Hello everyone, I bought my first 68k Mac (a Classic) last week and now... I'm here 
The problem is, while the case was in perfect condition, once opened it revealed an horrible mess: the battery leaked its acid on the mainboard, and now I'm trying to save (should I say resurrect?) this poor little computer.
Here's the flickr set of its condition before treatment. Viewer Discretion Is Advised (and I'm not posting any rusted metal frame pictures because those are really scary, sigh).
It now looks better as 99% of the acid is done and I'm going to de-oxidize it in the next days, but after all the cleaning a few components are missing:
So, do any of you know anything more about those components? I know there are Larry Pina's books that are very useful for repairs but I don't know if they contain the schematics too. Do you have them?
The problem is, while the case was in perfect condition, once opened it revealed an horrible mess: the battery leaked its acid on the mainboard, and now I'm trying to save (should I say resurrect?) this poor little computer.
Here's the flickr set of its condition before treatment. Viewer Discretion Is Advised (and I'm not posting any rusted metal frame pictures because those are really scary, sigh).
It now looks better as 99% of the acid is done and I'm going to de-oxidize it in the next days, but after all the cleaning a few components are missing:
- The battery holder
- The D2 transistor
- Y1, which I don't know what it is.
So, do any of you know anything more about those components? I know there are Larry Pina's books that are very useful for repairs but I don't know if they contain the schematics too. Do you have them?