[HN Gopher] My Apple IIE: Nearly 30 Years Later (2012)
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       My Apple IIE: Nearly 30 Years Later (2012)
        
       Author : AlexeyBrin
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2021-01-24 13:10 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
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       | incanus77 wrote:
       | The wonderful part about this is the continuity -- the childhood
       | drawings, the original disk initialization date, the packaging &
       | stickers, and the manuals. Amazing to have held onto it all this
       | time.
        
       | Daniel_sk wrote:
       | It would also be a good idea to check every capacitor for leakage
       | or bulged top and replace them. It's usually the capacitors that
       | go bad after many years (read also: Capacitor Plague
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague), they contain
       | electrolyte that deteriorates over time.
        
         | peteri wrote:
         | Yeah, it is however often the RIFA RFI supression capacitor
         | that goes pop.
         | 
         | https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/old-rifa-capacitors-and-a...
        
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