flat ribbon connector on a Mac desktop with 20 pin connector? I haven't been able to find one on my travels yet.

I'm trying to clean a machine with brittle plastic that I need to bend to clean the parts properly. I was wondering if there wasn't some kind of chemical you could put on it to strengthen it, even temporarily?

I have mine open now finally if you still need capacitor info.

I finally bought a drill & popped mine open. Were you able to fix this psu by just replacing that one capacitor or does the diode next to it need to be replaced as well?

Great. Thanks for the info. Might not be worth “converting” one. Easier to sell & replace probably.

Ah. So it’s the analog board + the PSU?

Could someone confirm that all you need to do to convert a 128K, 512K or Plus from US to European current is to recap the analog board with “intl caps” like Console5 sells and get a European PSU? Is that sufficient or are there more parts to swap out?

My picoPSU-80 I bought for the macTX doesn't work anymore. Luckily I bought 2 of them and the 2nd one works so I was able to determine that it's not macTX that's broken. It's this one: https://www.mini-box.com/picoPSU-80 Any one else had a problem with these? I can't see any obvious...

Note this thread where they say it’s a Magnetek and the photo shows the board with Plessey on it.

It’s the Sony one that has screws. The Magnetek one has rivets.

I have a Magnetek which I’ve been trying to open. It uses rivets instead of screws.    Does yours have rivets and how did you open it? If I can open mine, I could see if the board is similar and maybe which caps you’re missing.

Has anyone successfully brought a QuickTake camera back to life by recapping it? Are there other things to try before recapping? Or some caps that are more likely to fail than others?   I’ve pulled my 150 apart, a lot of tiny screws & some desoldering. God knows how I’ll get it back...

I have 2 of these I want to recap. Any tips on opening them? Special rivet removing tool maybe?

Thanks. I appreciate the effort.

And there it is, extra metal bracket. Thanks very much for that.