petteri
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Just got a home delivery of two items.
Apple Multiple Scan 15 AV. This screen is ready for recycling bin - the pedestal has missing bits and the image is really pale. The brightness knob has no effect and the longer the display is on the paler the screen becomes.
But the IIfx was the reason for the purchase. I got some photos before hand and everything looked clean inside. But I was told the machine doesn't start up. The display adapter was also rather unusual and took a while to identify it. Luckily there was a sticker floating around stating "ProNitron 80.21 V1.5" and one of the chip of the display adapter has the same logo with "V8" text.
All the Memory slots are populated and if I read the chips correctly I have 4x4MB and 4x1MB, both 70ns. 20MB isn't massive amount but something to get started with.
Unfortunately swapping two 1990 dated Tadiran batteries didn't bring IIfx back alive. The other battery was totally empty but other one gave healthy readings on multimeter. I replaced both just in case.
In any case, no battery leaks or big pools of cap goo anywhere so I am quite optimistic about my latest purchase. I think I have to replace C24 and C9 in any case.
Apple Multiple Scan 15 AV. This screen is ready for recycling bin - the pedestal has missing bits and the image is really pale. The brightness knob has no effect and the longer the display is on the paler the screen becomes.
But the IIfx was the reason for the purchase. I got some photos before hand and everything looked clean inside. But I was told the machine doesn't start up. The display adapter was also rather unusual and took a while to identify it. Luckily there was a sticker floating around stating "ProNitron 80.21 V1.5" and one of the chip of the display adapter has the same logo with "V8" text.
All the Memory slots are populated and if I read the chips correctly I have 4x4MB and 4x1MB, both 70ns. 20MB isn't massive amount but something to get started with.
Unfortunately swapping two 1990 dated Tadiran batteries didn't bring IIfx back alive. The other battery was totally empty but other one gave healthy readings on multimeter. I replaced both just in case.
In any case, no battery leaks or big pools of cap goo anywhere so I am quite optimistic about my latest purchase. I think I have to replace C24 and C9 in any case.
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