I picked up a Macintosh Plus from craigslist. When I got there to pick it up the lady said it just stopped turning on. it would chime but nothing on the screen. She asked if I'd give her $20 for it. has keyboard and mouse and is pretty clean.
I change most analog board electrolytics, had it showing the boot screen for a period, then no display. turned out the be cracked/cold solder joints on the connector that goes to the main board. it now boots reliably.
I have no Macintosh boot floppies.
I have a couple of other old Macs but am a nooby on using them (never owned one for use). I have an SE/30 and a Classic if they would be of use in making floppies. Also have a floppy emu and blue scsi.
With my Classic and SE/30, the floppy emu works great. plug it in, select a system disk, and it boots. I tried the same with the Plus using several OS images. System 2 (and possibly others) will change from a question mark floppy to a smiling floppy. The floppy emu will do its accessing then go to idle, but it does not load the OS.
Am I doing something wrong? or are there other things I can check?
thank you.
I change most analog board electrolytics, had it showing the boot screen for a period, then no display. turned out the be cracked/cold solder joints on the connector that goes to the main board. it now boots reliably.
I have no Macintosh boot floppies.
I have a couple of other old Macs but am a nooby on using them (never owned one for use). I have an SE/30 and a Classic if they would be of use in making floppies. Also have a floppy emu and blue scsi.
With my Classic and SE/30, the floppy emu works great. plug it in, select a system disk, and it boots. I tried the same with the Plus using several OS images. System 2 (and possibly others) will change from a question mark floppy to a smiling floppy. The floppy emu will do its accessing then go to idle, but it does not load the OS.
Am I doing something wrong? or are there other things I can check?
thank you.
