I have a cube project coming up eventually myself Bill On Tue, Jul 16, 2024, 1:23 PM Joshua Rice via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> I imagine it's quite difficult. Maybe not "functional Twiggy drive" > difficult, but probably "unmolested 128k Macintosh" difficult. > > It of course depends on who you know, and who you ask. Undoubtedly > there's a guy out there with a stack of them in a shed somewhere, but > getting hold of him is a different matter entirely. > > Josh Rice > > On 16/07/2024 17:24, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > how hard is it to track down a replacement NeXT cube motherboard? > > Bill > > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 11:38 AM John Robertson via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > >> On 2024/07/16 6:28 a.m., Paul Koning wrote: > >>>> On Jul 16, 2024, at 9:05 AM, John Robertson via cctalk< > >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >>>> I'm just starting to clean up a NeXT system that a friend has had in > >> storage for decades... > >>>> I assume the thing has a battery somewhere - I just hope it isn't > >> Ni-Cad! > >>> At that age it might well be. So what? I think they are still > >> available. Or you can replace it by a non-rechargeable battery. That's > >> what I did with the ToD clock battery in my Pro; a lithium coin cell > with a > >> series diode to prevent "charging" is not an ideal solution but > adequate, > >> and it would be better if I used a Schottky diode rather than a plain Si > >> rectifier diode I happened to have lying around. > >>> paul > >> Battery leakage was the issue - having dealt with a great many logic > >> boards damaged or destroyed by leaking Ni-Cad batteries. > >> > >> I've since seen a photo of the inside of the NeXT and it looks like they > >> used a plug in Lithium battery, so that risk is no longer of much > >> concern to me. > >> > >> John :-#)# > >> >
