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    Check out my Mac plus

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    Check out my Mac plus

    I actually have a Apple IIe with a monitor. No disk drives or card so I can’t even connect my floppy emu to it. So all I’ve ever done with it is mess around in basic.
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    Really it was my poor soldering skills, I neglected to buy solder braid and the solder iron I was using was too hefty for what I was trying to do. It got the job done on the analog board but made the precise work on the dominator a nightmare. I don’t understand why you can pay like an extra...
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    Check out my Mac plus

    Its a great discussion piece, but I feel like the 90s didn’t treat these macs that well. Computers basically sort of exploded into a new era of GUIs and high performance, part of which was caused by the Mac. It left those who paid the hefty price for these things in the dust as they quickly...
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    Check out my Mac plus

    I actually tried system 7.5.5 to try running Mac web. Will admit system 6.0.8 is a lot faster but it does lack support for some programs I wanted to run.
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    Check out my Mac plus

    Will do! I recently tried getting it to run Mac web but for some reason I couldn’t getting my raspberry pi to properly receive the income serial connection from the rs232 to usb adaptor I was using. If I had to guess it’s either the adaptor or the version of raspian I wasn’t very supportive of...
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    Check out my Mac plus

    I got this Mac-Plus on ebay a few years back for around 200$. It came with the manual, an Imagewriter II, and a Hard drive, and basically everything you would need. . It came with 1MB of memory but I upgraded it to 4MB after the memory failed. Although it had no issues I replaced all the...
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    Mac 128k unlisted error code

    I have had many issues with memory. Once I got a Plus computer off eBay with weird lines going down the screen. I knew the machine worked because the floppy icon was visible. I assumed it was the Analog board had leaking caps. So when i replaced them I tried just about everything even cleaning...
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    Aww, do I need caps?

    ALSO, it may be the Memory. But always recap first. If that does not fix it. Then I would recommend replacing the memory with compatible new ones. Because it's not passing post...
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    Aww, do I need caps?

    It's not too hard to solder is only 14 but I've done it... Just ask the form for what type of solder and solder iron you need. They will always be happy to help... I even show you this Old VHS video I used to help me learn. 
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    Macintosh Plus (M0001AP) boot chime loop

    It's not Analog related... And if its passing POST it may be the Logic board. Have you inspected the restart and interrupt buttons? Try using them, or inspecting to make sure they are not stuck.    
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    My Experience with CRTs

    I goto into this quite a few years ago so I can't remember quite how I did. I've been on the computer most of my life So I've got quite good at typing and knowing how they work.  But I remember really getting into it when I took apart a broken vacuum cleaner. Later I then got into collecting...
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    My Experience with CRTs

    I'm only 14 (yes really) and  I've handled multiple CRTs in my spare time. I know the dangers and issues that can occur while around these screens. The first issue is that they can hold sometimes lethal charges. Its sometimes debated over how "lethal" these charges can be. But its generally...
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    Broken solder joints

    Great news everyone I got it working. I had to use a temperature set solder iron but with the right type of solder, it worked fine! Now it boots up in 3 seconds instead of minutes.  I also plan to do a Caps replacement repair in early 2020!
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    Broken solder joints

    What should I set the temperature on the iron?  I also decided to purchase a massive set of caps to replace the old ones with. This will be my first repair of this scale!
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