Thanks for the advice. I will do that this weekend. Another question, what are folks using these Macs for these days? (other than not being afraid of viruses, that is) Roberto
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Walther Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 10:29 AM To: Vintage Macs Subject: Re: Fat Mac On Dec 1, 10:31 am, randl <[email protected]> wrote: > I am the original owner of a Fat Mac. I have not checked it lately > however, when I stored it, it was working. I had all kinds of > software for it (I hope I can find it) and also have a printer for > it. The fat Mac is stored in a fat case (the ones that were sold back > in the 80 to be able to take it to work - which I did). > > I am not sure what to do with it right now. I signed up to get ideas. The first thing I would do is go open the back compartment and remove the battery. Then clean the compartment if the battery has had slight leakage. If severe leakage, open the whole machine and clean the analog board before the corrosion goes any further. If there's no leakage, rejoice. Jeff Walther -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
