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Dead on Arrival Mac Plus! – Repair and Review – Apple’s

Dead on Arrival Mac Plus! – Repair and Review – Apple’s compact Mac from 1986

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I decided to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Macintosh by finding the oldest Mac for sale near me. I came across this Mac Plus at a local auction, and after a fierce bidding…

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12 Comments

  1. Few things I thought I'd mention:
    The 4.5V battery holds the clock, mouse speed, cache and I believe a few other things.
    The Plus can read from 1.44MB disks, but only when they're formatted as 800K (double density)
    Also, the 128K and 512K can do networking, they just need an adapter for their serial ports!

    Awesome restore work!

  2. Really nice restoration! Is this a platinum model? I’ve never seen one so white! Retrobrite?

    Looks like the screen geometry is off.

    These things are built like tanks really. Other than the Rifas, there’s not a whole lot that needs replacing, at least compared to the later models. At least the bad RAM can be easily replaced.

    The capacitor replacement was 100% unnecessary. Not all capacitors go bad, especially ones from the 80s.

  3. Nice restoration! I've still got to sort out the flyback on my Plus' analogue board – on yours, it might be worth increasing the v-Size as the image is a little bit letterboxed?

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