Subj : Re: Buying a retro '90s Mac or Amiga
To   : Commodore Clifford
From : esc
Date : Mon Jan 01 2024 10:24:47

 CC> I'm not really a big fan of the guys who immediately say "recap" whenever
 CC> someone asks what might be wrong with a machine.  I think it's ignorant
 CC> to just immediately jump to that conclusion.  I've never had to recap any
 CC> of my machines yet, and we're talking about quite a lot.

Yeah, a lot of times you can get away with not recapping for a while. The problem is that leaky caps will do damage to boards that you can't really see until it's too late...and leaky caps are pretty hard to detect. So IMO it's just good preventive maintenance. It's also fun for hardware nerds with soldering guns like me :P Last night I recapped my NES, as well as a Wonderswan Color handheld. Fun times :P

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