Recent content by Dave928

i bought a bunch of tantalum cap kits from Circuit5 (6 macs and 3 consoles waiting to get recapped), but am leaning towards using Polymers, simply to maintain the appearance of the originals.

amazingly enough, about a month ago i bought what was advertised as a 128k. when i opened it up i found it was really a 512Ke LB inside a 128k case. so i put the LB's in their respective cases. maybe it's the Mac my 128k got all mixed up with and now they're reunited after 35 years? :unsure...

just "Macintosh" on the badge.

I just bought another (what was advertised as) 128k Mac. it got a good chime and boots System 1 fine. the display has a tiny amount of jiggle. after opening it I found that both boards are very clean. no battery and no battery damage and no cap leaks with a barely cracked RIFA. however, it's...

do you have a link for the wires with pins?

I've had my 128k since 1990. at that time I also got a new, spare AB from a dealer going out of business. I've kept the spare in the ESD bag it came in ever since then. it is pristine. since you don't indent to use it, have you considered leaving the board OUT of the Mac, keeping it in an...

my 128k has all the 128k internals, but has a 512k back case. i figure it got swapped with an actual 512k at a dealer while in for service. i bought it around 1990 and added Plus ROMs and a MacRescue daughterboard with 6 MB (4MB RAM like a Plus, 2MB RAM Disk).