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Re: Anyone want an Emax 1 SE fixer-upper?

2008-04-15 by karlscott2301

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "alancurrall" <alan@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>

Does it have original Floppy drive in it if it has and is fully working i'll buy that off of you 
now!!!!

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