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Re: Oh dear... Smoke + IIe = bad
- Subject: Re: Oh dear... Smoke + IIe = bad
- From: Stan Marks <stanleymarks@comcast.net.INVALID>
- Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 20:49:44 -0600
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Comcast
- References: <cQOBb.28$oO6.1983@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au>
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In article <cQOBb.28$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