Indeed, try cleaning out as much as you can. This includes internal components if they can be washed. You can wash some components in the dishwasher.

that "thud" is the degaussing circuitry kicking in.  If that one isnt doing that, then look at the relay, degauss coil connector, and especially the thermistor and their solder jo…

CC_333 said: Great accomplishments there! Not sure about the magnetic interference. Faulty degausser, maybe? c Click to expand... Hmmm possibly... I do note that the se…

Great accomplishments there! Not sure about the magnetic interference. Faulty degausser, maybe? c

Tonight is just getting better! Stiff brush across all the IC legs and CC #2 which I got from the original owner around 12 years ago now boots up again complete with a health…

Had a small success just now in that I got one of my pair of non-functioning CC's to power on. After giving the various  I/C pins a clean up on the IIvx board got that machine boot…

Although the "PizzaBox PowerToggle™" works, it's a bad idea if you plan on running the machine frequently, because what you're essentially doing is intentionally creating a power s…

Elfen said: From what I have seen here vs. what I own, I've seen that there are about 3 Classic IIs. Mine - which has 4 ROMs in sockets (mine is a prototype of sorts as it ha…

Both Apple IIc's turn on, disk drive turns on and after a while shuts off - all normally as it should. Even the one with the RocketChip,  even though the beep was normal. In some a…

When Dr. Levinson was alive, he wanted power for his Apple IIs, and got all the accelerators he could find including a TransWarp 8, Transwarp GS and RocketChip 10. There were also …

A good vacuum will take out fuzzy bunnies that smell like El Tobacco... but then washing out the case, boards and frame will be needed. Also the mouse and keyboard too.

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Well, I do think the Retr0brite is a good idea for the case. Are you going to recap the board or send them off? If you're doing it, wash the logic board at least. I've never had s…

the only thing that cuts through that nasty is 91% IPA.

I've recently relocated my Color Classic from my mom's house, where it's lived happily since 1993 choking on cigarette smoke. I think it is going to need a recapping, and the 160m…

The word on the vine was that Rocketchip had a few bugs. though I've personally never encountered them.

Just opened up both my IIc's thinking that I would have a 256K RAM Upgrade in one of them. The cleaner (and older) of the two (little case yellowing on it) was just a plain 128K II…

Yes, you can swap that over no prob. I forget if I did, but I may have done the same from a IIx. With my 030 upgrade, it really did not matter in the end since I had to pull the ch…

@ unity, ok i took the board out and counted it, i have the 132 pins or a 13x13 row setup.  I doubled checked and they are soldered through.  One thing though, if this originally i…

The Clamshell might work if it is the same size. The G3 iBook wont work because the plug is too small.

If the plug fits it will work.

Can I use the replacement power brick for my Dual USB "Snow" iBook G3 (700MHz I think, from GainSaver) for the PowerBook, or must I buy a replacement 1400c(s) power supply from eBa…

Some brands of media were crap also. Lots of burn errors on generic and the like. Slower write speeds helped.