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'''''The Dead Mac Scrolls''''' is Larry Pina's symptom-to-repair reference, '''Peachpit Press /

Goldstein & Blair, 1992''', ISBN 0-940235-25-0, '''489 pages'''. The wiki's page title omits

the year; the file is named for it.

~~Download~~ The ~~Dead~~ Mac ~~Scrolls~~ 1992 ~~Here~~: [[File:~~The Dead Mac Scrolls 1992~~.pdf]]

Its subtitle in the Library of Congress record is ''the Macintosh Bible guide to saving a fortune

on Mac repairs''. Every entry follows the same four-part shape:

# '''Symptoms''' in plain language, with a small picture of what the screen actually looks like.

# '''Probable diagnosis''' — which board.

# '''Solution''' — the part to change, '''by board reference''', with a locator sketch.

# '''Three costed options''' — do it yourself, third-party repair, dealer repair.

A representative entry, quoted because it shows the level of detail: for a machine that chimes

normally but shows a dark or severely distorted display, whines at high pitch and then smells of

burning, Pina's solution is to "replace the flyback transformer at board reference '''T1''' and

check/replace the '''BU406''' transistor (horizontal output) at board reference '''Q3''' (may be

burned). If possible, replace with a heavy-duty '''BU406D''' transistor." The page carries a board

sketch showing where Q3 and T1 sit.

== Contents ==

* Introduction (p. 7); Guides for do-it-yourselfers (p. 9)

* 1 — '''Early Macs''' (p. 11)

* 2 — '''Mac SE and SE/30''' (p. 144)

* 3 — '''Mac II''' (p. 221)

* 4 — '''Floppy disk drives''' (p. 243), including ''Replacing disk drive heads without test

instruments'' (p. 265)

* 5 — Hard drives and other peripherals (p. 277)

* 6 — External monitors (p. 309)

* 7 — ImageWriter I, standard and wide (p. 348)

* 8 — ImageWriter II (p. 374)

* 9 — LaserWriter and LaserWriter Plus (p. 402)

* 10 — LaserWriter II SC, NT and NTX (p. 442)

* Parts vendors and service providers (p. 466); '''Symptom index''' (p. 470)

== What it does not contain ==

* '''No schematics and no complete parts list.''' It names the part to change for a given symptom;

it does not enumerate the board. For full analogue-board parts lists by the same author see

[[Macintosh Repair & Upgrade Secrets]].

* Nothing after 1992 — no Colour Classic, no LC 500 series, no Power Macintosh.

* Pina states on p. 9 that this is "a reference book, not a do-it-yourself repair guide"; the

teaching material is in his other books.

* It is a '''secondary source'''. The costings are 1992 US dollars and are of historical interest only.

== What it settles ==

The book's own bibliography (pp. 9–10) is a useful record of what else was published for these

machines, and names documents this wiki does not hold: the '''Sams COMPUTERFACTS''' folder

'''CPB/08947''' for the ImageWriter I (29 pages, 1985), which carries a complete logic board

schematic with marked reference voltages and a semiconductor cross-reference, and a further Sams

folder '''CP27/09005''' (37 pages, 1987). Neither is on this wiki, and both are component-level.

== Pages that cite this document ==

* [[Macintosh 128K/512K Troubleshooting]] — symptom-to-board-reference entries for the early Macs

* [[Macintosh SE Troubleshooting]], [[Macintosh SE/30 Troubleshooting]]

* [[Macintosh Repair & Upgrade Secrets]] — the same author's parts lists

* [[Macintosh II Repair and Upgrade Secrets]]

* [[Apple LaserWriter]], [[Apple LaserWriter Plus]]

''These procedures involve a charged CRT and a live analogue board. Follow

[[CRT Discharge Procedure]] first.''

