I went to start up my Classic II last nite and it came up with a checkerboard pattern on the screen. A bit of Googling and it looks as though it's a hardware problem, which means I'm screwed > Even if I could even find some long torq screw drivers, a set would probably cost me $40 over here. I don't even know about replacing parts and I'm not at all good with soldering.

Perusing the auctions over here shows the going price for a compact Mac is about $50 or more (SEs for $80 and up - some are $200!!) [!] !]'>

*sigh* Being a Mac collector in Japan can really suck sometimes ...