I used to service these back in the 1980's. By far, one of the most common failures was the solder points under the flyback transformer that feeds high voltage to the CRT. Look closely at those solder points. You may find little dark circles around the pins where the solder has cracked. Reflowing those solder joints is the easy fix if you don't get reliable or stable video.
@worldofretrogameplay69634 жыл бұрын
You know, for being such an expensive computer for its time, you would think Apple’s engineers would have caught that issue regarding the flyback transformer.
@loughkb4 жыл бұрын
@ungratefulmetalpansy I think it's a combination of stress from the weight of the transformer, heat buildup inside the case and on the pins from the relatively high current through the primary. Once the solder softens from the heat, it thins, raising it's DC resistance a bit, making it heat even more until it separates. Then it arcs and that widens the gap even further. These original macs got quite warm inside since Jobs didn't like fan noise and forbade a case fan in the design.
@zzoinks4 жыл бұрын
@@loughkb Oh, wow for real? I wonder how the computer ran well without good ventilation.
@RetroViator4 жыл бұрын
Last weekend I reflowed the solder for the flyback on my Apple IIGS monitor. It would go out periodically-usually once it got hot. Sometimes slapping the side of the display brought it back. After a reflow, all is well.
@MrDuncl4 жыл бұрын
@@worldofretrogameplay6963 The story of Apple ? In 1989 the engineers where I worked had a couple of HP Vectra 286s with Colour displays. They bought the Mechanical engineer a 20" NEC colour Monitor that cost more than this Mac Classic. Meanwhile the Management demonstrated their Management Superiority by having Macintosh Pluses on their desks so they could use Microplanner to plan the next few years work on their 9" monochrome screens
@AnonymousFreakYT4 жыл бұрын
Also, the Classic is the only Macintosh with a bootable system in ROM! Hold Cmd-Opt-X-O when turning on, and it will boot to an onboard copy of System 6.0.7.
@LGRBlerbs4 жыл бұрын
I always forget about that!
@meiklman4 жыл бұрын
Isn't it 6.0.3? 😁
@ryderrepairs4 жыл бұрын
Wow, Smart
@PotatoFi4 жыл бұрын
When I recapped this machine, I was SUPER EXCITED TO TRY THAT since I’d never had a Classic in my possession before. And it worked great. Pretty neat feature.
@needfuldoer45314 жыл бұрын
There's an invisible folder tree that has all the names of the development team, too. I think it's inside the ROM disk's System Folder.
@braddrcrushalot37854 жыл бұрын
This man truly is the “Bob Ross” of our generation.
@braddrcrushalot37854 жыл бұрын
@@AstroKitty16 I'm going to guess that he and I are roughly the same age so fatherly figure really doesn't it, but we can all use another good influence in our lives.
@doodoobrn4 жыл бұрын
Laugh react
@Ropetupa3 жыл бұрын
...or David Attenborough.
@SlavicCelery3 жыл бұрын
Maybe we should update the name for him. He's a Rob Boss, of our generation.
@Ropetupa3 жыл бұрын
@@SlavicCelery That sounds more of a suggestion than a name. :D
@phipli4 жыл бұрын
The Classic has a copy of Mac OS built into the ROM! After turning it on, press cmd-opt-x-o
@randominternetbro65624 жыл бұрын
LGR is pretty much the only KZbin channel that actually relaxes me. It's like I am repairing my favorite computers (which I'm too young to have experienced myself, and I wish I had) while sitting on a leather reclining chair, wearing sweatpants and my SpaceX hoodie, eating a Jersey Mike's sandwich, while it is raining heavily outside in late winter (where the snow is mixed with mud, and everything is cold and raining).
@dlinkster4 жыл бұрын
Adrian’s Digital Basement and VWestlife also relax me. Clint is just amazing.
@Beany2007FTW4 жыл бұрын
@@dlinkster agree with ADB and LGR, never seen VWestlife. Can I recommends BigCliveDotCom? Particularly if you are of an electrical bent, very chilled stuff.
