Re: Oh dear... Smoke + IIe = bad

[Exegete <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com>]

Stan Marks wrote:
> In article <cQOBb.28$oO6.1983@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au>,
>  AndyX <jmullett@aHiGofJ33fOzemail.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> > After all this chatter and discussion of IIe's and their nuances, I 
> > decided to pull mine out of it's resting place and fire it up for a bit 
> > of a nostalgia trip.
> >
> > I had it all running, booted and happily chattering away at one of my 
> > old games from back then, when I smelled a burning smell...
> >
> > The ears pricked up and nose in the air I traced it back to where the 
> > apple IIe was running (mind you, still running quite happily despite the 
> >  plumes of smoke vomiting from it's power supply.)
> >
> > I've dissected the power supply to see What Went Wrong�. Looks like a 
> > capacitor has shit itself.
> >
> > DAMN AND IT ONLY LASTED 19 YEARS!!! I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!
> >
> > Here's pics:
> >
> > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jmullett/Apple/NOOOO!_1.jpg
> >
> > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jmullett/Apple/NOOOO!_2.jpg
>
>
> Well, you do know that those old IIe machines run on smoke, don't you? 
> If the smoke leakes out, you're screwed! ;)
>
> Stan Marks

About a year and a half ago, at one of the AppleLinc meetings, all the 
smoke escaped from the power supply of my ///.  Goodthing one of the 
members is a techie - he took it home with him, repaired the leak, and 
gave it a fresh supply of smoke!

Roy



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