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  1. MikMac

    My beloved SE/30 has finally died

    I have my original Macintosh SE/30 purchased in 1991.  It has lasted a long time.  A few years back I re-capped it and added a new SCSI drive.  It was working fine until today.  I powered it on and nothing.   It seems the fan is the only thing that comes on.   Any idea where i should start in...
  2. MikMac

    I want to re-cap AppleCD SC Plus. Anyone ever do this?

    I'm wondering if anyone has ever done this, and knows the replacement caps needed?
  3. MikMac

    Macintosh IIfx Drive replacement

    My 80MB Quantum Drive died in my IIfx. I freaked because I know how many SCSI issues I have with it in the past. The only SCSI drives I have on hand were old SCA type connector 4GB drives from old SUN workstations. I found a great 50pin SCSI to 68pin SCA adaptor with terminator on ebay...
  4. MikMac

    My worst nightmare has come true

    In the summer of 1993 I purchased a Macintosh Color Classic. I maxed out the memory, added the FPU, and added VRAM. I used this system for a long time. It has been sitting unused for the last 10 years. A few weeks ago I opened it to discover all of the caps were leaking. I had one try at...
  5. MikMac

    First Recap attempt with a Mac Classic

    I have never soldered anything before. I have spent some time lurking these forms, reading recap experiences. I watched a few youtube videos, and read a few websites about soldering SMDs. I went to RadioShack, purchased a dual temp soldering iron, some solder, and a pair of curved tweezers...
  6. MikMac

    Why a soldered battery?

    I recently acquired a Macintosh SE (1 MB RAM, 2 800k Disk Drives when shipped). It is in fantastic condition. No yellowing! I has been upgraded with 4MB RAM and a Brainstorm accelerator. I installed system 6.0.8 and it runs like a champ. I noticed the the battery has been soldered to the...
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