@AlTerego8164 жыл бұрын
@@dlinkster As well as agreeing with you on VWestlife and Steven Raith about BigCliveDotCom I also enjoy Tech Tangents (and I am not even going to attempt to type his channel's former name). I find the videos very relaxing and interesting, like LGR's are, but with some jaw dropping stuff thrown in (such as his 'RAM upgrade, the hard way' video). I also recently stumbled across My Mate VINCE, which is basically a bloke trying - quite successfully - to fix a wide variety of gadgets/toys/whatever. EDIT: I do also watch some ADB and 8-Bit Guy, amongst several others, but for that relaxing vibe and 'gentle excitement' I recommended TT and MMV as they don't seem to be in the same circle of creators who know/reference each other. EDIT2: Ha ha. After my previous comment I decided to watch a random older TT video, one which I hadn't watched yet, and what does he do at the end? He tells ppl to go and watch an LGR video for more info on General Magic's OS! I think that's so cool.
@MrDuncl4 жыл бұрын
It didn't relax me when he kept reaching around the back next to the high voltage video drive board without looking where he was putting his hand. Handling boards without a wrist strap could also kill equipment (although not him).
@crylune Жыл бұрын
lmao spacex 🤢
@bf01894 жыл бұрын
I love to put on Adrian's Digital Basement before I go to bed to decompress brain. He's like the Bob Ross of technical old computer repairs. Always learn something new!
@LGRBlerbs4 жыл бұрын
Totally, they're super chill and a great way to wind down with some classic tech.
@Jimmy422224 жыл бұрын
The wobbly CRT is likely caused by the capacitors on the analog board being worn out. I have a Mac LC all in one that had the same issue - I had to replace all the capacitors on the analog board to get the issue fixed. And there are a LOT of capacitors on that one, so it's way more annoying than re-capping the logic board!
@meiklman4 жыл бұрын
I also have a CRT with a wobbling image. It's from 2002, though, so not *that* old. I hope I can identify a blown capacitor and I hope that replacing that one will fix the problem. 😀
@Jimmy422224 жыл бұрын
@@meiklman It sucks because in my case none of the capacitors LOOKED bad. Every cap looked fine. Even all but one tested fine with a capacitor ESR tester (and replacing just that one didn't fix the issue!). I guess some of them will just deteriorate in a way that's imperceptible to us but not to electronics.
@meiklman4 жыл бұрын
@@Jimmy42222 Wow, that REALLY sucks. I think I'll just leave it as it is then. I only use the CRT for testing different graphics cards and modes anyway, cause it is not as picky as LCDs.
@PotatoFi4 жыл бұрын
Agreed, I tested Clint’s logic board in my Classic II after I recapped it, and did not see that effect. Exactly what I expected. I’ll bet the analog board needs a recap.
@Inject0r4 жыл бұрын
James capacitors can look great, even when they’ve deteriorated on the inside. There are quite a few tables floating on the web, containing information about several types of capacitors, their capacitance (including margin in percentage) and their theoretical ESR values (in ohms). The measured values of the capacitors should definitely be within margin, shown in those tables. Anything diverging from those tables should definitely be considered bad or cheap junk.
@munxcorp4 жыл бұрын
I noticed that only the space key on the keyboard is yellowed and has the fire-proof chemicals in it. I'm glad Apple decided to save that key in the case of a fire.
@St0rmcrash4 жыл бұрын
The other keys are made out of PBT instead of ABS which doesn't yellow the same way. Spacebars still tended to be ABS because PBT shrinks more as it cools so getting the spacebar right is hard. IBM was just about the only one brave enough to make a PBT spacebar on their keyboards
@troytakesphotos4 жыл бұрын
Electrolytic Leakiness is going to be the name of my new emo band.
@SenileOtaku4 жыл бұрын
Could be a FutureFunk band too.
@Dukefazon4 жыл бұрын
I've been watchin Adrian's Digital Basement lately a lot and I'm feeling some attraction towards these old Macintosh machines.
@AdamChristensen4 жыл бұрын
Same!
