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  • JDW
    JDW replied to the thread Just destroyed my SE/30.
    Actually, devices will keep working… until they don’t. :-) Or until you start getting unexplainable quirks. As stated previously...
  • S. Pupp
    S. Pupp replied to the thread Just destroyed my SE/30.
    I also have electronics from as far back as the 1950’s that still work. I’ve also had plenty of TV’s, receivers, VCR’s, printers, and...
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    GerrySch replied to the thread Just destroyed my SE/30.
    Okay, perhaps you are right. I own an HP-85A computer that was made back in 1980 and has a 6" B&W CRT internal display, a thermal...
  • _nec6678
    So, tonight ended in tears. My replacement Nichicon capacitors arrived two days early, and I got to recapping the power supply board. It...
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  • F
    It may have been a weak batter in my MM. I changed them out and my readings are closer now but still a low on Pin 6. Here is what I...
  • F
    Lol, never a dull moment learning electronics! My background was software development from mainframes, client/server tech, to C# and...
  • JDW
    JDW replied to the thread Just destroyed my SE/30.
    Gerry, that’s incorrect. No fluid filled capacitors have eternal life. The gaskets where the legs come out breakdown overtime, and the...
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    GerrySch replied to the thread Just destroyed my SE/30.
    Sorry, I've been very busy so I haven't had a chance to respond. I'm awaiting delivery of replacement capacitors and I hoped they would...
  • speakers
    speakers replied to the thread A Mac Classic II restoration.
    Thanks for that reference. Before the DeoxIT treatment worked, I'd searched for a replacement but couldn't find anything.
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    dougg3 replied to the thread A Mac Classic II restoration.
    Well done on the repair! I've been dreading working on my Classic II's analog board that has similar leakage and metal corrosion. This...
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