Pezdude
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Hi everyone!
I have the awesome opportunity to restore and fix a 1984 Macintosh that my university uses in their display. As expected, the Macintosh does have some issues. I will say that this Mac is the CLEANEST original Macintosh I have ever seen. No corrosion, no battery leakage, little to no CRT soot or dust, and no capacitor leaks on the analog board.
With all of that being said, there are some issues. The first thing that I noticed right away was that the rubber feet on the Mac and the keyboard have turned gummy and sticky. I have not taken them off at this time, but was wondering if there was a "go-to" replacement for the rubber feet on the original keyboard and Macintosh? Another issue that is happening is the dreaded sad Mac on boot up. It is giving a 043000 error, which I have found out was a RAM error. Not sure which RAM chip(s) are bad and will need to figure that out.
The RAM chips currently installed in the Mac are MT 4264 chips which from what I gather, are notorious for being unreliable. Since this is an original Macintosh (made in the 42nd week of 1984), what is the recommended course of action for restoring and replacements? I would like to keep it as original as possible, but don't mind using newer chips to make the Mac actually usable. What RAM replacements are out there for MT 4264s? Anything pin compatible?
Another thing I may want to do is replace the capacitors on the analog board. Console5 has cap replacements that I have used in the past.
Let me know your thoughts and ideas for this project!
Thanks!
I have the awesome opportunity to restore and fix a 1984 Macintosh that my university uses in their display. As expected, the Macintosh does have some issues. I will say that this Mac is the CLEANEST original Macintosh I have ever seen. No corrosion, no battery leakage, little to no CRT soot or dust, and no capacitor leaks on the analog board.
With all of that being said, there are some issues. The first thing that I noticed right away was that the rubber feet on the Mac and the keyboard have turned gummy and sticky. I have not taken them off at this time, but was wondering if there was a "go-to" replacement for the rubber feet on the original keyboard and Macintosh? Another issue that is happening is the dreaded sad Mac on boot up. It is giving a 043000 error, which I have found out was a RAM error. Not sure which RAM chip(s) are bad and will need to figure that out.
The RAM chips currently installed in the Mac are MT 4264 chips which from what I gather, are notorious for being unreliable. Since this is an original Macintosh (made in the 42nd week of 1984), what is the recommended course of action for restoring and replacements? I would like to keep it as original as possible, but don't mind using newer chips to make the Mac actually usable. What RAM replacements are out there for MT 4264s? Anything pin compatible?
Another thing I may want to do is replace the capacitors on the analog board. Console5 has cap replacements that I have used in the past.
Let me know your thoughts and ideas for this project!
Thanks!
