29 Jun
2012
29 Jun
'12
3:51 p.m.
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From: "mc68010" <mc68010 at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: TI Microexplorer Mac II on ebay
On 6/29/2012 12:04 PM, TeoZ wrote:
No Mac II's are not that common, quite a few were converted to IIfx machines
with a motherboard swap. Leaking capacitors might be an issue (I had to redo
all 3 of my IIx boards) but I would bet the problem is because the PRAM
batteries are dead. Even if the boards need recapped it is not that hard to
do (compared to a Classic II where everything is crammed close together).
The problem with that auction is there are no 800K floppy drives (which are
hard to get these days), all the cards are gone (you need to have a video
card on that model), and you are missing the HD. I would guess somebody
wanted the guts and software but didn't want to pay to ship the whole unit.
Totally gutted, if you want to save money ask the seller to ship just the
TI sticker. ;)
Well Mac II aren't exactly common anymore. Of course, that one doesn't
even work and I can guess it is probably because of leaking caps all over
the motherboard.
Used to be all the old Mac stuff I ran into worked fine when found. Now it
never does. Those caps were basically a ticking time bomb and time is now
up. I don't have a single old Mac that doesn't need multiple caps replaced
now. I am terrible at surface mount stuff too. Drink way too much coffee
to deal with things like that.