| Pronouns | They/Them/Theirs |
| Website | http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger/ |
| Professional Interests | Operating Systems, Linux, IBMmer, Software Engineer, Mainframer |
| Computers | IBM PC Portable, Apple II Plus, Macintosh, Macintosh 512Ke |
| Pronouns | They/Them/Theirs |
| Website | http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger/ |
| Professional Interests | Operating Systems, Linux, IBMmer, Software Engineer, Mainframer |
| Computers | IBM PC Portable, Apple II Plus, Macintosh, Macintosh 512Ke |
Last night, I got an amazing suprise! I was working at a Hackerspace when somebody gave me this little guy out of the blue. It's a Mac 128K, produced around June, 1984, with the Mac Plus 1MB conversion kit!
It needs a little love, but it's the appropriate next difficulty level for me -- case needs to be cleaned and retrobrighted (which I dont know how to do yet), there is some light surface rust and corrosion on the frame, some rust and corrosion on the board, and it needs to be recapped. It even still has the original electrolytics in its' video circuitry (and boy are they _shot_). The case yellowing indicates that this was used with a Kensington System Saver, and that may be coming to me as well!
I got all of this simply because I mentioned that I needed a new flyback transformer for my 512Ke and this was going to become a fish tank. However, now I need a flyback for my 512Ke _and now_ a cap kit for this little guy 🥰