<p dir="ltr">Liam Proven wrote:<br>
> I *think* I gave my Classic II to Mark Morgan Lloyd down in Brighton,<br>
> who took a lot of kit. It had bad caps on the motherboard -- a very<br>
> common complaint with old machines.</p>
<p dir="ltr">That sounds like the one I'm thinking of - I think you said at the time that it showed no sign of life at all, and I figured I needed another inanimate lump of dead machine like the proverbial hole in the head... Probably a sensible decision anyway, as if it hadn't have been the caps it might have been a dead flyback in the CRT drive or something equally terminal!</p>
<p dir="ltr">> Easily repaired /if/ you can<br>
> solder PCB components, including, I fear, SMT ones.<br>
> <br>
> I cannot.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The current when-I-have-time-to-tinker-with-it project is <a href="http://flatpack.microwavepizza.co.uk/system/1">http://flatpack.microwavepizza.co.uk/system/1</a>/ - that's all through-hole (both for a suitably homebrewed appearance and because I started planning it before I'd done any SMT work), but these days I find surface-mount so much more pleasant to deal with! Although I can see not counting soldering amongst one's skillset could represent a serious obstacle, indeed...</p>
<p dir="ltr">- BALJ (on a train in search of beer, please excuse any typos. My kingdom for a tactile keyboard...)</p>
<br><br>---- Liam Proven wrote ----<br><br>On 17 April <a href="tel:2015">2015</a> at 19:36, Ben A L Jemmett <<a href="mailto:ben@jemmett.me.uk">ben@jemmett.me.uk</a>> wrote:<br>> It has the honour of having drawn first blood during my spring-cleaning efforts last week - I somehow managed to slice my knuckle open on the back edge of the case...<br><br>Shame you didn't do that while troubleshooting the SCSI bus. That<br>often needs blood sacrifice.<br><br>> (Still kicking myself for not taking the dead Classic (?) that was in your garage; Rob M tells me they have a known and easily-repairable failure mode. Mutter mutter.)<br><br>I'm trying to remember which of the compact Macs is left.<br><br>I *think* I gave my Classic II to Mark Morgan Lloyd down in Brighton,<br>who took a lot of kit. It had bad caps on the motherboard -- a very<br>common complaint with old machines. Easily repaired /if/ you can<br>solder PCB components, including, I fear, SMT ones.<br><br>I cannot.<br><br>I believe I still have the SE/30 which I would really like to get<br>working and keep, TBH.<br><br>Most of the classic Macs went in the end. What's left -- a G3 desktop<br>(semi working), a G3 tower (also semi working), a G4 tower (died<br>mysteriously while prepping to give away -- I think the fix is<br>trivial), my fully-working Dual G5 PowerMac with Tiger (+ Classic) &<br>Leopard.<br><br>BTW, anyone on this list might well enjoy the ClassicCmp lists:<br><a href="http://classiccmp.org">http://classiccmp.org</a>/<br><br>-- <br>Liam Proven • Profile: <a href="http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile">http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile</a><br>Email: <a href="mailto:lproven@cix.co.uk">lproven@cix.co.uk</a> • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven<br>MSN: <a href="mailto:lproven@hotmail.com">lproven@hotmail.com</a> • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven<br>Cell/Mobiles: <a href="tel:+44 7939-087884">+44 7939-087884</a> (UK) • <a href="tel:+420 702 829 053">+420 702 829 053</a> (ČR)<br>_______________________________________________<br>gem-dev mailing list<br><a href="mailto:gem-dev@simpits.org">gem-dev@simpits.org</a><br><a href="http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/gem-dev">http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/gem-dev</a><br>