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Build Log: Macintosh Classic

e retro computer series, I've recently completed the first part of a restoration of my Aunt's old Macintosh Classic. This Classic was handed to me alongside my Uncle Mark's Apple II, which I'll probably cover later (we've played a game of whack-a-mole with issues on that machine! Well worth it but I haven't hit a point where enough things are working to cover it well, heh).

This Classic was handed to me alongside my Uncle Mark's Apple II, which I'll probably cover later (we've played a game of whack-a-mole with issues on that machine! It started under $1,000, but was a slightly more modern take on the Plus, including a cooling fan, a new motherboard design, and options for up to 4MB of RAM and an internal SCSI hard drive connection. But in the case of retro computers, with 40 year old power supplies, RIFA capacitors, and leaky batteries and electrolytic caps... you could just save yourself a lot of trouble by tearing into it before plugging it it in.

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