Recent content by pjeigh

Yep, just water from the basement drain backing up (ground water from around the house). I think it was under water less than 10 hours - not sure since I wasn't home when it happened. (Most of the stuff in the water was from my basement, so a lot of mushy paper and cardboard and not so much...

Yep, I kept my Mac II going great for years, temporarily had it on my basement floor and it flooded. Completely submerged the Mac II and likely some of the monitor as well. Cables stayed nice and dry in a freezer bag. It won't even make the nice starting chime, although the monitor sounds and...

Here's an update on my Mac II. Someone from a local Apple society had a spare monitor cable. I plugged it in and my Mac II runs like a charm. :) (And I did not have to replace either of the batteries.) I forgot how much good stuff I ran on this machine - Word, Quark, PageMaker, MacDraw...

That's why I pasted the info. from the manual in my post along with the link - I figured ppl. could grab the file while it is still available. Battery voltage appears to be a point of contention and it seems to be borderline. Since I really don't want to mess with soldering unless absolutely...

Yeah, I plan to try the original Mac II monitor next - just need to find the cable.

The video card says: Apple Computer Inc. © 1987 820-0198-A7 Macintosh II Video Card Thought I had, but probably never used the Apple Multi Scan 15 monitor on the Mac II. Dern - I guess I have to find that missing Mac monitor cable. Anyone have a spare? :)

The monitor I'm trying it with is a Mac monitor so no adapter - it's an Apple Multi Scan 15 with a built-in 15-pin cable. It worked with the Performa and the light turns green with the Mac II. Unfortunately, I can't find my Mac monitor cable to try the original Mac II monitor (AppleColor...

No way to test the video card in another system (my other Macs are the Performa 6200CD, PowerMac 8600/200 and G4s) Just tested the batteries - top (toward the back of the case) is 3.82 v and the bottom is 3.07 v. Both are soldered on (I hate soldering. Those should be in the acceptable range...

In looking for a repair manual - fearing I'll need to solder a battery or two - I found this: http://www.apple-collection.com/CarPos/macintosh_ii.iix.iifx.pdf It's a nice quick ref. repair manual for those 3 models with mostly helpful diagrams. Page 19 of the PDF has my problem on it and my...

It's a "bling." I do not have another video card to try. :( I also tried to zap the PRAM and didn't get a second chime (I think you get a second chime on the Mac II?). If the batteries were dead, would it even start up?

I just tried the monitor with one of my other older Macs (Performa 6200CD) and the monitor (and Performa) works fine. The Mac II was in the basement but it's not a soggy musty place. The Mac II purrs like it did years ago, just a blank screen. The monitor does not even flicker when it gets a...

I dug my Mac II out of the basement to possibly put in my garage sale (*sniff sniff* it served me so well). The last time I started it up was about 6 years ago and I believe it was working fine then. When I got it all connected and started up, it chimed well, the fan ran, the drive spun and the...