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From: werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Replacing power boards in old 512K macs
Summary: mail-order repair place
Message-ID: <3063@utastro.UUCP>
Date: 1 Sep 88 01:58:26 GMT
References: <21317@beta.lanl.gov>
Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX
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In article <21317@beta.lanl.gov>, wkp@beta.lanl.gov (Bill Peter) writes:
> Keywords: Where can I buy them cheaply with instructions?

	you don't buy them, you repair them
 
> Someone here has an old 512K Macintosh whose power board has
> just gone out (according to the local dealer who will
> charge $200 to fix it).
 
	don't pay that!

> My question is, is it worth it to have the dealer do it, or
> can power boards be bought and simply replaced by a Mac user?

	call 1-800-874-2288 (Total Systems Integration, Eugene OR)
	they fix boards at $65 fixed cost.  they also sell parts,
	if you can figure out the board;  often boards need no more
	than reheating some solder or replacing a few parts ...

> Who sells them?

	noone I know .... (I used to know some place once...)

> Do they also come with new motherboards

	you mean an upgrade to a Plus?  ask them...

> carrying the new (128) ROM?  Any recommendations?

	ROMs are a dealer item and only come in a ROM-drive upgrade
	package (if still available).  actually, one can pick up a used Plus
	cheap enough that a broken old 128k or 512k is hardly worth the
	trouble ... $200 max ...

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