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From: pnakada@oracle.com (Paul Nakada)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac II's vs. PMMU's: what serial numbers don't work
Message-ID: <PNAKADA.90Feb5132904@pnakada.oracle.com>
Date: 5 Feb 90 21:33:00 GMT
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In-reply-to: rdominy@palantir.gsfc.nasa.gov's message of 5 Feb 90 14:47:58 GMT

In article <805@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> rdominy@palantir.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert Dominy) writes:

   In article <3058@pur-phy> sho@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (Sho Kuwamoto) 
   writes:
   > So I plugged in my 68851 today.  Surprise!  Blank screen.
   
   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.

Now for the real question.  Is this "free" motherboard new or
"refurbished?"  I can't stand the thought of inheriting someone else's
abuse and/or neglect.