A couple of observations, R.A.:
[...snip...]
>Don't worry about a battery till you get
>the machine to boot. Do you get a boot chime when you hit the button?
I'm not sure about the 630CD, but some Macs won't start up properly or
recognize and light up the display if the PRAM battery is shot. Can anyone
provide more details?
[...snip...]
>I don't know
>what you paid for the 630 or what you paid the tech to tell you the Mobo was
>dead, but don't pay a lot for anything to do with a 630. The p-ream battery
>for one is going to be about $12 and that is about as much as a 630 is
>worth. So, you have to be a little judicious to avoid getting caught up in a
>good-money-after-bad situation.
I agree with your comment about getting caught up in a good-money-after-bad
situation, but disagree with your evaluation of the "worth" of the 630CD.
In a purely dollars-and-cents market situation, you could be right, but for
a new computer user, the "worth" is in the ability to do basic word
processing, to send and receive email, and to browse the web. For this
purpose, the 630CD (loaded with OS 7.x, AppleWorks 5, Eudora, and Netscape)
is perfect and well worth several $25 upgrades (CPU, memory, comm slot
modem or ethernet board) to make it maximally performant within its design
specs. It's definitely less expensive than "Dude, you're getting a Dull!"
;-)
Sp00ky
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