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After 20 Years, Maryland Man’s Mac IIci Finally Dies
- teuobk 17y agoThe only computer I've ever worn out was my first "real" box, a Mac Plus that I acquired in 1993. After a few years of faithful service, a design flaw reared its head (no fan => hot computer) and killed the power supply. Fortunately, replacement power supplies were easy to come by back then, so a quick swap made everything good as new. That computer continues to function even today, albeit more as a curiosity than a workhorse.
- JacobAldridge 17y agoThe problem with 2.2Mb of data to back-up? Can't fit it all on a single floppy disk. No wonder he didn't back up for 20 years.
- Shooter 17y ago"Finally"? He must have abused it somehow...mine is still running fine. So are my SE and SE/30. I just wish new equipment had the same lifespan.
- bockris 17y agoI have a //c that was purchased in 1985 that still works but it is rarely booted these days (not even once a year). I also would expect it to last basically forever because it doesn't have a hard disk. My floppy disks might demagnetize but I've got them all backed up so the data will never be lost.
- pie 17y agoMy SE/30 monitor burnt out completely after a few years of heavy use. It was a sad day, seeing the old thing go.
- Mentat_Enki 17y agocondolences, man... bummer. My Apple ][c is still kicking!
- mahmud 17y agoMy condolences to the man and his family. We all know how it feels to lose a beloved machine. An evil conspiracy of an ex-girlfriend and, hopefully soon, ex-mother, have sent my collection of Apple IIe's to the dumpster. All that scaped were the manuals.
- kirubakaran 17y agoOf course what is lost is lost, but can't you buy one? I bought an Apple //c for $10 off eBay, as a "temporary replacement" for the one that I grew up with but had to leave at home in India.
- bockris 17y agoDid you get a chance to play with the Apple archive I sent you?
- kirubakaran 17y agoI am still procrastinating it to death for no reason whatsoever! :) Thanks for the nudge dude.
- khafra 17y agoThat's horrifying. You should buy her a 1984 Bordeaux for her birthday, then throw it away the next week because it's so old.
- lurkinggrue 17y agoMy mom found the computers I hid in the attic and shipped them to me. Not sure where to put this vic 20.
- sown 17y agoYou know, given that this is 1980's tech, a quick refresher in circuits, a steady hand with iron and multimeter could probably identify the faulty component since he can physically see it with his eyes and even replace! Never give up!
- ars 17y agoMy Laser 128 can't read floppies ever since the magic smoke came out of it. Wonder if I could fix it.
- Luc 17y agoIn the eighties I bought a C64 for the price of a beer from a guy who said it was a total loss - there had been smoke coming out of it! Turned out it was just a blown fuse. The same thing happened again a few years back with a pinball machine, which also worked fine once I replaced the fuse. So check for fuses :)
- sown 17y agoWell, it can't get much worse now, so go ahead and try!
- cdibona 17y agoMy wife had a mac from that era and it was toast. I got it running again with a logic board from the same model which I found in the back room of weird stuff for $20. I love that back room. We got the data off and now I have the data backed up like crazy. Weird stuff is -the- place to find old hardware.
- stuff4ben 17y agoI'm feeling nostalgic now. I think I might go get my Amiga 500 out from under the house and see if it still works. Anyone got a spare 1084 monitor? I went "PC" when it broke back in 93.
- forinti 17y agoMy BBC B+128 is still alive. My father bought it in 1985. Just last week I managed to hook up a brand new 3.5" drive and format a disc in single density (FM).
- pstinnett 17y agoAnyone know what software was on this computer that couldn't run in a newer OS? Anytime I hear that I just feel baffled. Couldn't a newer machine at least emulate the older OS?