Apple's Macintosh Quadra 700 from 1991 is a favorite among vintage computer collectors, but not just because it was a good machine during its era.

Featured music: "Pick a F**king Car" by Dan Mason: https://businesscasual87.bandcamp.com...

Capacitor list for the power supply: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/q...

Sources:
Mac IIfx photo: https://oldcrap.org/2019/07/31/apple-...
Mac IIfx motherboard photo: https://recapamac.com.au/macintosh-iifx/
"Dual Dynamos: The Macintosh Quadra 700 and 900," MacUser, December 1991.

00:00 -- Introduction
01:23 -- Power supply recap
05:32 -- Testing the old capacitors
06:05 -- PSU reassembly (Dan Mason music feature)
07:38 -- Does the power supply blow up?
07:53 -- Further disassembly and cleaning
09:53 -- Putting it all back together
10:32 -- Overview and performance
13:37 -- It's a UNIX system, I know this
14:11 -- Is good computer yes

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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Bo....