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