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Apple 400k Single Sided Floppy Drive Refresh
An Apple 400K single sided floppy drive, taken from the Lisa 2/5 under restoration on Adrian's main channel, gets a refresh of its own, with a Sony drive service manual linked.
Topic
Macintosh
8 videos.
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Restoring Vintage Macintosh Treasure!
What is inside two bags of mystery Macintosh hardware, and can any of it be restored? Branchus Creations opens Bag A and Bag B in turn to find out.
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Test and try: Macintosh Centris 610 (with a "sassy" recap)
Is a 1993 Macintosh Centris 610 still working? Adrian Black opens the pizza box case, recaps and cleans the board, then gives the machine a test run.
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Rejuvenating a Macintosh CRT with equipment from 1969
Can a tired, dim picture tube be brought back? Adrian tries rejuvenation on the CRT from a Macintosh Classic II, in part 4.5 of the Macintosh Repairathon series.
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Recapping Tutorial - how to replace old, leaky surface mount electrolytic capacitors
Surface-mount electrolytic capacitors that have leaked are replaced on a Macintosh Classic II motherboard, with guides to recapping other Macs linked.
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Mac84: Original Apple iMac G3 20th Birthday Restoration
Mac84 restores an original 1998 Bondi Blue iMac G3 to factory condition for its twentieth birthday, with a look back at the machine, a few games and a speed test.
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0x001B.2 - Solid Polymer ReCap of Mac Classic II
The Macintosh Classic II board gets solid polymer capacitors in a follow-up to the earlier repair, and the maker regrets assuming tantalum parts for the 47uF positions could not be found.
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0x001B.1 - Macintosh Classic II Repair
After a Macintosh Classic II turned unreliable, Tech Tangents opens the case and cleans leaked electrolytic fluid off the board, calling it a stopgap until the capacitors are replaced.
