Recent content by PatrickXT

I took a peek inside and there's a little bit of dust, but nothing stood out to me. Here are some photos, so you all can let me know if anything looks suspect.

I acquired an Apple IIGS nearly a year ago and although everything works great, it gives off an unpleasant odor. When off it's only detectable if I put my nose up against the case, but after it's been running a few minutes it's discernible from at least a few feet away. I haven't used it much...

Right, I was thinking about costs too. I'd have to imagine that even several decades ago there were cheaper and safer formulations using zinc and aluminum that'd be more than adequate for PSUs and most personal computing needs. I wonder how the folks at minuszerodegrees reached the conclusion...

I was disassembling an Apple IIGS power supply with a rather unusual design where the heatsink is mated to the housing with thermal compound in between. Removing the circuit board from the enclosure exposes the compound. Normally I wouldn't think anything of this, but I recalled safety...

Bad news, the tube is cracked, but I did disassemble everything, so if any of the intact parts end up being useful for myself or anyone else, I have them. The V-Line knob is partially broken off, but that's probably repairable.

That's good to know, so I could hold onto it for parts, but maybe I'll never need them. What do you all think about powering it up in this condition, safe enough or bad idea? I imagine it'd be easier to sell if I confirm it's functioning. Would it be a good idea to disconnect the tube prior...

One entire side of the monitor case is simply gone, so now that the box is out of the way it's pretty easy to look inside. At least to my untrained eye, I'm not spotting any damage to the internal components. What do you all think? On a side note, I see the CRT is made by a company called...

OK, I'll take another peek at it and see what I can see regarding the condition. Assuming it's worth saving I'd rather keep the cables with and and find somebody to take the whole thing. I'm not looking to make any money on it, but shipping these is a bit pricey and I assume there aren't too...

Admittedly it's probably not of much value, so just take the entire thing to recycling as-is? The shell is in pieces and I know nothing about CRT disassembly. I suppose if somebody wanted to buy it as-is I could sell it, but unless it's local we'd simply have to hope what little might be...

I took a chance on another and it was a success, no damage whatsoever this time around. My Hercules card appears to be in good working order as well. I still have the broken 5151 sitting around for the time being. I'm not sure if anything from it can be salvaged. The screen isn't cracked at...

If one wanted to use both a Mockingboard and a stereo Ensoniq card, what's the simplest way to combine the audio? I believe the Mockingboard internal connection to pass through audio is only mono.

This is it heard through the TV speakers. It's not as loud with the internal speaker, but loud enough to be a bit irritating. The quietest option seems to be to use external speakers, but with their volume set low and the IIGS's volume up high.

I've posted a video of the noises. It's not as bad with external speakers at normal volume, but even louder with the speaker's sound cranked up (which I turned up on the TV in the video). Even the floppy drive noise is audible through the speakers. How does that work? The ticking, menu tones...

Here's another old newsgroup post describing the issue. I'm experiencing both the ticking that's supposedly a result of polling the drives and the "menu item piano effect" when selecting menu items with the mouse.

I recently acquired a IIGS and after booting into GS/OS it emits a repetitive clicking/ticking sound from the internal speaker. It also produces tones with pitches that vary depending on exactly what is selected in the GUI. I've found posts elsewhere (Clicking GS, IIgs ticking noise) which...