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Anyone want an Emax 1 SE fixer-upper?

2008-04-14 by alancurrall

I'm thinking about putting my Emax on eBay as a spares or repairs project for someone 
with more time and soldering skills than I have.
Here's its history:
A week after I bought it, under a  year ago, the power supply died on me. I spent a load of 
time and over sixty quid sourcing a replacement which I fitted without a problem (thanks 
to the help of members of this group). Flushed with this success, I thought I'd have a stab 
at replacing the LCD, on which the backlight had withered and caused a high pitched 
whining sound. Again I got a lot of good advice from this group and spend another 30 
quid or so on a replacement. Unfortunately, my soldering skills are not up to par.

So now I've got a Emax 1 SE (no SCSI or hard drive) in good condition apart from the fact 
that I've removed the LCD and not been able to fit the replacement, which I still have ready 
to be fitted. I also have the manual, the SE upgrade manual supplement and disks plus a 
fairly large sample library on floppies.

I'm thinking of giving it a starting price of 50 british pounds and letting it run as an 
auction. However, if anyone from this group is interested I'll put a buy it now price for the 
same amount on it

Anyone who's interested should be aware that I can't test the machine in it's current state 
so can offer no guarantees, but it had no other issues before it took the LCD off. In fact it 
worked perfectly and I wished that I'd just put up with the pale display. If you search this 
list for my name you'll find a history of the help and advice I've had and get a better idea 
of the machine.

All the best,
Alan

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