Re: My rev-zero Apple II lives again!

[Robert Steinmetz <not-rsteinmetz@mindspring.com>]

Stephen Adams wrote:

> Vince Briel wrote:
>
> > Who else has their first computer that was an Apple ][? Where did you 
> > get it
> > and do you still use it?
>
>
> I still have the Apple //c I purchased in 1986 from the Upstate Computer 
> Shop in Whitesboro NY. I bought it, an Apple ImageWriter II, and a 
> UniDisk drive for just shy of $1600.00. A few years later I bought and 
> installed an Applied Engineering Z-Ram Ultra III.
>
> I just recently took it out of storage and it appears I have some repair 
> work to do. I can get the machine to boot, but attempting to run 
> anything other than Basic.system, I get a "restart..." message. Upon 
> opening the case, I've seen that the soldered battery backup for the 
> Ultra III RAM board has leaked all over. Time to do some trace cleanup 
> and repair.  :)
>
> Any tips on how to make this repair and where I can find a suitable 
> battery replacement would be appreciated. I'd like to get this system 
> working as I have a lot of "Software of the Month Club" diskettes that 
> I'd like to review.  :)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Steve

First I'd remove the Ultra III RAM Board to see if 
every thing functions as expected, unless there is 
obvious damage to any of the other boards.

After that it will depend on your ability to repair 
circuit board repair
--
Rob

"Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be 
explained by stupidity."