At 16:32 -0800 12/28/05, Thomas wrote:
I have a Mac Plus that I bought new that I am trying to get operational again. When it finally became unusable, the screen would go to a thin vertical line and sometimes it would work again if I tapped the case.
The analog board - vertical one - has large and small solder joints on it. Often the larger joints are not so good, probably because the soldering time and temperature were set for the small joints.
Have a look with a magnifier and look for cracks in the solder. Watch the connectors to cables that go out to the magnetic deflection coils around the neck of the tube.
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