@bf01894 жыл бұрын
Ditto
@Jimmy422224 жыл бұрын
I thought this was an Adrian's Digital Basement video at first, I was pleasantly surprised to see it was LGR!
@medes55974 жыл бұрын
They're great but they're absolute nightmares in terms of reliability and maintenance.
@Dukefazon4 жыл бұрын
@iwashere That would be nice but I live in Europe, Hungary :)
@cedmanotro4 жыл бұрын
Here's a tip to not crossthread screws: turn counter clockwise until you feel the screw suddenly going down, people look at me like I'm crazy when I do that but meh
@TuxedoRonny4 жыл бұрын
I do this too, and people stare at me for a second before saying "Lefty Loosey, righty-tighty!" almost every. time.
@HappyBeezerStudios4 жыл бұрын
Nice trick, have to keep that in mind next time.
@fluffycritter4 жыл бұрын
I thought everyone knew this one, so it's good that you're sharing it for those who don't. It's a HUGE lifesaver for a lot of things, especially older electronics.
@tra-viskaiser87374 жыл бұрын
Yea that feel when the threads end and the screw drops into position. I do this with bolts on cars also..
@MontieMongoose4 жыл бұрын
Shorty had them Mac bottom case, boots from the drive...
@RhodesMusic14 жыл бұрын
The whole machine was looking alive...
@AdamIsUrqed4 жыл бұрын
Solder reflowed Caps on the flo Voltage too low, low, low, low
@Ravaxr4 жыл бұрын
Apple's fuzzy beams Boots with the whirr (with the whirr!) The whole LAN was looking at her
@chewbaccasaurusrex6924 жыл бұрын
It’s so fascinating to see how far computers have come to what we use today. But there’s just something so appealing about old computer hardware that just seems more physical and interactive. And the fact you can actually fix individual components yourself for the most part.
4 жыл бұрын
¨Chewbacca SaurusRex¨ ? OMY !!!!
@Sithedd4 жыл бұрын
"apple bong"? Ah yes... I too have witnessed this.
@seanc.53104 жыл бұрын
😂
@thicclink4 жыл бұрын
*Stoners have entered the chat* 😂😂
@TheNews19904 жыл бұрын
I believe that it was sometime in college... Wasn't it?
@cbob74234 жыл бұрын
high off apples
@ADR694 жыл бұрын
Those were common in college. So I've heard
@MontieMongoose4 жыл бұрын
It always feels great when you finally get a computer that hasn't run for years to boot.
@seanc.53104 жыл бұрын
My favorite part is getting old drives working because it's like a digital time capsule
@Cr0frog4 жыл бұрын
I legit just got my 1st gaming pc i bought at like 11 years ago 2 run and had the maddest throwback in my life
@poop-for-brains4 жыл бұрын
My elementary school district had so many ancient PCs I was using one of these in like 2002.
@adamsavard5354 жыл бұрын
The vintage 68k macs are pretty special to me. I used to run a website dedicated to Mini vMac and software that would run on the mac. Haven't touched it in years.
@PotatoFi4 жыл бұрын
Mini vMac is great!
@adamsavard5354 жыл бұрын
@Petraplexity Comment apparently got reported. It's still up, but I can't even tell you what the link is haha. Just search for system608, it's a wordpress site.
@thicclink4 жыл бұрын
I'm in agreement, this is pretty typical of worn caps on the analog section of the CRT. You could probably narrow it down to the horizontal circuit or something, but with CRTs as old as this, I generally recommend a full recap while you have it out.
@HappyBeezerStudios4 жыл бұрын
While already at it, why not give it a full makeover. I actually have a monitor that I'm waiting for it to fail. Bought two of them back then and one died a year or so back, replaced a pair of caps and it runs fine again, but since the other one is the same model and as old, it should have the same issue at some point soon.
@jr29044 жыл бұрын
"Hmm cleaned and lubed floppy drive. Nice." Reminds me of SteveMRE1989 haha.
