With the Colour Classic came a Macintosh 512Ke.

Inside, this 512Ke differs from the other one I have. The inside of this machine is silver metallic, while the other machine is flat grey and black. The CRT is a Samsung, not a Clinton tube. The Analog Board makes use of red capacitors as opposed to the traditional green and blue, and the plastic shield is held on with plastic pins where others I've found used double sided foam tape.



After making a CRT Discharge Tool, I removed the back and the plastic safety shield on the Analog Board and resoldered the Flyback Transformer and the connector blocks to the Analog Board. This cleared up the CRT flicker. After that only the Centering Rings needed adjustment. Compared to the Clinton CRTs, these Samsung displays are ridiculously easy to adjust. I already had an 800K Sony Floppy Drive with fresh grease on the tracks, so I swapped the old drive out rather than opting to repair it immediately. I'll fix the old drive eventually and reuse it in another machine.

F7262KGM0001ED
Manufactured in: F => Fremont, California, USA

Year of production: 1987

Week of production: 26

Production number: 2KG => 2974

Model ID: M0001ED => Macintosh 512Ke

Your Macintosh 512Ke was the 2974th Mac manufactured during the 26th week of 1987 in Fremont, California, USA.

Click to expand...

Other than some minor scuffs on the surface of the CRT, it looks fantastic inside and out and it works quite nicely for a 26 year old machine.