Thank you Nico for your very quick response. I'll fit cap's to both the Analog Board and PSU, I'll check out your recommended sites and place an order next week.
I don't know what RAM the SE has but the Guy I bought it from said that he thought that it was only the basic maybe 8mb? I will be in touch with you Nico and thank's once again, how do we get in touch off-list? Ian On 7 Oct 2012, at 17:35, "Nico Vanden Eynde" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My Mac Classic II started showing a check-a-board display on startup >> then nothing, it then displayed vertical stripes then nothing, this has >> been happening for many months. However, yesterday I powered it up and >> got a check-a-board pattern then it booted with a smile and all seems >> well? >> I also have a 'mint' Macintosh SE 30, however, I don't have the >> software to load as I bought it without any discs. I live in the UK and >> can provide brand new discs (never used sealed in a box) >> >> I was wondering if someone could copy the software for it I'm happy to >> pay as I would really like to get both Mac's working? > > Both the logic boards of your Classic II and SE/30 need to be recapped. This > will solve the vertical lines issue. > However given the age it's recommended to recap the Analog board and PSU as > well, especially for the Classic II as the capacitors used on the Analog > board tend to leak at the bottom. > > You can find a list of capacitors for the logic boards here: > http://68kmla.org/wiki/Capacitor_Replacement > > For the OS of the SE/30: depending how much ram you have it can be anything > from OS 6.0.8 to 7.5.5 > You can find these on the Apple website for free. > http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html > > If you SE/30 has 16MB of ram, the best choice is Mac OS 7.5.5 > Up to OS 7.1 you can install it from floppy discs, higher install from > CD-Rom. > > I'm located in Belgium so if you can't figure it out, I can help you out > with the OS. > Feel free to contact me off-list. > > > Nico > > > -- > ----- > 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/
