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Recent content by SparrowRat

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    Picked up a few macs, don't know where to start

    That's an original, un-upgraded 128k.
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    Advice regarding sparks on 512k analog board

    The R57 pot looks damaged, according to the schematics it's the contrast pot, it could be changing over time as a result of heat or something else.
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    Advice regarding sparks on 512k analog board

    I would check for shorts, It looks like the yellow pin (I don't know the pinout of the Mac Plus harness but yellow is usually 12v) was drawing too much power
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    Advice regarding sparks on 512k analog board

    Sparks that didn't last long because you turned it off quickly.
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    A trash can.... Mac :)

    I didn't really look at the benchmarks for this one released (I was focused on how small it is :D) but looking now I have to concede. This is a really good computer! If you are doing anything but gaming, (and you don't hate MacOS) this is a no-brainer.
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    A trash can.... Mac :)

    I'm not saying they aren't good computers, I'm saying Apple Silicon laptops are the best laptops available on the market, and the desktops are too expensive for the performance they get.
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    A trash can.... Mac :)

    I think Apple Silicon is really designed for laptops, which it excels at. Not very good for desktops, unless electricity is REALLY expensive where you live.
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    SE/30 restoration, distorted video

    If I'm remembering correctly, the sound chip is used the generate the reset signal.
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    Schematics for eMac? or bodging lifted pads?

    Should be able to scrape back solder mask and solder to the traces
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    Salvaging bombed SE/30 ROM lines A(8) A(9) shorted?!

    You shouldn't need to scrape back solder mask on a working SE/30 - you could just put your meter probe on a via.
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    I wasn't trying to get another one, I just wanted to get a power supply. I asked a guy I knew if...

    I wasn't trying to get another one, I just wanted to get a power supply. I asked a guy I knew if he has a power supply and he threw in the parts portable for free. Majorly lucked out this VCF
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    VCF Midwest

    VCF Midwest
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    Got him a friend![ATTACH]

    Got him a friend!
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    Calling 540c owners - photos of interconnect to display cable

    Thank you both so much!
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    Calling 540c owners - photos of interconnect to display cable

    I did see that thread and the page on MacDat. The thread has a far away and low-resolution photo of one side of the cable (and every connection on that side looks the same between the cables) and the MacDat page has no photos and is for the panels themselves anyway.
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