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Time to recap the logic board! Of all of the logic boards I've recapped, this is one of the cleanest. First, I removed this thing: For the 5th time, I used the "twist" method. So far, I've only lifted one pad doing that so far. On this board, things went perfectly. When I disconnected the...

I picked up a floppy enclosure, LCII, and Performa 476 on Craigslist! In this thread, I'll focus on the restoration of the Performa 476. At first glance, it doesn't look it, but this thing is pretty dirty! And of course, someone wrote "GOOD" on it with a Sharpie. It was good until you did...

I'm sure you're right about the motor. I did swab it out with with alcohol and drop some Teflon Silicone Lubricant on it, which is what I do with all of my drives. The gears looked great, actually the whole drive was one of the cleanest I've seen. Thanks again for hooking me up with it, having...

The pictures don't really show it, but the 800k drive enclosure was pretty gross. I did the usual scrubbing: soap and water in the kitchen sink. It turns out that this thing is in basically perfect condition! Next, I procured a floppy drive. @LaPorta was kind enough to sell me a 1.44 mb...

I just recapped an Astec PSU from a Quadra 605/Performa 475 this week! It was about $7. It came from a friend so I'm not sure what the behavior was before I recapped it but he said it didn't work. I've attached the BOM from DigiKey in .csv format if you decide that it's bad caps.

I don't know what they are... but I want one.

Okay, I'll be suspect of those as well, thanks for the tip! I don't have a capacitance meter, and on top of that, I didn't consider how easy it would be to connect it to mains power and check output voltages. I'm so awful at troubleshooting!  :lol: I did find that one of the caps (THE BIG...

My buddy @sclements sent his Quadra 605's power supply to take a look at. It simply does not power on. I desoldered all of the capacitors (except the big chonker in the middle), and none of them look bad.  Are there any common points of failure on these? Any chance that recapping it would fix it?

I'm not sure about terminal emulation, but I did successfully create a dial-up server with a Raspberry Pi and a 56k modem that a Mac could dial into (directly) and access the internet. I don't see why you couldn't do it with a Newton. If you're interested I can get you a link to the forum post.

Awesome. I'm going to target getting a 1.44mb drive for this enclosure then. That will be super handy for copying disks and stuff!

I thought it would be kinda fun to find a 3D modeling tool for my 68k Macs (target would be my SE FDHD, running System 7 with 4 MB of RAM), and attempt to model up something and 3D print it. I'm not familiar with what CAD tools were common/popular back then. Any recommendations?

The other thing I'll need to do is replace the screws. That might be tricky! If anyone happens to know what kind of screws go in the floppy drive, let me know.

A friend (well, @sclements anyway) sent me a MessagePad 130 to tinker with. This one had a battery leak, so I took it apart to clean it out. The battery that leaked didn't seem to touch any circuitry. On reassembly, everything seems to work great except for the speaker! I can't get it to make...

DM sent! Regarding the "smooth-case", I didn't know they were rare. The "snow white" ones are more common, then?

I bought some stuff on Craigslist yesterday! He also had a Mac 512k and complete Apple IIc but I decided to leave those. He wanted $600 for everything, I managed $100 for: Macintosh LCII, unknown condition. Caps look okay but will be replaced, battery hasn't leaked, has "NO VIDeO" Sharpied on...

I know, right?! I think you had a prototype of an SE/30 case FDM printed, right? By the way, I saw your clear SE/30 case in-person this week. It's absolutely gorgeous! By the way, let me know if you'd like your hard drive back with a printed case. :) As for the the wood... I only wanted to...

I feel like I'm ignoring a lot of comments and requests in this post... but I'm really excited to give you an update on how the project is going, so I'm going to jump right in! The blue prototype you saw earlier was printed with PLA, which is very susceptible to warping and peeling up off the...

Let me guess... delayed by Chinese New Year and Coronavirus? I did a run of PCB's for a conference badge a few weeks ago, and at the last minute I had to do an emergency order from a Korean PCB manufacturer because my order from JLCPCB so delayed. It sounds like a lot of people have been...

Okay, finally time for a very smol update! Very smol. I split the case into four parts - two for the base, two for the lid, and then I added 6-32 screw holes to for glue-less assembly. I printed the back top and back bottom, but not the front parts. When you look at it in PrusaSlicer, it's...

Definitely would.