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From: palle@Jessica.stanford.edu (Palle Henckel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Apple II (the original one) takes several minutes to turn on. HELP!!!
Keywords: apple II power supply problem?
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Date: 7 Sep 89 06:53:48 GMT
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Hi netters,
I have an old excotic Apple II.  But lately it takes it several minutes
to power up.  I turn on the power switch but this lazy machine just sits
there and does nothing for several minutes.  Finally it decides to power
up and the screen shows strange stuff.  The keyboard is mostly dead then.
I turn it off and right back on.  It comes up and everything seems alright.

So, what's going on here?  Is the powersupply just about dying?  Or what? 
Is there an easy way of testing for that  (I have a voltmeter so I guess
I could try to check the powersupply output plug).  Anyhow, any help would
be appreciated.

If it is the power supply - does anyone have an old apple II they want to
sell, - or even just a powersupply (since that is probably all I need).

Thanks.\

Palle@jessica.stanford.edu