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Lookee What I Just Got ....
$110?
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You seriously paid $110 for a yellowed Classic II? Oh dear...
You had better be sure that you make good use of that Mac Classic II! You'll have to use it for something useful, every day, to make up for that price!
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Looks pretty nice, not too terribly yellowed.. though for $110 I'd want more than a 30MB HDD and 8MB RAM. 
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It's supposed to be in perfect working order, and that's got to be worth something.
Part of the spirit of the MLA is to rescue these old Macs and then return/restore them to former glory. That's what I always thought, anyway. Even if it's in "perfect working order" (I bet that floppy drive still needs cleaning/lubricating), it is not worth $110. More like $30-40, extreme maximum price range.
Just wait until CaryMG gets back here and sees us all laughing at him. :'( We're sorry, CaryMG!!! xx(
Duuuuudddeee thats WAY too much! You have been ripped off no offense. 8-o
Everyone likes to think that they can get a working compact Mac at any time for $40 on eBay, but I have found it just isn't like that anymore. You see bidding activity like this more frequently these days. We all know how hard it is to find a Classic II board with good capacitors, and he may have found one here, so give him a break.
Uniform yellowing makes a compact Mac look distinguished.
The Classic II seems a bit more challenging than most, because there's one or two surface mount capacitors in pretty tight spots, and I wasn't able to get in there with conventional tools. So far, this is what I've spent on Classic-related items:
Classic II, free + $20 shipping
850B SMD rework station $100
New capacitors $10
Solder paste $39 (still need to buy)
So, almost $170 to get things up and running, not counting labor or any further complications. Granted, subsequent overhauls will be a heck of a lot cheaper.
I redid mine using just a normal soldering iron, and yea a few are in a tight spot but it is doable.
Maybe I should ebay mine with "new capacitors" in the header
Actually it is probably going to get traded for something if the other guy gets around to it soon.
Maybe I should ebay mine with "new capacitors" in the header
Actually it is probably going to get traded for something if the other guy gets around to it soon.
Man, I would'a sold you my Classic II (non-yellowed, 80meg HDD, 10 megs RAM) for around $50 mate 
Also, that person should'a sold their "G4 from 1997." Now *there's* a prototype!
Also, that person should'a sold their "G4 from 1997." Now *there's* a prototype!
I don't know, in the picture it looks positively virginal and pristine. If it's as nice as it looks, it will save a lot of scrubbing and such.
But this one has to be a prototype too...I mean, its a 1989 Classic - from two years before the release.
You didn't need the rework station, and you shouldn't need solder paste. Some irons, tweezers, good tin lead solder, and a desoldering braid are good enough for replacing surface mount capacitors. BUT...It's up to you how you spend your money, wise or not.
EDIT: Woops, I forgot you damaged some traces on your board. Maybe a more financially viable option would have been to just find a replacement unit/board?lol
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You should rescue this while you are at it! http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Apple-Macintosh-Performa-6200CD-PowerPC
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Relax, I didn't actually buy an SMD rework station only to work on this Classic, I got other projects (involving SMD) going on too, and felt it was time for me to update my tools. I got two Classic IIs, and both have leaky capacitors, so what does that tell me about the stock parts :-/You didn't need the rework station, and you shouldn't need solder paste. Some irons, tweezers, good tin lead solder, and a desoldering braid are good enough for replacing surface mount capacitors. BUT...It's up to you how you spend your money, wise or not.
That they are well past their expected service life?