This thread is full of win.
I'd post my reply from my iBook but it's system folder decided it was hungry and ate itself. Right now it's digesting it's meal and should be ok in the…
desoldering braid is solder wick
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Indeed it is, I'm getting my terminology wrong. I meant, a solder sucker/desoldering gun/desoldering station isn't necessary…
I wanted to update a file and get this error in Safari & Firefox:
"Files of the MIME type "application/zip" are not allowed to be uploaded."
I can upload Stuff-Its howeve…
If you are not replacing components, then you don't really need to remove the analog board if you're just doing a bit of simple soldering. You have access to all the joints like it…
A solder sucker/desoldering braid isn't really necessary. A bit of solder wick .
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desoldering braid is solder wick
oh and for the record, one of those lit…
If you are not replacing components, then you don't really need to remove the analog board if you're just doing a bit of simple soldering. You have access to all the joints like it…
A solder sucker/desoldering braid isn't really necessary. A bit of solder wick placed over the solder and then heated up does the same thing - and for a lot less money.
Get the smallest soldering iron you can. Put a dab of new solder to get a nice shiny look on the solder. Just DON'T DO WHAT I DID. Make sure you have a desoldering tool, in case yo…
If you've never done any soldering before, I suggest you practice on an old junk board before taking to your Mac Plus board. It's very easy to apply too much heat for too long and…
to do it right you should remove and re apply fresh solder (and flux)
if you just reflow you are adding alot of old oxidization and contamination to the joint, and it probably wil…
This thread deserves more photos...
My "Redneck Repair" to the hard disk. Simple enough, when there's nothing to secure the drive in... improvise! In the great war that us 68k Mac…
Okay, I've read the famous PDF about classic mac procedures, and I'm pretty sure I need to fix the solder connections on the J1 connector. I'm a little unclear on exactly what to d…
Macintosh SE is together and running System 7.1, although i'd like to get System 6 running on there eventually.
Macintosh 512k unfortunately now doesn't want to start at all. This…
I'll give it a shot with the 9.0.4 and see what happens, if it doesn't then I'll down grade to 7.x and no thanks on the proc I was just wanting it to do some live editing as oppose…