Branchus Creations | Building a brand new Macintosh Classic - Part 3 @BranchusCreations | Uploaded August 2021 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
The Macintosh Classic was released by Apple in October 1990 and was very popular with home users and schools. Now more than 30 years on, unfortunately this model is prone to battery and capacitor leakage, often with disastrous results.
Thankfully Kai Robinson found a way to breathe new life into those irreparably damaged Mac Classic logic boards. After his success with the Macintosh SE Reloaded project, Kai has reverse engineered the Mac Classic and produced his own logic boards.
Today I will continue diagnosing my newly-built Macintosh Classic logic board.
The Macintosh Classic Reloaded project:
github.com/kr239/Macintosh-Classic-Reloaded
The Macintosh SE Reloaded project:
github.com/kr239/Macintosh-SE-Reloaded
Capacitor replacement guides:
https://recapamac.com.au/
The beginner's guide to oscilloscopes video I mention:
youtu.be/u4zyptPLlJI
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The Macintosh Classic was released by Apple in October 1990 and was very popular with home users and schools. Now more than 30 years on, unfortunately this model is prone to battery and capacitor leakage, often with disastrous results.
Thankfully Kai Robinson found a way to breathe new life into those irreparably damaged Mac Classic logic boards. After his success with the Macintosh SE Reloaded project, Kai has reverse engineered the Mac Classic and produced his own logic boards.
Today I will continue diagnosing my newly-built Macintosh Classic logic board.
The Macintosh Classic Reloaded project:
github.com/kr239/Macintosh-Classic-Reloaded
The Macintosh SE Reloaded project:
github.com/kr239/Macintosh-SE-Reloaded
Capacitor replacement guides:
https://recapamac.com.au/
The beginner's guide to oscilloscopes video I mention:
youtu.be/u4zyptPLlJI
If you enjoy the content and would like to make a small donation, you can do so here:
paypal.me/branchus
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![Recapping a Macintosh IIfx [LIVE]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iHw_rreECRg/hqdefault.jpg "Recapping a Macintosh IIfx [LIVE]
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