@RobbertN4 жыл бұрын
'Nice lube'
@The_Keeper4 жыл бұрын
Nah man, its nothing like Steve's videos... it isn't on a tray. 😁
@MatSpeedle4 жыл бұрын
Let's get this out on to a tray... Nice! :D
@AdamIsUrqed4 жыл бұрын
If he ever cracks open some new old stock, pops the bag and says "nice hiss", you know he has some 80's MREs buried beneath a stack of cannibalized cases.
@DesertRainReads4 жыл бұрын
@@The_Keeper oh but it IS on a tray you see, a floppy drive tray. XD
@phoenixsixxrising3 жыл бұрын
I almost cried watching this one, the Mac Classic was the very first computer I broke down as a kid, it has been 25 years since I last saw one, it really gave me feels to hear that 'bong' again.
@MrPeteykins4 жыл бұрын
I thought Adrian's Digital Basement's recent series of Mac Classic repairs was pretty great.
@LGRBlerbs4 жыл бұрын
Sure was, I watched every minute!
@RetroViator4 жыл бұрын
Adrian is definitely worth watching! I appreciate the way he works through problems. Also, like Clint, he has a joyful persona.
@andy_rulz20004 жыл бұрын
Great Video Clint, I remember using these computers back in high school, I always loved the sound of the eject mechanism on the floppy drive
@andywoodburn45553 жыл бұрын
Christ, bro, you're making me want to hunt one of these up at a swap meet or something. Having said that I've always been fascinated with the tiny little Macs having only used them in school for basic functions and school work back in the day. Personally my family had a Macintosh Performa PowerPC that we got in early 1996 shortly after my grandfather passed away. Grandma thought it would have been a morale booster for us kids not to mention our school system was using mostly Macintosh computers at the time as most schools did because of Apple's educational initiatives. First got onto the world wide web in 1998 with AOL on a 28.8 k dial up modem and I had no idea what an impact it would be. I would never be the same. It's also amazing to think and know that because of exponential growth in technology that I'm holding the equivalent of possibly a few hundred of my childhood computers in the palm of my hand as I write this. Having said that nostalgia is a powerful thing and though completely impractical these days it would be kind of neat to have either a black and white Mac, a Macintosh Performa, or an Apple II just as a hobby or something to mess around with. I've always been a fan of technology and it's part of my daily life.
@BollingHolt4 жыл бұрын
Over the last couple of years, I've collected quite a few compact Macs and other 68K Macs. They can be a lot of fun! The Floppy Emu and the SCSI2SD devices are DEFINITELY your friend on these LOL. I finally, just last week, got the SCSI2SD adapter working on my maxed out Plus. When I got it, it came with an external SCSI hard drive (long since dead), so I just put the SCSI2SD (v5.1) in the external enclosure, and once I found the settings to tweak on the SCSIUTIL, it came right up. You can't have enough SCSI2SDs lying around when it comes to these! ;) Although, my Classic II actually still has its working, mechanical hard drive.
@HappyBeezerStudios4 жыл бұрын
I love using actual disks, but they can be a pain, so anything that makes the old machines more comfortable to use is welcome.
@JHMBB24 жыл бұрын
I've been using a Mac Classic to draw pixel art in Mac Paint, it's so cool. Love these little machines
@worldofretrogameplay69634 жыл бұрын
Nice!! I’m in the process of repairing the exact same model. The 512k RAM chips on the motherboard are bad, so they need to be replaced. *The inside of those Macs remind me of a cluttered garage.* I used to repair Commodore Amiga and Atari ST computers for a living back in the day. Believe it or not, the motherboards for the aforementioned computers were similar in some ways, and most of their chips (including their CPUs) were socket mounted, making them easy to replace. What about the classic Mac, you ask? Heck no! Like I said previously - they’re like a rat’s nest filled with cables and boards everywhere. So if you haven’t figured it out by now, classic Macs are a pain in the ass to work on. *NOTE:* When repairing a classic Mac, ALWAYS turn it on first. The computer will provide error codes related to any internal hardware issues. These error codes can be easily found by doing a simple search on Google. *Side note:* There are 3rd party companies out there who still manufacture replacement chips and boards for the classic Mac. You can find these reputable sellers on eBay with dirt cheap prices.
