Hey guys, I've been collecting macs for a couple of years now, my favorites are the all-in-ones, I hope to eventually get one of each. From the beginning, the one I've been searching for the most is a Color Classic, I just think they look great!
I came across one on craigslist over the weekend and had to jump on it. They were advertising it in good condition but it wouldn't turn on. Hmm, maybe it's something obvious haha. Either way, they were asking only $50 for it, how could I pass that up?
I picked it up yesterday and took it home for a better look.
I see there is something in the PDS slot, so I pulled it out to see what it was.
Some kind of accelerator board, I couldn't find any information about it online.
More pictures of the logic board, it's very clean inside!
I put the logic board back in and powered it on, got this:
It powered on just fine, no abnormal noises or anything. Startup chime is nice and loud. However the hard drive is continuously spinning up and down. Next step is to check out the hard drive. I didn't take any pictures of this process, but I pulled a Conner 80mb out of the case. Following instructions elsewhere on this forum, I carefully opened the drive and checked out the gooey rubber bumpers. Sure enough, they had completely stuck the head against one side. I removed and replaced the rubber with some that I had laying around. Put it all back together, powered on, and got this:
IT LIVES! It's maxed out at 10mb. There is an extension installed for the accelerator, an Extreme Systems Impact RGB. MacCheck shows a 68030 running at 33mhz. I don't know anything else about this board, if anyone knows anything let me know!
I came across one on craigslist over the weekend and had to jump on it. They were advertising it in good condition but it wouldn't turn on. Hmm, maybe it's something obvious haha. Either way, they were asking only $50 for it, how could I pass that up?
I picked it up yesterday and took it home for a better look.
I see there is something in the PDS slot, so I pulled it out to see what it was.
Some kind of accelerator board, I couldn't find any information about it online.
More pictures of the logic board, it's very clean inside!
I put the logic board back in and powered it on, got this:
It powered on just fine, no abnormal noises or anything. Startup chime is nice and loud. However the hard drive is continuously spinning up and down. Next step is to check out the hard drive. I didn't take any pictures of this process, but I pulled a Conner 80mb out of the case. Following instructions elsewhere on this forum, I carefully opened the drive and checked out the gooey rubber bumpers. Sure enough, they had completely stuck the head against one side. I removed and replaced the rubber with some that I had laying around. Put it all back together, powered on, and got this:
IT LIVES! It's maxed out at 10mb. There is an extension installed for the accelerator, an Extreme Systems Impact RGB. MacCheck shows a 68030 running at 33mhz. I don't know anything else about this board, if anyone knows anything let me know!
