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Rescued what I thought was a Mac II

That is awesome with the M1297/M0401, AEKI and older adb mouse! I have the M0401 and AEKI with mine as well but no longer have the older mouse as I gave it to a friend. Will get another one sometime.
 
Right on! I like to keep my peripherals period-correct to the system. I will say all those Brits who keep showing off their Kensington Turbo Mice will eventually make me get one for the IIfx!
 
Right on! I like to keep my peripherals period-correct to the system. I will say all those Brits who keep showing off their Kensington Turbo Mice will eventually make me get one for the IIfx!

Haha, I went overboard with those turbo mice. I have three of the 5.0, three of the 4.0, and one of the 3.0s.
 
Right on! I like to keep my peripherals period-correct to the system. I will say all those Brits who keep showing off their Kensington Turbo Mice will eventually make me get one for the IIfx!
The problem with them is... I keep forgetting and turning it upside down.
 
I just found out about this thread. I seriously envy you. I'm aspired to rescue stuff again, but every opportunity I have doesn't seem to work out. ;_;
 
I just found out about this thread. I seriously envy you. I'm aspired to rescue stuff again, but every opportunity I have doesn't seem to work out. ;_;
Sometimes it's just a case of coming back to things. If I'm struggling with a machine I put it to one side and come back to it when I have new ideas, or even skills :)

Any failed repair is just more project opertunities. Besides, working on them is the fun bit. It's always harder to work out what to do after they're finished!
 
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Many many thanks to @chiptripper for his repair of the battery bomb-damaged 4MB RAM sticks that came with my IIfx! She's now zipping along with a healthy 20MB's 😁

I think it's so cool how this machine has become a little 68kMLA group restoration project. Next I need to replace the floppy drive cogs with 3D printed ones from @Torbar She's come a long way since @ilitch64 did the logic board resto!

And of course all the great advice and encouragement from those on this thread...thank you all!
 
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