@StevieCooper2 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing that on my phone I can see individual pixels of the monitor. That’s how sharp displays are today. Really cool project. Wish I could grab one some time :-)
@KenKuhns4 жыл бұрын
I work at a community college where we used to have this model of Mac along with other compact Macs (down to the old Mac Plus.) We kept them in service for basically as long as we possibly could since we didn't have a lot of budget. At the point where drives would stop spinning, we used to take the drive cage out, walk out of sight of end-users, and rap the drive smartly with the handle of a screwdriver. About 8 out of 10 times, the drive would spin again and work long enough to get any important data from it. Sometimes it would work for AGES after doing that. If you have nothing to lose, I'd suggest giving that a try...
@otakuribo3 жыл бұрын
8:34 "Ayy, we got a bong! That's something!"
@larsmuldjord99074 жыл бұрын
Watching this while programming a 16x16 LED matrix in C++ using the SPI Linux kernel interface of a RaspPiZero in a terminal on a different monitor. I think I'm having some sort of nerd overload here!
@HappyBeezerStudios4 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to fix a hard drive at the same time, working on tech is best supplemented with watching tech.
@proCaylak4 жыл бұрын
3:47 I'm guessing North Carolina as of now.
@vivanecrosis4 жыл бұрын
I have a 2GB Quantum drive in my 486 DX2 I found in the loft/attic. Been sat up there for 20 years. It works great! ✨👍🏻
@twocvbloke4 жыл бұрын
"Just gotta stick things wherever they fit" - I'm sure Quagmire agrees... :P
@AdamIsUrqed4 жыл бұрын
Giggity
@dlinkster4 жыл бұрын
I dream for the day when Adrian, David (The 8-bit Guy), Clint, and Retro Man Cave do something together. One day I hope this happens.
@rautamiekka4 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, that'd be great. Just David and Clint would already be a massively good thing.
@taylorkeating68844 жыл бұрын
8:34 "Hey, we got a bong, that's something." Who knew Clint and/or '80s Apple were into blazin' 420?
@Sun-ut9gr4 жыл бұрын
🔥🌳
@fluffycritter4 жыл бұрын
That was more of a '70s Apple thing, '80s Apple was all about the cocaine and Pepsi. (And the Mac Classic was a '90s machine.)
@MacintoshLibrarian4 жыл бұрын
Nice to see some Classic Macintosh Love ❤️
@Caarajack4 жыл бұрын
These old all-in-one Macintosh computers are just cute with their relatively small screen and thicc bezels.
@criggie3 жыл бұрын
I remember maintaining a SE that was a server for a classroom of classics. If you turned it off for the holidays, the internal drive would suffer from stiction and it wouldn't warm up. The fix was to mount it with a long internal scsi cable and a molex power extension, and "flick" it like tossing a pizza base. The soft-hammer didn't ever work.
@mrt1r4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact Clint, if you hold down "apple option x o" during startup, you can boot into a built in System 6 ROM image.
@JUSTPOOPOO4 жыл бұрын
That floppy drive makes such an awesome sound.
@brianlewis27804 жыл бұрын
"You just gotta stick things where they fit" True
@xiu-quiahuitlleal34274 жыл бұрын
Can we all appreciate the thumbnail... beautiful.. honestly
@ignaciosalia19524 жыл бұрын
I love when an old floppy works so smooth
@tedwilliams94244 жыл бұрын
Mac Bottom drives you make the rockin’ world go ‘round.
@KronoGarrett4 жыл бұрын
That eject mechanism sound takes me back to the LC. Mmm...memories.
@OneVerySadPanda4 жыл бұрын
Clint reminds me of a younger me. Before the weight of the world crushed my spirit.
@Keyspot4 жыл бұрын
I often forget how beautifully simplistic these machines were.
@AnonymousFreakYT4 жыл бұрын
That era Quantum drives are just the WORST. A couple years ago I went through all my vintage PCs and took out and tested all the hard drives. There were 8 Quantum drives of that vintage. 7 were dead.
