Restoring a DINOSAUR of a Mac from 1991! (Patreon)

Restoring a DINOSAUR of a Mac from 1991!

Apple's Macintosh Quadra 700 from 1991 is a favorite among vintage computer collectors, but not just because it was a good machine during its era. Featured music: "Pick a F**king Car" by Dan Mason: https://businesscasual87.bandcamp.com/album/devil-killer Capacitor list for the power supply: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/quadra-700-psu-capacitor-list-astec-aa15831.3050/ Sources: Mac IIfx photo: https://oldcrap.org/2019/07/31/apple-macintosh-iifx/ Mac IIfx motherboard photo: https://recapamac.com.au/macintosh-iifx/ "Dual Dynamos: The Macintosh Quadra 700 and 900," MacUser, December 1991. 00:00 -- Introduction 01:23 -- Power supply recap 05:32 -- Testing the old capacitors 06:05 -- PSU reassembly (Dan Mason music feature) 07:38 -- Does the power supply blow up? 07:53 -- Further disassembly and cleaning 09:53 -- Putting it all back together 10:32 -- Overview and performance 13:37 -- It's a UNIX system, I know this 14:11 -- Is good computer yes ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on social media! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com). Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).