"Market" for old macs?

[Scott Stevens]

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:04:49 -0500
Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:

> On Wednesday 28 December 2005 00:09, Jim Leonard wrote:
> > Scott Stevens wrote:
> > > It's VERY important to be careful inside the Mac once the cover is
> > > off.  It's extremely easy to snap the glass nipple on the CRT and
> > > ruin it.  Apple in their infinite wisdom put a circuit board on
> > > the back of the neck to act as a 'torque amplifier' for this
> > > purpose.  Just bumping the board wrong can let all the 'magic
> > > vacuum' out of your CRT.
> >
> > Geez -- so is that the board I see at the top of the tube in this
> > picture:
> >
> > 	http://modeltrain.com/mac/se30/6.jpg
> >
> > I bump that board and the tube will implode?
> 
> If by 'implode', you mean that you'll break the tip off the tube, and 
> it'll fill up with air, in a rather anti-climatic and uneventful 
> fashion, yes.
> 
> I really doubt you could implode the CRT by accidentally hitting that 
> board, unless you were using a sledge hammer or something...
> 
> Pat

I imploded a defective iMac CRT about a month ago.  I put it in a
heavy duty contractor bag first, then hammered the face through
the bag.  It imploded, alright.  The glass was reduced to little
bits, like automobile safety glass.


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