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From: rdominy@palantir.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert Dominy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac II's vs. PMMU's: what serial numbers don't work
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Date: 5 Feb 90 14:47:58 GMT
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In article <3058@pur-phy> sho@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (Sho Kuwamoto) 
writes:
> So I plugged in my 68851 today.  Surprise!  Blank screen.
> 
> So, does anyone know Apple's policy on this issue?  What serial
> numbers would have been affected?

Apple's stated policy for these early Mac IIs is supposed to be a FREE 
motherboard swap at your nearby friendly Apple dealer (I haven't tested this
personally).  From what I've heard, there is no way to determine by the serial number which Macs are affected.

 

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Robert Dominy
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center