2 Dec
2009
2 Dec
'09
7:05 p.m.
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Seth Morabito <sethm at loomcom.com> wrote:
Indeed, there seems to be a mass die-off of vintage
Macintoshes going on
right now judging by the buzz on 68K mac enthusiast message boards. My
own SE/30 refused to boot about a month ago, showing the classic
"Simasimac" zebra-stripe failure. On inspection I found that _every_
surface mount electrolytic cap on the board was leaking. I had to re-cap
the entire board -- only 11 caps, but my smd hand soldering skills are
just fair to middling. I chose smd tantalum capacitors, the solution
used by most of the folks on the boards, and brought it back to life.
But this hilights something that's going to be a serious, on-going
problem for anyone who has a lot of 1980s gear in his collection (like
me, alas)
The amiga 600s and 1200s are dying of the same disease. The older models
seem to be ok though.
brian