@BobbyOxygen4 жыл бұрын
Remember the "Fireball"? Rarely do you see a product so aptly named.
@CantankerousDave4 жыл бұрын
I remember Micropolis having a line of AV rated drives in the late 90s that ran so hot they died reeeeeeally quickly.
@AnonymousFreakYT4 жыл бұрын
@@CantankerousDave And of course the IBM Deskstar series that was so unreliable it acquired the nickname "Deathstar"...
@AnonymousFreakYT4 жыл бұрын
@iwashere I ran a small IT department that had bought that line of drives exclusively for our machines - we had about 25% fail in a two-year span.
@AnonymousFreakYT4 жыл бұрын
@iwashere Don't remember now that it's been so long, but probably.
@yllbuzoku16704 жыл бұрын
Midweek blerb? Hell yess!
@Fyshtako4 жыл бұрын
I just found this channel after not knowing it existed, looks like I have more LGR content to binge :) great vid.
@johnsimon84574 жыл бұрын
I had a Mac SE30 that sat in four inches of flooded basement... and I pitched it. Now I’ll never know It could have ever been revived without getting out a soldering kit. That mother board on the bottom definitely took a bath. Completely immersed
@TheRealLetharos4 жыл бұрын
Computer Bob Ross. That's what blurbs is. I love it.
@_PGleo864 жыл бұрын
I would love more Mac content - this was a blast! I just picked up a Pismo Powerbook G3 and have been replaying a lot of games from my youth on it. Got me back into the vintage Mac mindset so this was very welcome :)
@leandrotami4 жыл бұрын
it's amazing to finally see one that is not all rusted inside due to the battery exploding and spraying acid everywhere
@LGRBlerbs4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I got real lucky.
@thedarklordsknigh4 жыл бұрын
love adrian's digital basement
@DarKnightKilla134 жыл бұрын
My old Quantum drive (1 GB) from my 1993 IBM Aptiva still works, will have to send you a video someday. She clicks a little but not anything more than you'd imagine.
@IRWPD4 жыл бұрын
That floppy drive reject system is cool. Never seen one of these work before.
@NikkiWrightVGM4 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see more Apple content from you in the future, Clint! Don't care if its a blerb video or a full-on LGR vid- anything would be awesome!
@metacob4 жыл бұрын
Apple: "A $5 component of your macbook is broken. That'll be $1000 to fix." Mac bottom: "Oh yes daddy, hurt me!"
@CRG4 жыл бұрын
The main caps on the analogue board like to leak and can cause all sorts of problems from low voltages to wobbly screens and exploding components (in my case). I just finished a repair on one of these very machines with extensive damage on the analogue board from leaking caps. I highly recommend replacing the main caps around the transformer and giving the whole board a really good clean in IPA. If you can bath it to remove any leaking electrolytic, might need to remove the paper speaker first though. Shame the old scsi HDD didn't work, the one that came in my Classic still spins all be it makes odd noises from time to time and does give the odd read error so is on its way out. Will probably have to go the SCSI to SD route myself. Looking forward to see what you do with this machine, personally I don't know a thing about the MAC system so hopefully I can learn some stuff from you. Great videos as always.
@maniatore20064 жыл бұрын
Ask Adrian, from adrian's basement he is a Expert for repair :) an Apple Classics THank you for that Video.
@rob94724 жыл бұрын
What a thing of beautiful beige packaging.
@kargaroc3864 жыл бұрын
Why have I never heard of this before? It reminds me of 2010 era LGR and that's amazing!
@JamesWWagner-my8zm4 жыл бұрын
I have had success with several old stuck hard drives by giving them a twist of the wrist. If it breaks free you can hear movement while doing so.
@itsgruz4 жыл бұрын
If slapping the side of the Mac fixes the screen issue, you might just need to reflow or resolder the power connector on the analog board. Worth a shot
@ElShogoso4 жыл бұрын
My first computer ever was one of the power PC ones, the 7200/75mhz. I don't even like Macs today, and the old Mac OS operating system was way too closed to be fun to mess around with, but I have some extreme nostalgia for the older mac models because of these childhood memories of messing around with a few shareware games on an old power pc mac.
