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Let us mourn the loss of a fellow comrade...

68kMLA Troubleshooting 18 posts Nov 12, 2007 to Feb 1, 2009

#1 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 - 01:15 68kMLA

and my first ever computer. My mac 128k's power supply shorted for reasons unknown. i am very sad since this computer had a lot of sentimental value to me AND my dad.

/me runs off and cries :'( :'( :'(

i'm debating whether to fix it, so help me decide. i have fixed this thing so much in the past, and i'm just thinking of setting it on a shelf as a "shrine"

#2 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 - 01:51 68kMLA

What, exactly, is shorted, or are you using the term as a synonym for "dead?"

The only truly expensive cause of a dead compact's supply is a shorted flyback. The other high failure rate items are fairly cheap (things like bad solder joints, dead rectifiers, blown filter caps, open coupling cap, etc.) and easy to identify. So, unless you've determined that you have a bad flyback, it's definitely worth fixing. Even if the flyback is bad, you may still be able to find a cheap organ donor and get it back up and running.

#3 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 - 02:02 68kMLA

Agreed. If replacement parts are required then Mac Pluses are the place to look as they are still available fairly cheaply and share many similar parts with the 128K.

#4 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 - 02:09 68kMLA

If you do decide that you don't want to fix it and I would be interested in buying it from you.

If you want to keep it as shrine that is good also. Just please don't sell it on eBay.

Speaking of which only 34 more days until I am done with school and I'll have the time to restore my 512K.

#5 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 - 02:12 68kMLA

Well, it indeed is dead, and after really looking around, it has many of the symptoms that tomlee59 mentioned, including blown filter caps. maybe when i'm on christmas holiday i'll try to locate some parts, if i decide not to, i will clean it up and make it into a shrine

#6 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 - 05:50 68kMLA

FIX IT!!!!!

#7 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 - 07:10 68kMLA

FIX IT!!!!!

i second that motion

#8 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 - 07:13 68kMLA

If it's at all feasible to repair the bugger, man, do it! Otherwise you'll have a bunch of angry MLAers on your tail

#9 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 - 07:40 68kMLA

Especially since it was your first computer. I promise to do whatever I possibly can to keep my first computer, my LCIII going! Fix it, you'll regret it otherwise.

#10 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 - 14:42 68kMLA

Just don't turn it into a Macquarium or the 68kmla mafia will be paying you a visit.

#11 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 - 05:22 68kMLA

Do you need help to fix it? If you do, please post what is going on. Not knowing what to do is not an excuse to give up. Just ask.

--David

#12 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 - 07:28 68kMLA

I would scrap a Plus to fix a 128K. Pluses are cheap and plentiful. One less Plus to keep a 128K going is an acceptable compromise.

#13 Thu, 3 Jan 2008 - 18:45 68kMLA

I keep components of my original 128K working.

What a fun machine. You know that was the first computer I ever took camping.

#14 Thu, 3 Jan 2008 - 22:37 68kMLA

Fix it!

#15 Thu, 3 Jan 2008 - 23:52 68kMLA

Please itemize for us all the things you have "fixed so much in the past."

If all those fixes have been on the analog board, then clearly you just need to pick up a new analog board (which sometimes appear on EBAY). It really can be that simple.

#16 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 - 05:08 68kMLA

FIX IT!

#17 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 - 23:45 68kMLA

If it were me, I wouldn't even be asking for an opinion. I'd just fix it.

-Apostrophe

#18 Sun, 1 Feb 2009 - 19:09 68kMLA

It has been sitting on a shelf for a while, since money is short. It will be fixed one day though.