(Mis-)Adventures in Apple //e Repair
My trusty 1984 Apple //e (pronounced "2-e") system that worked well 30 years ago didn't work well when I recently plugged it in. It needed some work. And then some more work. And some more work still. And that doesn’t include the TLC it needed. In this 10 minute video I go through the process to make it work again. I also take a look inside the Apple Monochrome Monitor A2M6016 (white phosphor) in search of exploding RIFA capacitors. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:12 Where the //e fits in 0:56 Why I wanted to fix it now 1:21 Goodies under the hood 2:17 Power Supply Maintenance 4:45 Motherboard issues 6:06 Checking inside the Monitor 7:04 What? More problems? 9:17 Conclusion
My trusty 1984 Apple //e (pronounced "2-e") system that worked well 30 years ago didn't work well when I recently plugged it in. It needed some work. And then some more work. And some more work still. And that doesn’t include the TLC it needed. In this 10 minute video I go through the process to make it work again. I also take a look inside the Apple Monochrome Monitor A2M6016 (white phosphor) in search of exploding RIFA capacitors. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:12 Where the //e fits in 0:56 Why I wanted to fix it now 1:21 Goodies under the hood 2:17 Power Supply Maintenance 4:45 Motherboard issues 6:06 Checking inside the Monitor 7:04 What? More problems? 9:17 Conclusion