@tommiedewaal4 жыл бұрын
Im starting to love Blerbs more and more. Its like a quick fix tech video to take you through the week. Thank you and appreciate it, keep up the good blerb!
@HAGSLAB4 жыл бұрын
This feels like an Adrians Digital Basement colab even though Adrian isn't even in the video! :D
@harshbarj4 жыл бұрын
"it is what it is" Man that line has a whole different meaning now. ;-)
@GreyWolfLeaderTW4 жыл бұрын
I have always wondered what a new Macintosh with the classic shell design but a LCD screen and modern hardware would be like. A Mac 128K was my first computer.
@Hellwyck4 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous green/white mech keyboard.
@DKJones964 жыл бұрын
If you don't have one yet I highly recommend a FloppyEMU for these macs. I've got a PowerBook 100, Classic, Classic II, Color Classic, and LC 475 and it makes transferring files a breeze. The SD pops out, open an HDD image on my modern PC with HMVExplorer, and I can download and copy over all I want from Macintosh Garden or Macintosh Repository. The only 'complication' to this is that the PB 100, Color Classic, and LC 475 don't have external floppy ports(well, the PB does but it's HDI and I have no adapter for it) but you share the HDD over Appletalk from one of the classics and it'll browse like a local drive, albeit slower. I typically get a bunch of stuff to copy then walk away and let them transfer for a while.
@alextirrellRI4 жыл бұрын
You got lucky for sure. I still have the Mac Classic I grew up with but the battery exploded, so it's been a game of replacing components trying to get it working again. We found that some caps did leak on my analog board though something definitely blew on it. It would be a good idea in general to take a good look at everything as even if it's functioning, it will probably need some servicing.
@SlavicCelery3 жыл бұрын
"Ohh will you take me home tonight? Right beside that red fire light! MAC BOTTOMED GIRLS YOU MAKE THE ROCKING WORLD GO ROUND!"
@ZockAmigo4 жыл бұрын
I could watch this for hours. Your voice is the what they‘ve come up with the word relax for.
@retropuffer29864 жыл бұрын
Another Compact Mac brought back to life! I love these babies. Great work!
@CrazyTechReviews4 жыл бұрын
It's so weird watching you screw around with mac stuff clint
@frizfryy4 жыл бұрын
My own first computer I win back in the day. Many fond memories and curses at its proprietary-ness.
@avocatdelamusique97784 жыл бұрын
What's worrying me... I love this channel more than LGR... I like such one-take, raw videos without any fancy editing. Feels more authentic and fun to watch lol.
@Muzer04 жыл бұрын
This video makes me sad because I have TWO macs of this era and they both are ruined from leaky batteries (I bought the second one for cheap in the hope I could merge it with the first to produce a working system, but of course it would have the exact same issue!). But at the same time I'm happy for you getting extremely lucky here :)
@dogebad4 жыл бұрын
8:34 the swat team when they raid a streamers house and dont see any felony activity
@mrsg11374 жыл бұрын
Not a Mac or iPhone guy, but iPods and old Macintoshes just please me greatly and I don't know why.
@BandanazX4 жыл бұрын
Adrian Black makes it look easy.
@seanc61284 жыл бұрын
Mac bottom girls make the rockin' world go 'round.
@andrewspode4 жыл бұрын
I wish those SCSI2SDs were cheaper. I need one for my Powerbook.
@antonpreacher29004 жыл бұрын
The price of those little things are just too much. I don't get it.
@andrewspode4 жыл бұрын
@@antonpreacher2900 I mean, they are very specific, so I do understand to some extent - but if they were say £40, I'd buy without thinking and I'd probably grab more than one, but if you're working on multiple vintage machines it's certainly not a no-brainer drop-in.
