Eclectic mix of repairs including Apple II plus, an IBM 0665 hard drive, and a Mac Classic @BigBadBench

BigBadBiologists BigBadBench | Eclectic mix of repairs including Apple II plus, an IBM 0665 hard drive, and a Mac Classic @BigBadBench | Uploaded June 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
A few weeks ago, I worked on restoring an Apple II plus. It mostly worked, but had a display issue:
youtube.com/live/YeCXGavwW7o?feature=share
I have it traced down to two possible chips, we'll see if we can make a new character generator ROM for it.

Last week an IBM 0665 hard drive exploded on me:
youtube.com/live/hqjVRjr48iA?feature=share
Let's see if a recap fixes it (after an ultrasonic bath)

Finally, a few weeks ago, I triaged some compact Macs:
youtube.com/live/X1MI11slpBg?feature=share
Today, we'll hopefully put one of them back together.

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Emergency compact Mac triage (Plus, Classic, SE)

Can I install a BlueSCSI in an IBM PC 5150 and maybe also an AT 5170?

Rebuilding a Macintosh Plus (including Rifa replacement and termination power mod)

Can I get one working Commodore 64 out of these two?

Re-introducing the #Sour16 compact Macintosh computers

Recapping my Macintosh screaming baby LCIII

Macintosh Plus internal SCSI modification - how to

#appril2 Apple ][ plus restoration project

#marchintosh Restoring a Macintosh II and Macintosh IIx (Part 3)

486 VLB motherboard yard sale find. Leaky battery damage will require some repairs.

The Pentium Overdrive fan is really annoying!