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Vintage Macs looking for advice [message #361733] Sat, 27 January 2018 10:33 Go to next message
Lucy Aiston is currently offline  Lucy Aiston
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Hey guys. Hopefully I am in the right place I found this group through trying to find information about some vintage macs I inherited from my late father.

I'm not much a collector myself so looking to sell to put towards the renovation of the house I have just bought. So anyway.

I have the following:
Macintosh IIsi
Apple colour high resolution RGB monitor
Macintosh lc2
Macintosh classic II

Now I know he classic II boots up but has lines thought the screen.

The Lc 2 has a fair bit of rust on 3 of the ports on the back.

Need to get another kettle lead to see if I can book the other 2 up

Just wanting advise of worth if for parts only or working and any specific places I should list it to sell.

Thank you in advance

Lucy

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Re: Vintage Macs looking for advice [message #361734 is a reply to message #361733] Sat, 27 January 2018 11:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jonathan Morton is currently offline  Jonathan Morton
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> On 27 Jan, 2018, at 5:33 pm, Lucy Aiston <eightpencemusic@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Now I know he classic II boots up but has lines thought the screen.

I think that's a reasonably common fault with Compact Macs, which can usually be fixed. It's simply due to life-expired passive components (usually capacitors), which are not expensive in themselves, but require soldering skills.

> The Lc 2 has a fair bit of rust on 3 of the ports on the back.

That will probably affect its value (indicating storage in a damp environment), but probably shouldn't prevent it from working.

Both the LC-II and IIsi are also likely to have life-expired capacitors and PRAM batteries, which will need replacing for reliable operation, unless they have already received such attention in the past few years.

If these machines are still using their original hard drives, there is a possibility of difficulty with that component. If it fails to spin up and leaves you with a blinking question mark, give the machine a firm slap - that might "unstick" the spindle bearing enough to get it running. Newer hard drives of more than 200MB capacity should be more reliable (the originals were likely 20-80 MB).

Due to the difficulty and expense in shipping computers overseas, knowing your approximate location will undoubtedly help in making further recommendations.

- Jonathan Morton

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Re: Vintage Macs looking for advice [message #361744 is a reply to message #361733] Sat, 27 January 2018 12:52 Go to previous message
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Youv'e come to the right place, be patient...






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