@Merylstreep19494 жыл бұрын
I think your next logical step is restoration of computers from the 1950s and 60s. That would definitely be a challenge. Up next on LGR Blerbs, finding and restoring a cold war era IBM Computer, yeah I'd watch the living hell out of that🤘🤘🤘🤘
@WillParker3223 жыл бұрын
For the crt wobble, just use the good old fist smack on top 1-3 times.
@JackWeekes4 жыл бұрын
I recommend talking to Adrians Digital Basement for some ideas. He will come in handy as he knows a thing or two of macintoshes. Hope this will help 👍🏻
@JasonOlshefsky4 жыл бұрын
I had a SE/30 a long time ago (like late 1990s) and I had drilled a hole in the side to give the HD a whack to get over the "stiction" problem. The HD spindle lubrication would get a little stick when cold but a sharp whack would loosen it enough to start spinning up.
@SuperDave4794 жыл бұрын
🎵 Mac Bottom Files, they make the Macintosh go round 🎶
@ryderrepairs4 жыл бұрын
It's all macintosh in the front, Its All Recappin in the back :D
@ryderrepairs4 жыл бұрын
I Mant to put party in the back
@ryderrepairs4 жыл бұрын
Erm...
@stevencamp68243 жыл бұрын
I have never used a mac, but I have to say that one is pretty neat looking
@nicholasbenjamin38264 жыл бұрын
Your daily reminder that tech moves fast: That 40 MB HD cost $300-400 new. NewEgg has a 4TB, ie: 100,000 times the storage, for $90. The $300-400 range has 16 TB drives. If you run that $350 1989 through an inflation calculator you get $730 and you're into really high-end NAS territory. I'm not surprised the SCSI disk just worked. One of the reasons Apple went with SCSI was it was the closest thing to just working that you had in the late 80s/early 90s. The PC side was full of businesses who had dedicated tech guys, and gaming hobbysts who really liked full control of their tech, so they had a lot less incentive to make things easy for the layperson.
@MrDuncl4 жыл бұрын
There are 101 examples like that. Around this time we bought a Logitech mouse at work/ It cost around £50 but did come with a free Swatch like watch. It also explains why (here in the UK) computers like the Amiga and Atari ST were so popular. 1/3rd the price of a Mac, 1/2 the price of the cheapest Amstrad PC and, in the case of the Amiga, better at games than either. p.s Having seen inside similar drives I expect it is a 5 1/2" Seagate with a stepper motor. Not the unreliable miniature stuff :-)
@SamJDH4 жыл бұрын
This is better than any ASMR.
@markpfeffer74874 жыл бұрын
No one talking about the Mac Bottom. That thing is serious business.
@markanne544 жыл бұрын
The MacBottom reminded me of my old Atari ST Mega4 which had an external 60Mb hard drive in the same size case as the ST that sat underneath the main PC. And 60Mb seemed unimaginably large at the time. Ah, those were the days.
@KingCez1004 жыл бұрын
Love the Blerbs!!!
@benanderson894 жыл бұрын
I'm working on one of these right now. Just waiting for some new snips to arrive so I can solder the new caps to the analogue board. Just finished retro-brighting it an hour ago and damn is it looking fresh! Please, PLEASE recap the analogue board and reflow the connections. That's the big one that many people overlook. P.S. if you don't know: hold down CMD+OPT+X+O when flicking the power switch. You'll boot into system 6 held in ROM and you can set it as a startup disk.
@Mizakit_Gaming4 жыл бұрын
i like the blerbs are just like bonus features on a dvd
@Xombie174 жыл бұрын
I happen to have what I believe to be nearly every piece of paperwork (user manual, warranty, etc) for the Apple II that I rescued from a storage unit. If you're interested, I'd be more than happy to send them to you. One or two pages (literally) got mildly stained from an old bottle of soy sauce, but they are 99% fine. It's a rather large stack of paperwork.
@Xombie174 жыл бұрын
And when I say "more than happy to" what I really mean is, I specifically rescued them to make sure they wound up with someone who would be happy to have them, and not wind up in a trash bin somewhere. Nothing depresses me more than artifacts from the past being destroyed.