Recent content by NeutralStraw

I need a case top primarily. I think everything else is there. Looks like the IIcx, IIci and Quadra 700 will all fit. Couldn't find one on ebay last time I went looking.

Ended up putting lots of flux around the outside, then using an iron with a high surface area tip with solder wick all around the outside. Then I took the tip off the hotair rework station off and put a very small pick/wedge in the corner. After heating it for a bit around each side and then...

Also... is there any good reason to keep the RF cage inside the case at this point?

Looks like the SWIM chip is dead. I checked continuity from the floppy connector to all the should-be-connected pins on the chip and they all look good. So i'm going to try to pull a replacement off a IIci I have with a completely hosed case. Looks like getting case parts will be almost as...

I spent some time last night cleaning up the suspicious traces around C9 and found all of them to be intact. That was positive. What wasn't positive was noticing that there was what looked like a bare copper wire under the left floppy connector. I ended up desoldering the connector and found...

You folks are a font of knowledge. Thanks!

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Thanks for the suggestions. I'm trying to clean up around C9 and i'll post once i've figured out if the traces are intact. While I was looking at the back of the board, I noticed that a whole bunch of the really small smd caps look hand soldered rather than machine placed. Is that a thing with...

Here are some pics. I found a few suspicious spots I zoomed in on. But overall it looks good.

Hey folks, I bought what I thought was a Mac II with a pretty standard monitor a few weeks ago. When I opened it up I was surprised to find a Mac IIfx motherboard staring back at me. I replaced the batteries and pulled my unused floppyemu out of the box it came in last year. When I plugged...