21 Nov
2001
21 Nov
'01
8:30 p.m.
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 08:44:24AM +0000, Pete Turnbull wrote:
On Nov 21, 17:58, Chris wrote:
That's a pity. They weren't always like that; the Apple ][ service manuals
included complete schematics and diagnostic software, and the service
Come on, Pete, you should know by now that Apple turned away from its
Apple ][ mentality the instant the Mac came out (if not before, like when
the Mac was being designed) and apparently hasn't looked back since.
(The people who ported NetBSD to the PowerPC machines find that Apple's
upgrades to Open Firmware sometimes prevent NetBSD from even booting.
I thought the whole point of OF was to allow multiple operating systems, but
obviously I was wrong.)
-- Derek
I assume
these are boardswapper guides and don't include useful
information like schematics, right?
Exactly.
They are wonderful when you are trying to do things like open a Powerbook
to repair the latch spring or the mouse button (both things that are
prone to break on the 190/5300/3400/G3 case design), but totally useless
if you want to know how to repair the fried power supply on a 1400
(swapping yes, repairing no).
But that jives with apple and the Mac... they have ALWAYS had a board
swap approach to repair. Even when the repair is something simple. So if
that is all they approve doing, why bother making public (or in the case
of these, pseudo public) manuals that cover anything more detailed.