I'm afraid that I have to plead ignorance on this. I've mostly worked  
on SEs and Classics.

Douglas Aalseth
Shoreview, MN


On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 01:04 PM, Dave Lee wrote:

>
> So I have the Larry Pina books (Dead Mac Scrolls and Mac SE and  
> Classic Upgrade and
> Repair Secrets), are these good enough to get info on what to do?
>
> This Plus was built in March, 1987.  I also have one that was built in  
> 1989 (4mb of
> RAM installed).  Any ideas if the 1989 one has internal improvements  
> that the 1987
> one may not have?
>
> --- Douglas Aalseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Well, if it was me;
>>
>> A new fine point iron and solder cost around $15
>> If I totally mucked it up the Mac would be no worse off than it is now
>> (ie-junk).
>> If I totally mucked it up it would still have many good parts to use  
>> on
>> another unit.
>>
>> So I'd do it myself. It would be a fun Saturday afternoon project. But
>> then, I'm experienced at working inside compact macs, soldering and
>> working on printed circuit boards. Your milage may very.
>>
>> Douglas Aalseth
>> Shoreview, MN
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 11:56 AM, Dave Lee wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> So my Mac Plus that I just got with the Jasmine Backpac drive  
>>> suddenly
>>> has the black
>>> out video problem (it works fine when turned on, but about two  
>>> minutes
>>> later it
>>> blanks out).  When I hit it on the left side it flickers on for about
>>> 1/50th of a
>>> second.
>>>
>>> So my question is, is this worth fixing?  It is a 1mb model and
>>> without the Backpac
>>> drive is missing the battery door.  Otherwise, when it was working  
>>> the
>>> video was
>>> excellent and the floppy drive is excellent too.  I want to fix it  
>>> but
>>> I am not sure
>>> if I want to spend $$$ (probably around $80 for the resodering) on  
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Dave
>
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