[vcf-midatlantic] recap kit for Mac Classic analog board

[Alexander Jacocks]

Herb,

I’ve dealt with console5 before, and been quite satisfied, as well.

- Alex

On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 6:29 PM Richard Cini via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> I bought two recapping kits from them for my two Mac IIci units. Caps
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> On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 6:24 PM Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic <
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> > As the subject suggests, I'd like to buy a recap kit for the Macintosh
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> > Classic analog board (power supply) model 630-0525. I'd think there
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> > They have other kits too. But has anyone dealt with them? Asking "the
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> > Web search only yields a few recapping services, someone in Australia,
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> > Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA
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> > http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net
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> > preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing
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> > email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com
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> > or try later herbjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT info
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