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Thanks, will give that a try. So you're suggesting it's *possible* that the battery corrosion is leading to the self-test and is reporting errantly, due to the corrosion? As in, perhaps with a cleaning, all will be well?

I was able to find another thread with the same error code, also with a ROM03 motherboard:  But in my situation, it's not intermittent, it's as far as I can get the system to go...Think this very well might be above my abilities. Anyone willing to work on my board if I ship it their way?

Super helpful, thank you. I wasn't familiar with piggybacking and just watched a YouTube video about it. Interesting stuff. Btw, I just ran the full self-test and got the following codes. It was my understanding that a "1" meant a ram issue but I'm unaware of what a 6 means...

Ah yeah you know what, I did come across one article referencing ram codes and a 1 amongst 0s reflecting the position of the ram issue. So position "2" ram, per the 1 in the code in the pics above, would be where exactly? Sorry, I'm a total newb when it comes to this stuff.

I just recently obtained my first Apple II, an Apple IIGS, as it was too good of a price to pass up. Previously, I had only dipped into vintage compact Mac land, with an SE/30, Classic, Classic II and Color Classic. I popped open the case upon unboxing it (awful pack job, btw, but it somehow...

Oh interesting! So sounds like they weren't much better than Atari in that respect around the same timeframe. Which honestly does surprise me, then, that there aren't any vendors left of the 80s and 90s-era Macs. If Atari's got 'em, why not Apple?  :-/

Yeah, the two main vendors with a decent amount of hardware left are Best Electronics and B&C ComputerVisions, the latter of which also sells on eBay under the ID myatari. Best is more old-school when it comes to ordering and very quirky. I couldn't find more than accessories and upgrades...

Thanks for the info. I suppose Apple was smarter about production than Atari was. Smarter in a lot of ways, since they're still around as a company (in their original form)! There are three Atari vendors left and they have a TON of stuff; it's wild. 

Pardon my ignorance, but are there any Macintosh vendors left here in the US? As in, vendors that have a warehouse full of "new old stock" computers, peripherals and accessories? I've been out of the Compact Mac scene for several years now while I've been dabbling in Atari (game consoles and...

Everyone - thank you for your replies! Much appreciated. I got my hands on a working LC 550 board, popped it in, and voila: the Color Classic fires up like a charm! Has 7.5.3 on it and the screen looks great. Now I just need to find a 32MB RAM stick, as the computer is showing only 20 MB as...

I take back what I said about the 24-hour soak working. I have not been able to replicate it! Have not seen the green light on the front or any HD spin,fan spin, etc. I've already tried reseating the ram and resetting the PRAM. The one time the computer started up, it only got to a gray screen...

Hi Everyone, This is my first post as a member! Glad to be a part of the 68kMLA! A few weeks back I picked up a Color Classic that was sold to me as dead, for all intents and purposes. I have scoured the message boards and tried all of the PRAM tricks, etc. along with everything listed at...