Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Finnigan Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Magic smoke! Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 21:15:58 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 23:15:58 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ff544f99bb8f04455877a0940e628b4d"; logging-data="696825"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+o3YimGQImB3YqJlYl9FUQ" User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet Cancel-Lock: sha1:EL28ce/JdLUG+uj/b+7iyU5Vwy0= In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2:49021 phigan wrote: > On 2024-08-26, D Finnigan wrote: >> >> if I have an extra capacitor. I think the last machine I had to replace >> was >> a Mac 512K. I may have ordered an extra then. > > Are there some known people or places that one can send Apple2 and > classic Macintosh units to for re-capping? > The Apple II isn't notorious for failing capacitors (except for this one in the power supply!), so I don't know of any services for this kind of work. I have heard of places for older Macintosh models, but I haven't used any of them. There were some people selling capacitor kits for Macs too, which could save some time as long as you did the work yourself. -- ]DF$ The New Apple II User's Guide: https://macgui.com/newa2guide/