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128K: bad RAM repair
I thought baird invented TV.
He invented TV first perhaps, but his invention was a mechanical version that was pretty temperamental and complicated.
Nothing against Idaho. Like any startup, Micron had teething problems. Potatoes to RAM still seems like an odd segue, but Micron Semiconductors certainly made it.
Is Micron the memory company the same Micron that made the Xceed video cards?Nothing against Idaho. Like any startup, Micron had teething problems. Potatoes to RAM still seems like an odd segue, but Micron Semiconductors certainly made it.
Yep. Micron went looking for places to sell their RAM, and video cards back then were nothing but lots of RAM and a DAC/CLUT chip.
Well, I must have really lucked up. My 128k was used at least relatively thoroughly by every owner (including one who wore out a pair of capacitors on the analog board and messed up the yoke connector solder joints (which I had to wait to fix, but I would occassionally turn the 128k on despite the issue because something told me I needed to) and today I find this, which perfectly explains why I knew I needed to turn it on fairly often even with it's issues.
This topic explains it because my 128k has all Apple logo encrusted 4164 RAM chips and to my knowledge has never Sad Mac'ed due to a ROM or even RAM failure. Now I have excuses to both get a Kensington System Saver and use it more both!
And because of that, now I need money! D'oh! I'm a starving (figuratively, but I don't have a job though) college student, where money for non-school expenses is hard to come by.
With the serial number decoder, I can make an educated guess that my 128k was made on either September 30th or October 1st (depending on whether the Fremont factory was open on Sundays or if Apple gave the factory workers Sunday off.)
My serial number is F4410PMM0001, the 803rd Macintosh made in the 41st week of 1984 in Fremont, California USA, and despite the Apple chips (since it's previous owners used it like I want and now need to do!) it still boots up perfectly every time so far!
I don't mean to offend anyone, I am just so excited that my 128k can be kept from developing serious problems by using it, which I wasn't expecting.
My 128k works like a jewel, what more can you want in a computer...
Thanks all,
Alexander Harris
This topic explains it because my 128k has all Apple logo encrusted 4164 RAM chips and to my knowledge has never Sad Mac'ed due to a ROM or even RAM failure. Now I have excuses to both get a Kensington System Saver and use it more both!
And because of that, now I need money! D'oh! I'm a starving (figuratively, but I don't have a job though) college student, where money for non-school expenses is hard to come by.
With the serial number decoder, I can make an educated guess that my 128k was made on either September 30th or October 1st (depending on whether the Fremont factory was open on Sundays or if Apple gave the factory workers Sunday off.)
My serial number is F4410PMM0001, the 803rd Macintosh made in the 41st week of 1984 in Fremont, California USA, and despite the Apple chips (since it's previous owners used it like I want and now need to do!) it still boots up perfectly every time so far!
I don't mean to offend anyone, I am just so excited that my 128k can be kept from developing serious problems by using it, which I wasn't expecting.
My 128k works like a jewel, what more can you want in a computer...
Thanks all,
Alexander Harris