Hi everyone - been browsing the list for a while and decided to subscribe. Visiting my parents house a couple of weeks ago I saw our old Macs sitting on the shelf in the storage room, and thought it would be interesting to see if I could start to get them running again. I did some looking online regarding what people are doing with them and was astounded! I've got a 512k, SE, and IIcx currently. My first project is to get the IIcx up and running. I'm running by a friends house this afternoon to pick up his Apple 14" monitor to use with it (I've read it won't work with just a simple adaptor to a VGA+ monitor) and then I'll start the process of restoring the IIcx to a running state. One thing I've done so far without a monitor connected, is to plug the IIcx in and turn it on, I get a power light and the drive spins up, however I don't hear a boot chime and no HD activity light. I'll open it up and check the connections tonight. I also tried to boot from a floppy and no go. I've been reading it could possibly be a bad PRAM battery? Does anyone have any insight on this? Can I find a replacement at Radio Shack, and are they clipped or soldered onto the motherboard? Thanks everyone and looking forward to using my vintage macs again!
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