We are cleaning out a climate controlled storage unit we've had for decades. So, I now have back at my house two early Macs. Looking for any suggestions y'all have on what I should do BEFORE plugging them in and turning them on to see if they even run any more. Claude AI said this was the place to go for recommendations - including possibly getting a recommendation on a local (Dallas) reputable shop that might help. I'm handy enough to launch into opening up the cases and inspect things. But, not going to do any actual electrical work on a board or drive mechanism.
Here's what I have:
THANKS in advance for any help.
Here's what I have:
- 1984 ORIGINAL Mac (I pre-ordered through the University Consortium at the time).
- Serial #F4172JYM0001
- Some number of years later, I upgraded it to a MacPlus, so it has likely had a lot of work done on the inside
- Pretty sure the internal floppy drive was upgraded at that time too (to 800kb)
- With it, I have a 45Mb Jasmine DirectDrive external hard drive and a Novation SmartCat Plus 300/1200 modem
- 1987/1988(?) MacPlus
- Serial #F842C5KM0001A
- With it, I have a 40Mb Jasmine DirectDrive external hard drive
- 1984 Printer
THANKS in advance for any help.
