Hi everyone,

I think that the Macintosh Plus has some loose solder connections somewhere because I managed to get it to boot for a few minutes when I slapped the left hand side. After a few minutes it went back to the non stop rebooting problem. I have ordered a Torx screwdriver from here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/231115554403 , but it will be a few days until I can begin to work on it as postage to the UK takes some time.

Also, I decided to check all my other Macintosh computers and unfortunately it seems that my other Macintosh Plus has developed a similar fault. It turns on and works for a while, but has two faint bands of horazontal lines which move up and down the screen. After a couple of minutes the Macintosh will reboot, and then instantly reboot again. It does not show any picture on the screen, probably because there is not enough time between reboots (less than a second). It will continue rebooting constantly until it is switched off. I switched it of after about 30 seconds as I did not want to damage it. I tried slapping the side, but this did not seem to make any difference.

Does anyone know what could be wrong with this Macintosh?

Thanks