[rescue] Rescued iMacs looking for input on repair

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

Bill Bradford wrote:

> On the other hand, we had a tech support guy / stoner who would discharge
> CRTs with nothing more than a large, long flat-head screwdrive and an
> impressive "BANG!".

I still have my original Mac discharge tool. A high voltage probe with a
resistor in it. If you didn't use it to discharge a Mac
(64k,128k,512k,plus) you burnt out an IC on the analog board.

The SE was the first to use a self discharging flyback. 

Geoff.

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