Great to see the guts of an old Apple IIc. Lately, I've been considering tracking one of those old relics down, removing all the old stuff from it, and putting all-new parts in, much like how they've now reissued the Commodore 64 with modern parts.
The metal box is EMI (electromagnetic interference) shielding (aka a Faraday Cage). It's housing power supply electronics. Without it you could say goodbye to a few TV channels and radio stations in your house.
The noise from? within is fairly normal. Electronics do make acoustic noise, and if they're doing enough work, it's audible. (CRT monitors and TV sets are a good example of this, with all their horrid buzzing and whining.)
Rainbow ribbon cables used to be very common. Back in the II and II+ days, the (external) floppy drives had ribbon cables running from them to the disk controller card, and they were usually rainbow. I've always entertained the notion that the colours of the logo may have been partly inspired by such cables.
i never seen the 2c but i think its the power supply :-)
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That would be the power supply regulator. the power cord has a inline power supply the feeds the apple 12 volts and 5 volts and that metal box probably conditions and regulates the 12 volts and 5 volts as needed
You can find ribbon cables with multicolor like that still. I've personally never seen it in a store, but I know I've had custom cables made that looked like that when I got them.. The reeason for it is that it's easier to match wires up when making your own cable.
Multi colored ribbon cables are available at mouser or digi-key -- from 10 to 100 conductors, sold per foot. That's all I've used for cable assemblies for the last 22 years.....man, I've been doing this too long.
PCs start to make that noises after about 2 years of use, and it`s just because they get old and they aren`t properly sound isolated... i dunno what to say about macs but it can be the same thing... i think
Very cool! - I think with this computer the power supply is external? Anyways if it's not that, I beleive it's some sort of unit for the extra expandable ports they have. some sort of control unit. I don't know why it would make horrible noises though like it's melting from inside.. I read one article that said the apple //c had a card that had to heat itself up to function properly. maybe that's it
The metal box inside next to your disk drive must be the power supply.
MarkMphonoman 9 months ago
Great to see the guts of an old Apple IIc. Lately, I've been considering tracking one of those old relics down, removing all the old stuff from it, and putting all-new parts in, much like how they've now reissued the Commodore 64 with modern parts.
AirCooledMan2006 9 months ago
i have some ide cables like that. mine says "check disk drives" and i can't figure out how to get it past this point.
mashersmasher 1 year ago
The metal box is EMI (electromagnetic interference) shielding (aka a Faraday Cage). It's housing power supply electronics. Without it you could say goodbye to a few TV channels and radio stations in your house.
The noise from? within is fairly normal. Electronics do make acoustic noise, and if they're doing enough work, it's audible. (CRT monitors and TV sets are a good example of this, with all their horrid buzzing and whining.)
ueberRegenbogen 2 years ago
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ueberRegenbogen 2 years ago
Rainbow ribbon cables used to be very common. Back in the II and II+ days, the (external) floppy drives had ribbon cables running from them to the disk controller card, and they were usually rainbow. I've always entertained the notion that the colours of the logo may have been partly inspired by such cables.
ueberRegenbogen 2 years ago
I love the Apple IIc. I have a Laser 128 which was a clone. Maybe I should get a genuine IIc?
cbmeeks 2 years ago
yeah man great zeppelin shirt
MrTinkertrainTV 2 years ago
that metal box can be the colling system witch is in old computers
ompakt 2 years ago
i never seen the 2c but i think its the power supply :-)
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bsasam 2 years ago
i think the melting sond is the Hard Drive, did it even have one? o.o
Rio356 3 years ago
That would be the power supply regulator. the power cord has a inline power supply the feeds the apple 12 volts and 5 volts and that metal box probably conditions and regulates the 12 volts and 5 volts as needed
kc0nlh 3 years ago
I use to play Donkey Kong on this, GI Joe, and Tom Sawyer. Great System
tjsage79 3 years ago
maybe that video guy did tear apart with the apple ///e
SonicRocky21 3 years ago
The processor board is below the keyboard.
drivojulianrobotnik 3 years ago
i never seen the 2c but i think its the power supply :-)
alarm65 3 years ago
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Hildron101010 4 years ago 2
You can find ribbon cables with multicolor like that still. I've personally never seen it in a store, but I know I've had custom cables made that looked like that when I got them.. The reeason for it is that it's easier to match wires up when making your own cable.
RockinBlueKat 4 years ago
I know the use of multicolor cables, but these are EXACTLY the same colors as the apple rainbow-logo.
applefanBE 4 years ago
Ah, well, it's still mostly just a happy coincidence, since there are other colors in the cable. :-P
Hrmm... go ahead and put: multicolor ribbon cable
into google and hit I'm feeling lucky. :-)
RockinBlueKat 4 years ago
Multi colored ribbon cables are available at mouser or digi-key -- from 10 to 100 conductors, sold per foot. That's all I've used for cable assemblies for the last 22 years.....man, I've been doing this too long.
pmgodfrey 4 years ago
PCs start to make that noises after about 2 years of use, and it`s just because they get old and they aren`t properly sound isolated... i dunno what to say about macs but it can be the same thing... i think
darkus13 4 years ago
Sounds like that could be it. Have you got a link on that ?
applefanBE 4 years ago
Very cool! - I think with this computer the power supply is external? Anyways if it's not that, I beleive it's some sort of unit for the extra expandable ports they have. some sort of control unit. I don't know why it would make horrible noises though like it's melting from inside.. I read one article that said the apple //c had a card that had to heat itself up to function properly. maybe that's it
bjhorton2005 4 years ago
When I get them all in one room (my parents are divorced) I'll make sure to do that. Look for it in the forseeable future. Thanks for the comment.
applefanBE 4 years ago
how many apples do you have? maybe you could give an all in one video tour of them?
spacewind 4 years ago