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		ForOldHack on Sept 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple didn't revolutionize power supplies; new tra... Then... how did they wind up with such utter garbage? The Astec in the Mac IIcx/ci was prone to failures. The power supply in the mirror door Mac.

hedgehog on Sept 30, 2021 [–]

I don't remember any notable problems but Apple has a long history of doing interesting things for form factor rather than prioritizing reliability going at least as far back as the 128k.

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