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    Repairs, on-board RAM and 475 / 575 boards

    I have now 'repaired' two boards (one each of a 475 and a 575) where some/much of the data/and/or/address lines under the on-board RAM have been destroyed. In both cases, I've been able to get enough bodge wires in place to be able to get the boards booting without the on-board RAM (just enough...
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    Bombed SE/30: Is it dead, Jim?

    I recently acquired a known dead SE/30 (my first such machine) and, as expected, the battery has done a thorough job on the logic board. Usual suspects, from what I can tell: Rotted out VIAs, some of the '030 pins have been corroded through the board and who knows what else. And, oh yes, very...
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    Mystery PCI card in a PM7500

    Does anyone have any idea what this might be? Looks like a DB62 and has a PCI Vendor of $1203, Device: $1. The Vendor ID maps to "Bayer Corporation, Agfa Division" in online databases… The machine it came in also had an ethernet PCI card, but no hard drive (so no clue from potential drivers...
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    Supermac Spectrum/24 PDQ+ issues

    Hi Folks, I managed to nab a Supermac Spectrum/24 PDQ+ from Buyee, ROM version 1.292. Unfortunately I'm not having much luck getting it running in my (otherwise seemingly functional) iici. With the card in place the machine does not boot. The symptoms vary: iici hangs with the Happy Mac icon...
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    Can this 575 logic board be saved?

    Long story short: I acquired a 575 logic board 'untested'. On testing it gave the boot chime followed very shortly by the death chimes. The board itself looked clean enough but I went ahead with a re-cap but this resulted in no improvement. After a wipe around with IPA, I can now see some...
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