Re: A TCP/IP Question:

[jmholmes@swbell.net (John)]

Well, in addition to the power supply, I would also have to have to get that 
thing from my parents' house about 200 miles south of here and bring it up as 
well as locate one of those long torx screwdrivers to undo the screws for the 
case, and then, without the benefit of a "Mac Cracker" probabaly end up 
busting the case to get it pried apart. 

Not to mention the fact that I am afraid that if I bring any more computer 
related items into the apartment anytime in the near future (especially since 
they tend to be full fledged systems) he's probably going to call the men with 
the nice white jackets to take me away in a net.  We're running out of room 
around here in a quick hurry with (now) four full PC systems (with 17" 
monitors), 2 laser printers, 1 inkjet printer, 2 scanners, two //gs systems 
set up and a 3rd //gs in the closet right now and ethernet cable strung from 
here to yonder connecting all the PCs together!  Going to have to find a house 
with a basement as soon as the lease is up here at this apartment! <Grin>

In article <38944FA2.A477D64A@webzone.net>, Steve <stingray@webzone.net> 
wrote:
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>
>John wrote:
>
>>  I wish that old Mac plus that I have still worked
>> as it would probably work for the job, but the power supply and monitor are
>> both shot in the thing and somehow I think that it would cost much more than
>> it is worth to get it back up and running...
>>
>>
>
>Most likely it's just the power supply. The monitor is probably fine. I've seen
>Plus power supplies from time to time in the $10 range. They don't weigh much,
> so
>shipping shouldn't be prohibitive. I've fixed these power supplies before, by
>resoldering cracked connections. With no fan (thanks to Mr. Jobs' stubbornness
> - a
>problem that he seems determined to bring back with the iMac DV) the power
> supply
>was always the first to go due to expansion/contraction of the solder.
>
>I feel like I have to throw in the standard warning about the potential for
> high
>voltage inside these little puppies. If you even think that you don't know what
>you're doing, forget it!
>
>Steve
>