So I had to rip every box out of my house storage area to find one freakin power cable for my digital cable box and I ended up finding a few things I forgot I owned: -Commodore 64…

All the following Apple-branded service training videos on VHS videocassette, to join the 68k Powerbook service videos previously purchased, and those donated by tyrannis, for digi…

welcome back funky toad. Click to expand... Thanks, good to be back.

As long as I was posting it in a different thread, I figured I'd give it its own thread: According to TGTTMFH: ROM SIMM Socket Code: Pin Number Signal Name 1 …

The fabled Power Macintosh Plus DOES EXIST! Click to expand... Click to expand... The entry level model was the last of the 68K "Macintosh Más" produced from 1991 to 1996. B…

I just bought another "Think Different" poster on eBay, the Einstein one. I love that series of ads, they were truly great. I'd love to get one of the posters with the running ath…

welcome back funky toad.

I think for a while Apple had a plant in India where they churned out LCIIs, near the plant that churned out 1950's Morris Minors long after they were discontinued. Ask any PC sysa…

That really is a great find! I seem to recall one of my high school teachers having some similar pins.

I think you meant 1986 and 1987. That would be COOL to have a Mac Plus from 1997! Click to expand... Nope. Didn't you know that Apple had a factory in Mexico next to the Volks…

I think you meant 1986 and 1987. That would be COOL to have a Mac Plus from 1997! Click to expand... Nope. Didn't you know that Apple had a factory in Mexico next to the Volks…

How can they yellow? Click to expand... Only the 1996 Pluses. The entire Apple line switched to corporate Platinum by 1997 Click to expand... I think you meant 1986 and 1987.…

Ew, Kid Desk...I remember they loaded that, er, "thing" onto the computers at my primary school in grade 7. For young 6 - 8 year old kids who didn't know anything about computers, …

I always recommend a mid wattage iron, the idea goes: With a low wattage iron on larger parts (ie battery cases) the iron can not keep up with the heat sinking ability of the objec…

I always found At Ease neat. I remember there was a glitch with it and Odell Down Under where after quitting the program you could get to the Finder. I remember seeing that for the…

Pluses have a beige case, though. How can they yellow? Click to expand... Only the 1996 Pluses. The entire Apple line switched to corporate Platinum by 1997 Click to expand.…

Pluses have a beige case, though. How can they yellow? Click to expand... Only the 1996 Pluses. The entire Apple line switched to corporate Platinum by 1997, including the 512K…

weird noises, and screen flickering out tho those are the same basic symptoms of flyback to control (analog board in some machines) more detail please Click to expand... Hmm..…

Also use a low-wattage soldering iron. By such means, you are less likely to ruin the components that get re-used, and less likely to compromise the brand new cells, Click to ex…

Yes, and it is not especially difficult. There are excellent, idiot-proof instructions on the web. My one piece of additional advice would be to used leaded solder, as its melting…

Failing flybacks can occasionally cause the screen to go out of focus too, or slowly shift focus as it warms up.

weird noises, and screen flickering out tho those are the same basic symptoms of flyback to control (analog board in some machines) more detail please

What are some of the signs of a flyback transformer that is bad or going bad?

Would this cable work? http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/615942-REG/TecNec_LT_RS_2_3_Rosetta_Stone_LT_RS_2_3_RS_232.html Click to expand... I imagine that should work fine. …

Would this cable work? http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/615942-REG/TecNec_LT_RS_2_3_Rosetta_Stone_LT_RS_2_3_RS_232.html