>Hello! > >I need, as soon as possible, some advice about this buying: > >*Mac Classic with 4Mb RAM, 40Mb HD, keyboard and mouse. Known problem: >monitor does not work. But Mac does, as it can communicate by AppleTalk and >read floppies (told by the seller). Asking price is about $29.50 > >Good thing is that it is available locally (I mean in Valencia, Spain). As >I have told several times, Macs are not common here so I tend to pick up >every Mac at a reasonable price. I know in USA Macs are lots cheaper but >shipping a compact Mac to Spain, using slow surface mail, costs at least >$40.00 and takes 2 to 3 months. > >So, what do you think?. I am good at electronics so the unworking display >should not be a great deal for me (touch wood :-)! ) >
�Ola! It may sound weird to you but in a Classic, probably the most valuable part is the picture tube. <end flame bait> Seriously, I'd not throw out as much for a non-working Classic without opening it up and making sure the CRT itself isn't shot. If it has heard the "hiss of death" there's no cure, and there are no spares except from dead Classics :-) .I say this because I have a dead US Classic (shot analog) that donated its CRT to one of my SEs and is now waiting patiently to get a 475 implant. Maybe, if you're lucky, it's just the little PCB at the end of the tube's neck that's come off, or some other trivial problem in the video circuitry you can overcome with a good soldering iron and the info at http://www.biwa.ne.jp/%7Eshamada/fullmac/repairEng.html. But if it's the CRT, give the seller 5 Euros and use the Mac for spares or turn it into a Classic 475. Wish you luck. Cheers, OM /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect for open standards -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:compact.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:compact.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:compact.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
