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Thanks for your patience with me!  I have tested the PSU voltages (they're fine), and I'll reseat and clean the chips this weekend (using the flat head screwdriver method).

Perhaps I spoke a bit too soon.  I think several things are going on. The video is intermittent - that's a port issue. Not all keys on the keyboard work.  I'm going to open it up and make sure all the keys are making good connections. And the most puzzling - intermittent operation.  Sometimes...

It works!  I think it's a video port problem now, as it's intermittent and jostling the video cable can fix it.  I'll take a look at my solder joint again and maybe reflow it.

Reseating A8 seemed to temporarily fix it.  I could see a green line on the monitor, which is what I saw when the computer worked.  When I grabbed my projector though (which is the only other display device I have for seeing composite video), it no longer worked on either monitor.  I bent the...

Sorry about the late response here!  I took a break from working on it.  The pin appeared to be fine, though, and there was continuity between the extra breakout video header and the pin as well.

I have soldered the joint and it now appears to be solid (the joint no longer twists), but the computer still doesn't output a signal.  Any other tips?  I'm rather confused because it was working for the first day or so in my possession, so it seems natural to me that the video jack would have...

I'd be interested in seeing how that works!

Firstly, I have no prior experience with these systems and couldn't find a manual (or really any information at all) online. That said, my 575 boots to a question mark.  I've been trying to boot from a CD-RW in the CD-ROM drive, but that doesn't seem to work (and when I eject the CD, it's still...

Apologies in advance if this is just rehashing common knowledge - I have done research but I'm honestly paranoid that I'll break the computer or that there's some info I've missed that is essential for working on older machines. A while ago I got an Apple ][ Plus which, despite being working...

Not what @TheMrKocour was asking, but what about the early macs (128k, 512k, Plus)?  I've seen conflicting information - both that they need recaps and that they don't (the analogue board does but not the logic board maybe).  Does anyone have a definitive say on that?  I fail to see why they'd...

I have one - it's considered the second best compact mac after the SE/30 (it's the last in the lineage).  Personally, I don't understand why it would be second best, but then again I have no experience with the SE/30.  Was this what you were asking for (apologies if I misunderstood)?

I also transfer files like this, but I write a blank floppy image to a disk with Balena Etcher, which I can then natively write to. I got a zip file of blank floppy images somewhere that I just unzip as needed for more :) .  I've attached the zip just in case someone in the future is...

I'm actually working on something like this, spurred on by my own troubles trying to use an old laptop.  Right now, it's still in the relatively early stages but I think it's an approach that will work - I have tested it working on several old machines.  The eventual goal is to repackage site...

I don’t have a IIc, but I’d love to subscribe to your newsletter!  Where could I find that?

Thank you for your help!