Why do people care about this DINOSAUR of a Mac?

novembre 1, 2023 Mourad ELGORMA

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

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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).

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