The troublesome Mac Classic and Classic II are finally working! (stuck at 512k fix)
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 Published On Feb 24, 2024

In our final part to the Mini Mac Repair-a-thon, I fix the unhappy Mac Classic once and for all. We also get the Mac Classic II up and running, but not without some bumps along the way.

Part 1:    • Three unknown Macs: Let's get them wo...  
Part 2:    • Not so fast! I hit some road blocks f...  
Part 2.5:    • Let's recap a Macintosh Classic II mo...   (recapping the Classic II)
Part 3: This part! (the final part)

-- Links

Previous Mac Repair-a-thon from 2020:
Part 1:    • Mac Repairathon Part 1: Taking stock ...  
Part 2:    • Mac Repairathon Part 2: More inspecti...  
Part 3:    • Mac Repairathon Part 3: Recapping and...  
Part 4:    • Mac Repairathon Part 4: Power supply ...  
Part 4.5:    • Rejuvenating a Macintosh CRT with equ...  
Part 5:    • Mac Repairathon Part 5: The Classics ...  
Part 6:    • Mac Repairathon Part 6: Final stretch...  

Joe's Computer Museum:
https://jcm-1.com/product/bluescsi-v2...
   / @joescomputermuseum  

BlueSCSI:
https://bluescsi.com/

Recapping the Mac Classic II Motherboard
   • Let's recap a Macintosh Classic II mo...  

Adrian's Digital Basement Merch store:
https://my-store-c82bd2-2.creator-spr...

Adrian's Digital Basement ][ (Second Channel)
   / @adriansdigitalbasement2  

Support the channel on Patreon:
  / adriansdigitalbasement  

-- Tools

Deoxit D5:
https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1
http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16...

O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)
https://amzn.to/3a9x54J

Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe:
https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW

Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0

Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
https://www.rigolna.com/products/digi...

Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier:
https://amzn.to/3adRbuy

TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000...

TS100 Soldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS100-65W-MI...

EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/

DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Logic-DS...

Magnetic Screw Holder:
https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG
https://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-...

Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/14-16-18-20-...

RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
http://www.retrotink.com/

Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2-5-10PCS-...

Heat Sinks:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537...

Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI

--- Links

My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=r...

Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group
https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/

--- Instructional videos

My video on damage-free chip removal:
   • How to remove chips without damaging ...  

--- Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino

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