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No, I haven't seen any evidence of that. The screen's bright and clear; there was no wobble at all, as far as I could tell. If a deaf man were to start up the Plus, he would perceive nothing wrong. I can certainly do what you said about re-tightening the grounding screw. I'll turn the Plus...

Hi all, I know at some point I've seen some youtube video of a problem like this, so I thought I'd run this by you guys. Last night I decided to turn on my Macintosh Plus. However, when I flipped the power switch, I heard the regular startup bong, but then a fizzling sound...like the sound...

Hey jt, how much effort does it take to make all of those smilies and bolds and underlines and italics that are so customary to your posts? ::) -Apostrophe

Oh, okay. Guess I was wrong about the C1 being replaced. Since it didn't look like the other capacitors, I just assumed it was a replacement made by some other company...oh well. ASAP I'll try to get some sort of corrosion/oxidation-removing chemical for the Plus's power socket and the...

Hi, Just opened my Macintosh Plus to give it a quick check-over, to make sure that no components have blatantly malfunctioned. Generally, it looks okay on the interior: There is a bit of oxidation on the metal chassis, as visible here. Luckily, no components seem to be affected. And...

Last night I opened my 512k to record all its capacitors (I think I've found a way around my worries about lead, so now I'll be ready to replace those capacitors!!! :) ). But anyway, once I had the case off I made the decision to just remove the analog board altogether, because otherwise I...

Awesome, thanks! Here, let me try: :D :D :D Thanks, everyone! -Apostrophe

They were images on Flickr. Here's the URL for one of them: And here it is with the img/img tags: I didn't write the word "Image". It just came on its own. -Apostrophe

So it looks like my theories are well-founded after all... Yeah, I'm aware of that. What can I say, I'm a risk taker! Tonight I'll turn the Plus on again and do some file-saving experimentation with 800k disks, seeing if the Plus can read its own disks, and whether the SEs can read the disks...

It boots!!! I was worried the FDD wouldn't work after a week and 2,000 miles in transit. I was wrong. It booted from and ran the 400k system disks that shipped with my Macintosh 512k!!! Problem is: it spat out the 800k disks that I prepared for it on one of my SEs. So it's either that the...

Hi, I tried phpbb.com's instructions by putting the [/img] tags around the url relating to where my picture is, but the submitted post just displays the word Image. How do you do it? -Apostrophe

Hi, It just arrived! This poor Plus looks like it came from a bad home. It was absolutely filthy, and the power connector where you plug the power cable into is all rusted, green like a penny. I'll find some de-rusting product to take care of that... I have not yet turned it on. The seller...

The Macintosh Plus I ordered on eBay last week is scheduled to arrive tomorrow. It's traveled about 2,000 miles so far, from Oregon. I'm worried about the 800k floppy drive with all that mileage. :-/ But nice conquest Nico! I'll stop ruining your thread with my stories...I'll revive my...

How big of a room would a Macintosh 128k fill if you expanded every single microchip so that each circuit path is the width of a thin piece of wire? My estimate would be that each expanded microchip would cover the floor of a largish room, so if you factor in cooling systems like fans, etc. to...

Thanks Mac128! Yes, I've been to that website you linked to; the pictures are a bit fuzzy, however, and there is no description of what exactly the insert/eject mechanism should do. For instance, does it 'sink' a few mm when you put in the disk, or does it stay put? I'll do more digging to...

Hi, Thanks JRL; I've actually been watching those for a while now. :) But from my research about these drives, I found that they will not work on my Macintosh 512k without special software, which can only come from a floppy disk that has to be inserted into the internal drive. So those...

Thanks Dog Cow, Yeah, I did some research some time after my post to find out what I needed to know about a Mac Plus, and to my surprise I saw that, as you said, it uses an 800k drive! The Plus, in fact, seems like a bit of a mixture between a 512k and an SE--which makes sense, figuring that...

Hi, Just bought this as a Buy-It-Now on eBay for a total of $50.00. The seller includes the keyboard, mouse, and even the owner's guide as well! So overall, I'd say, a great eBay deal for a great machine! Macintosh Plus I probably won't be looking to buy any other machines now; the best way...

Oh, okay, thanks. Well, I'll track down some lubing chemicals and such and I'll give it a go on that floppy drive. JDW recently suggested to me that I upload pics of the drive as that would be more effective than just describing my problem. I certainly agree, but I'll be a bit busy for the...

Hi all, I'm back from a leave of absence from these forums; I stopped posting for a while following a few problems between me and certain other members here. I'm back in the hope that we can start fresh again; I'll admit that I do tend to overreact sometimes, and I'm sure that none of us...