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| Posted by: rickrob on 2018-05-01 16:52:04 I started up the IIx board today. Re-capped it and found a broken trace on the rear power switch, so it wouldn't power on with the switch, but did with the keyboard. I tried the ROM SIMM from my SE/30 which is really a IIsi ROM (32bit clean) and got death chimes. Swapped the RAM out, and it started up. I'll have to recap the power supply too, now that I know it runs. | |
| Posted by: rickrob on 2018-05-12 13:50:26 My Mac IIx is alive. It's running System 6.0.8 on a Quantum 230MB hard drive with a Radius Precision Color 24x and an Orange Micro Mac 286 with DOS 3.3. Recapped the logic board and power supply and added a battery board.  | |
| Posted by: Byrd on 2018-05-13 16:01:17 Looks great! How much use is the Mac286 board - is DOS text speed fast? | |
Posted by: rickrob on 2018-05-14 06:56:12Looks great! How much use is the Mac286 board - is DOS text speed fast?I haven't done much testing yet, but it seems to be about the same speed as a PC/AT. | |
| Posted by: nglevin on 2018-05-14 08:50:44 I like the idea of using the Mac II case as a tray table of its own. If only it had Snow White-inspired legs and a bigger surface for the mouse. If you could make do with a keyboard of less width, a TrackMan Marble might do the trick. Though it'd also be a little strange to have the Mac IIx without the keyboard it was made for. Hmm. | |
| Posted by: pgreffet on 2019-05-27 04:21:51 Hi i also have a IIx that need some fixes. So can you please tell me what capacitors types and how many of each type you used for recap ? thanks | |
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