I'm pretty abstract as it is, so perhaps this is redundant, but somehow Evan talked me in to teaching two classes - I'm doing CRT monitor repair and early Mac repair. The CRT class will cover the basics of how a CRT monitor works, a little theory, high voltage safety, troubleshooting and common symptoms and repairs for color and monochrome monitors and televisions as used on vintage computers. The early Mac class will cover compact macs and early color desktop Macs, primarily the Macintosh II and the Portable, but touching on things that apply to all the 68K desktops, such as the LC and Quadra machines. How to take compact Macs apart, common faults, problems with floppy drives, capacitors, and also how not to zap the bejeezus out of yourself when working on an all-in-one Mac. See also, CRT monitor repair. Both classes will be fairly general, and good for people with limited experience on the subjects. Both will be open ended - I've got prepared notes, but I'd much rather go over specific questions people have. Speaking of which, I could use some demo units for the Mac class especially - I'd like at least one compact Mac and a Macintosh II - I assume we have some broken/untested ones in the warehouse? I'll bring a monitor or two for that class, but, again, if we've got something in the warehouse, could use one. And, if anyone has anything related to either of those subjects they would like me to cover, please let me know. -Ian On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 8:31 AM, Brian Schenkenberger via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Steven Toth via vcf-midatlantic writes:
http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-classe...
Wow. That's the best $20 I'll likely ever spend. Every track looks awesome.
Are the tracks being recorded so we can catch up on the stuff we miss?
Are there any abstracts available for these classes?