jessenator
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Figured I'd start a unified thread...
This got delivered today! It will definitely need a re-cap on both boards, probably, but it booted right up. and WOW that HDD is loud. SCSI2SD FTW.
When I confirmed it would boot, I got right in to take the battery out, then I saw this first and got a little worried. Turned out thankfully not a Maxell red bomb, but a Tadrian, though still an '89 cell:
But aside from dust, the board was pretty fair. Going to soak it tonight:
Back of the board is flawless, so I don't know where that staining came from. Maybe the shield did its job in more ways than one :lol:
It's pretty tan, but not the worst I've seen. Haven't decided to retrobrite it or not, but I'm leaning not.
All things considered, I'm pleased with it It must've been a fluke or something, but it came up in a search as a BIN for an insanely low figure (lowest I've ever seen), so I chomped right at that bit! It had been up for only an hour, if that.
Edit: bonus pic to showcase the brown next to my relatively unmarred G3 MT:
much browner than the listing photos made out, but oh well
This got delivered today! It will definitely need a re-cap on both boards, probably, but it booted right up. and WOW that HDD is loud. SCSI2SD FTW.
When I confirmed it would boot, I got right in to take the battery out, then I saw this first and got a little worried. Turned out thankfully not a Maxell red bomb, but a Tadrian, though still an '89 cell:
But aside from dust, the board was pretty fair. Going to soak it tonight:
Back of the board is flawless, so I don't know where that staining came from. Maybe the shield did its job in more ways than one :lol:
It's pretty tan, but not the worst I've seen. Haven't decided to retrobrite it or not, but I'm leaning not.
All things considered, I'm pleased with it It must've been a fluke or something, but it came up in a search as a BIN for an insanely low figure (lowest I've ever seen), so I chomped right at that bit! It had been up for only an hour, if that.
Edit: bonus pic to showcase the brown next to my relatively unmarred G3 MT:
much browner than the listing photos made out, but oh well
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