2 Compact Macs (SCORE!)

[Dennis Nedry]

I just had a Platinum Mac Plus and a Mac SE w/ 20 MB hard drive and Radius accelerator dropped off for free! The HD "sounds" like a Miniscribe but I'll have to open it up to be sure.

The Plus has no raster at the moment but we'll see what we can do about that.

 

[funkytoad]

Awesome, Congrats

 

[tomlee59]

Congratulations! Love those li'l guys...

The "no raster" problem is extremely common with these compacts. Most of the time, it's a cheap and simple fix (bad solder joint or blown cap). For more details, see http://68kmla.org/files/classicmac2.pdf

 

[Dennis Nedry]

BAD SOLDER JOINT

I just used a piece of cardboard to press on the J3 connector and the screen lit right up! Wow. I heated up each pin on the connector, added a tiny little bit more solder, and it's as good as new.

 

[tomlee59]

Another one saved from the landfill -- well done!