[GEM Development] Driver find

[Ben A L Jemmett]

Liam Proven wrote:
> I *think* I gave my Classic II to Mark Morgan Lloyd down in Brighton,
> who took a lot of kit. It had bad caps on the motherboard -- a very
> common complaint with old machines.

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!

> Easily repaired /if/ you can
> solder PCB components, including, I fear, SMT ones.
> 
> I cannot.

The current when-I-have-time-to-tinker-with-it project is http://flatpack.microwavepizza.co.uk/system/1/ - 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...

- BALJ (on a train in search of beer, please excuse any typos.  My kingdom for a tactile keyboard...)

---- Liam Proven wrote ----

>On 17 April 2015 at 19:36, Ben A L Jemmett <ben at jemmett.me.uk> wrote:
>> 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...
>
>Shame you didn't do that while troubleshooting the SCSI bus. That
>often needs blood sacrifice.
>
>> (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.)
>
>I'm trying to remember which of the compact Macs is left.
>
>I *think* I gave my Classic II to Mark Morgan Lloyd down in Brighton,
>who took a lot of kit. It had bad caps on the motherboard -- a very
>common complaint with old machines. Easily repaired /if/ you can
>solder PCB components, including, I fear, SMT ones.
>
>I cannot.
>
>I believe I still have the SE/30 which I would really like to get
>working and keep, TBH.
>
>Most of the classic Macs went in the end. What's left -- a G3 desktop
>(semi working), a G3 tower (also semi working), a G4 tower (died
>mysteriously while prepping to give away -- I think the fix is
>trivial), my fully-working Dual G5 PowerMac with Tiger (+ Classic) &
>Leopard.
>
>BTW, anyone on this list might well enjoy the ClassicCmp lists:
>http://classiccmp.org/
>
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