![]() ![]() It had broken display and I've just fixed it with the soldering iron like a freaking MacGyver! /0FkbgleC8k- Tomek Rękawek November 10, 2016 I get all of my engineering skills and touched the offending pins with the solderning iron:Īfter switching the Mac on, it presented a beautiful icon of floppy disk with blinking question mark: Internet forums and the amazing book about fixing classic Macs - Macintosh Repair and Upgrade Secrets - suggested that the black screen is often a symptom of the cold joints in J4 connector. I hoped that it’ll be enough to turn the brightness knob, but it wasn’t the case. So, the first thing to fix was the screen. The worst case scenario - I’ll get a modern art sculpture. ![]() However, the low cost was justified - according to the description, the screen was dead, it also lacked of the mouse and the keyboard. That’s why I was really happy to find a Macintosh Plus in an attractive price. Sometimes you may find something on the local auction portal, but usually it costs a lot. Unfortunately, they are not so common in Europe as in the US and the costs of the shipment are often higher than the computer itself. ![]() I wanted to extend my vintage computer collection with a classic, all-in-one Macintosh for a long time. ![]()
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