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Annoying 475 issue solved
Posted by: MJ313 on 2015-06-19 14:37:36
Both of my 475's had this issue... and I've noticed others have it as well. They are missing the little screw-ins (is there a real name for them?) for the DB-15 cable. A minor annoyance, but annoyance none-the-less.

If you have an LC donor board, you are in luck. You've got 4 screw-ins to use. Just unscrew them... and since they won't screw into the LC475 cause the hole isn't threaded, get yourself a baggie of #4-40 machine screw nuts (12 for a buck or so). Then you are in business. EZ Peezy.
Posted by: uniserver on 2015-06-19 15:29:12
nice, looks good... hey cool rom you have there 🙂

Posted by: MJ313 on 2015-06-19 16:37:45
Go big... or go home 😛

Posted by: uniserver on 2015-06-19 18:21:16
u the man.
Posted by: MJ313 on 2015-06-20 04:15:55
haha - nah-- you are, cause you hooked me up! Everyone should get one of the dougg3 rom's. The blingbling factor is high. 🙂

That and the 33Mhz chip clock make this my badass personal fav 68k.
Posted by: CC_333 on 2015-06-20 10:58:49
Hmm, my LC III has this issue, so I might give it a try, at some point.

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Posted by: Elfen on 2015-06-20 21:06:39
When I see a PC in the streets, you know, the RAM, HD and sometimes the CPU are stripped. I pull out my little Apple Wrench and go after the port screws in the back. Running low on them now as I fixed a lot of other people's PCs with missing screws. And PCs in the trash is getting hard to find these days.
Posted by: MJ313 on 2015-06-21 06:57:14
Yeah, you can get them wholesale online too, but if you are only missing 2-4 and have a board (LC or PC or whatever) to harvest from, that makes life a lot easier and it's cheaper.  Unless you want to get into the resell business for these lol

Just the first example I came up with:

http://www.startech.com/Computer-Parts/System-Build/Fasteners/Metal-Jackscrew-Standoffs-4-40-Pkg-of-50~SCREWNUT4_40

The big concern was the nuts... cause the ones in the LC475 that fall off and go missing are really small. But the ones I picked up at Home Depot, although wider, fit fine.

CC- the cheapie 4/40 nuts fit fine in the LCIII... mine was missing one too so I tested it out for ya 🙂



Posted by: CC_333 on 2015-06-21 10:50:19
🙂

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Posted by: sstaylor on 2015-06-21 12:40:23
What is it with LC 475's that I never see them on ebay, craigslist or anywhere?  Loved that machine, and would kinda like to have one, but I just never see them around.
Posted by: uniserver on 2015-06-21 12:49:15
you can ask ted,  he didn't have a portable listed, and i ended up buying a pretty decent one from em.

https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/25291-the-huge-denver-mac-sale-is-now-shipping/
Posted by: Schmoburger on 2015-07-11 13:13:43
What is it with LC 475's that I never see them on ebay, craigslist or anywhere?  Loved that machine, and would kinda like to have one, but I just never see them around.
From my experience they have fairly bad issues with cap rot and also were from the Maxell battery era so a lot of them have had boards rendered unsalvagable, or at least beyond easy repair, at a time when they really were not worth saving... They were in buyback centers and hock shops, garage sales for small change or on dumpster piles everywhere a bit over 10 years ago. I've thrown out at least 3 that had badly rotted boards after stripping the PSU's and drives out of them. Unfortunately the one decent working one I had was victim to an exploded battery itself. Ah well... Hindsight is a bish.
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