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29th January 2012, 20:25
tokyoracer

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Originally Posted by Dazxy2001

My A500+ which I bought about a month or so ago, I decided to tackle the leaking battery and clean the motherboard today, followed by a complete clean of the machine while it was apart including stripping the keys from the keyboard to remove the dust bunnies hiding underneath them, its turned out not too bad with only slight yellowing on the keys and a couple of dings on the casing. The machine is stock at the moment with no trapdoor expansion. Rev 8A motherboard, serial No 171976

That keyboard isnt for that 500+, it's from an earlier 500. Also that motherboard revision is a very late one. Nice machine you got there though.
29th January 2012, 20:26
quarkx

Ha! Got a PFO e-mail from Apple Retail for a "Job" at an Apple store. (or is that an iPFO?)
Not like it was a total surprise! I was at least 15 years older than anyone there, and I am fat. Defiantly not the young hip people Apple hires. The recruter didn't even know what a "newton" was or who "Woz" is.
More details on my blog
29th January 2012, 20:36
Dazxy2001

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Originally Posted by tokyoracer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dazxy2001

My A500+ which I bought about a month or so ago, I decided to tackle the leaking battery and clean the motherboard today, followed by a complete clean of the machine while it was apart including stripping the keys from the keyboard to remove the dust bunnies hiding underneath them, its turned out not too bad with only slight yellowing on the keys and a couple of dings on the casing. The machine is stock at the moment with no trapdoor expansion. Rev 8A motherboard, serial No 171976

That keyboard isnt for that 500+, it's from an earlier 500. Also that motherboard revision is a very late one. Nice machine you got there though.

In amoungst the floppies that came with it there was some workbench 1.3 disks which may explain where the keyboard came from, and now you mention it the power LED is red rather than green, I never caught onto that at the time (been away from them for sooo long) :/ cheers for the info :)
29th January 2012, 21:19
ShambleS1980

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Originally Posted by quarkx

Ha! Got a PFO e-mail from Apple Retail for a "Job" at an Apple store. (or is that an iPFO?)
Not like it was a total surprise! I was at least 15 years older than anyone there, and I am fat. Defiantly not the young hip people Apple hires. The recruter didn't even know what a "newton" was or who "Woz" is.
More details on my blog

you dont mind making your email address public right?? or was that a mistake?
29th January 2012, 21:22
quarkx

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Originally Posted by ShambleS1980

Quote:

Originally Posted by quarkx

Ha! Got a PFO e-mail from Apple Retail for a "Job" at an Apple store. (or is that an iPFO?)
Not like it was a total surprise! I was at least 15 years older than anyone there, and I am fat. Defiantly not the young hip people Apple hires. The recruter didn't even know what a "newton" was or who "Woz" is.
More details on my blog

you dont mind making your email address public right?? or was that a mistake?

No, it's my Hotmail address and believe me its EVERYWHERE on the net. Its also mentioned is a ton of posts here.
30th January 2012, 08:56
McVenco

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Originally Posted by Gouldin

Finally got the parts delivered today to finish off my Fnder Squier PartsCaster :D one of my other hobbies.

Nice SRV touch you did there. What pickups did you use?
30th January 2012, 09:43
Gouldin

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Originally Posted by McVenco

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Originally Posted by Gouldin

Finally got the parts delivered today to finish off my Fnder Squier PartsCaster :D one of my other hobbies.

Nice SRV touch you did there. What pickups did you use?

The pups are Fender Texas Specials. Not exactly great for shredding, but certainly a lot better than the Squier pups that were fitted at the time. GraphTech Nut fitted also. They were the only spare pups I had lying around :lol:

Pots and Switches came from a destroyed 60's Strat (Not salvagable :( )

Now just need a decent Tremolo Block that fits properly :)
30th January 2012, 11:38
Buzzfuzz

For those of you who missed this thread:
http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=24517&page=2

http://www.amibay.com/picture.php?al...pictureid=1282

http://www.amibay.com/picture.php?al...pictureid=1283

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http://www.amibay.com/picture.php?al...pictureid=1286

http://www.amibay.com/picture.php?al...pictureid=1287

http://www.amibay.com/picture.php?al...pictureid=1288

http://www.amibay.com/picture.php?al...pictureid=1289
31st January 2012, 02:01
Jazzmarazz

I went on a drunken ebay trip a few nights ago. Anyhow, it worked out well becuase I got away with this lot for only XXX USD:

The seller is still figuring out shipping, but I think I made a steal!
1st February 2012, 14:04
kronuz

3 Attachment(s)

A few things I found while cleaning out the old storage at work :thumbsup: