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| At last, a IIfx | |
| Posted by: blusnowkitty on 2020-05-26 20:24:12 So I was browsing eBay one night and I found a listing for a non-working/parts-only IIfx. Immediately snatched it up and got it in today! The case is trashed - lots of bent pieces, major scuffs, and it's even missing the top lid. I threw it all into my regular II's case and found out the soft power circuit is dead. Dunno why; I have proper voltage at the batteries and components in the circuits but somewhere between the circuit and the PSU power on pin, the signal is lost somewhere. For now I just have a CR2032 and a pushbutton across the PSU power on pin and GND. It works. Ish. I replaced a few capacitors that needed it and cleaned up as much of the junk as I could. Configuration-wise, I combined parts from the new IIfx (Seagate hard drive, 2x Superdrives), my original II (80MB Quantum, case, PSU, ethernet, SuperMac Spectrum/8, Toby) and a Centris 650 (DAW card). Someone I know also linked me to a NIB RasterOps 108+ card, so hooray for dual 8-bit video cards? This thing flies on a new install of System 7.1. Here's the fun part though... This machine shipped from the Seattle/Tacoma area. Can you think of any famous companies in that area that would have been known for Mac products? Turns out, on the original case there's this little sticker:  Apparently this IIfx I bought is an ex-Aldus machine! Do you think it was used in the development of PageMaker at all? | |
| Posted by: maceffects on 2020-05-26 20:25:59 Really cool because of the history at Aldus. Makes sense they would have a high-end machine like this. | |
| Posted by: dzog on 2020-05-26 20:35:47 Nice find with the Aldus machine! Love the maxed-out build. If you left any electrolytics un-replaced, try that first to help fix the soft power. Even if they are not leaking they are near-certain to be no longer performing to spec. | |
| Posted by: tattar8 on 2020-05-26 21:20:00 Was this the IIfx that came with the Portrait Display? | |
| Posted by: Juror22 on 2020-05-26 21:48:54 I don't think that it was that one - it looks like this one... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Macintosh-IIfx-Does-Not-Power-on-Missing-Top-Cover-AS-IS-/124186310768 Looks like a monster of a machine! I am curious how much RAM did it come with? | |
| Posted by: joshc on 2020-05-26 22:01:08 Nice score, always a bonus to know the history of your machine. I wish you luck with it, this is my dream Mac! | |
Posted by: blusnowkitty on 2020-05-27 07:09:38Looks like a monster of a machine! I am curious how much RAM did it come with?Just a lowly 16MB... Anyone want to help me get this up to 128MB? 😀 | |
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