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Post #3 by Mk.558
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateFri, 12 Sep 2014 - 00:35
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/my-first-68k-mac-a-se-30.128/
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A scraggly grin is what I see...

The first thing you'll want to do is take it apart and repair/replace all the capacitors on the logic board (there's an image to help you with that in my signature). The PRAM battery is famous for causing colossal damage, it should be inspected and replaced at once. Cleaning out the FDD is a really good idea too, they're usually gunked up with 10 year old dust from Argentina or wherever. Just don't touch the heads, or you'll be buying a new drive!

Networking: There's an extensive link in my signature which elaborates on this. It should be updated in a little while which will make it much more accurate and comprehensive. I wouldn't bother with Zip unless you need it, although a bigger HDD and more RAM should also be on your list. I had 32MiB of RAM in my late one and it was plenty for anything.

P.S. 10.3 will mount a 7.0.1 server, but you need the File Sharing Extension from 7.5.3.

P.P.S. Your English is fine. Better than about 10% of English-only speakers/writers.

mp.ls