29 Aug
2011
29 Aug
'11
6:08 p.m.
On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:47:00 +1200, "Terry Stewart"
<terry at webweavers.co.nz>
wrote:
I'm not sure if it's the same on the Apple II
as it is the Apple IIe, but
a
shorted cap on the mainboard near the PSU connector
caused one of my
IIe's
to appear dead (apart from ticking noises in the PSU).
Yes, absolutely possible. Was that an electrolytic? I have a few //e MBs
with this same symptom, but I have such a gigantic pile of good //e MBs
that I haven't tried troubleshooting many faulty ones yet. My real interest
is the II+ and earlier.
On a related note, sorry about sniping this machine out from under you! I
just noticed the auction when I had a moment's downtime at work, very very
lucky timing, I think it was only 5 or 10 minutes before it ended. The
spare KB that I got with it (OK, $60...) was absolutely beautiful, it
really looks like NOS. Worth every cent, even if it didn't have the encoder
board with it. If I can find a really nice //+ case, maybe I'll build a
spotless display II+.
Cheers,
Mike