<pdf> File:The_Dead_Mac_Scrolls_1992.pdf </pdf>

Download: [[:File:The_Dead_Mac_Scrolls_1992.pdf|The_Dead_Mac_Scrolls_1992.pdf]] (56.1 MB)

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-<pdf> File:The Dead Mac Scrolls 1992.pdf </pdf>
+'''''The Dead Mac Scrolls''''' is Larry Pina's symptom-to-repair reference, '''Peachpit Press /
+Goldstein & Blair, 1992''', ISBN 0-940235-25-0, '''489 pages'''. The wiki's page title omits
+the year; the file is named for it.
-Download The Dead Mac Scrolls 1992 Here: [[File:The Dead Mac Scrolls 1992.pdf]]
+Its subtitle in the Library of Congress record is ''the Macintosh Bible guide to saving a fortune
+on Mac repairs''. Every entry follows the same four-part shape:
+# '''Symptoms''' in plain language, with a small picture of what the screen actually looks like.
+# '''Probable diagnosis''' &mdash; which board.
+# '''Solution''' &mdash; the part to change, '''by board reference''', with a locator sketch.
+# '''Three costed options''' &mdash; do it yourself, third-party repair, dealer repair.
+A representative entry, quoted because it shows the level of detail: for a machine that chimes
+normally but shows a dark or severely distorted display, whines at high pitch and then smells of
+burning, Pina's solution is to "replace the flyback transformer at board reference '''T1''' and
+check/replace the '''BU406''' transistor (horizontal output) at board reference '''Q3''' (may be
+burned). If possible, replace with a heavy-duty '''BU406D''' transistor." The page carries a board
+sketch showing where Q3 and T1 sit.
+== Contents ==
+* Introduction (p. 7); Guides for do-it-yourselfers (p. 9)
+* 1 &mdash; '''Early Macs''' (p. 11)
+* 2 &mdash; '''Mac SE and SE/30''' (p. 144)
+* 3 &mdash; '''Mac II''' (p. 221)
+* 4 &mdash; '''Floppy disk drives''' (p. 243), including ''Replacing disk drive heads without test
+  instruments'' (p. 265)
+* 5 &mdash; Hard drives and other peripherals (p. 277)
+* 6 &mdash; External monitors (p. 309)
+* 7 &mdash; ImageWriter I, standard and wide (p. 348)
+* 8 &mdash; ImageWriter II (p. 374)
+* 9 &mdash; LaserWriter and LaserWriter Plus (p. 402)
+* 10 &mdash; LaserWriter II SC, NT and NTX (p. 442)
+* Parts vendors and service providers (p. 466); '''Symptom index''' (p. 470)
+== What it does not contain ==
+* '''No schematics and no complete parts list.''' It names the part to change for a given symptom;
+  it does not enumerate the board. For full analogue-board parts lists by the same author see
+  [[Macintosh Repair & Upgrade Secrets]].
+* Nothing after 1992 &mdash; no Colour Classic, no LC 500 series, no Power Macintosh.
+* Pina states on p. 9 that this is "a reference book, not a do-it-yourself repair guide"; the
+  teaching material is in his other books.
+* It is a '''secondary source'''. The costings are 1992 US dollars and are of historical interest only.
+== What it settles ==
+The book's own bibliography (pp. 9&ndash;10) is a useful record of what else was published for these
+machines, and names documents this wiki does not hold: the '''Sams COMPUTERFACTS''' folder
+'''CPB/08947''' for the ImageWriter&nbsp;I (29 pages, 1985), which carries a complete logic board
+schematic with marked reference voltages and a semiconductor cross-reference, and a further Sams
+folder '''CP27/09005''' (37 pages, 1987). Neither is on this wiki, and both are component-level.
+== Pages that cite this document ==
+* [[Macintosh 128K/512K Troubleshooting]] &mdash; symptom-to-board-reference entries for the early Macs
+* [[Macintosh SE Troubleshooting]], [[Macintosh SE/30 Troubleshooting]]
+* [[Macintosh Repair & Upgrade Secrets]] &mdash; the same author's parts lists
+* [[Macintosh II Repair and Upgrade Secrets]]
+* [[Apple LaserWriter]], [[Apple LaserWriter Plus]]
+''These procedures involve a charged CRT and a live analogue board. Follow
+[[CRT Discharge Procedure]] first.''
+<pdf> File:The_Dead_Mac_Scrolls_1992.pdf </pdf>
+Download: [[:File:The_Dead_Mac_Scrolls_1992.pdf|The_Dead_Mac_Scrolls_1992.pdf]] (56.1 MB)
 [[Category:Apple Documentation]]

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