Mac SE/30: The Resurrection
What did it take to get my Mac SE/30 going again? Based on the symptoms, it was something I never expected.
Watch how I recapped the motherboard in this machine: https://youtu.be/bt_AAZnJXIs
Resources and information sources:
Free Geek Twin Cities: http://www.freegeektwincities.org
68kMLA Forums: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php
SE/30 capacitor reference: http://www.maccaps.com/MacCaps/Capacitor_Reference/Entries/1989/1/19_Macintosh_SE_30.html
SE/30 motherboard schematics: https://museo.freaknet.org/gallery/apple/stuff/mac/andreas.kann/schemat.html
Big Mess o’ Wires ROM-inator: https://www.bigmessowires.com/mac-rom-inator-ii
IBM WDS-L40 series hard drive jumper settings: http://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pcdisk/h/JUMPERS/765.HTM
SCSI2SD adapter setup and premade Mac OS images: http://www.savagetaylor.com/2018/01/05/setting-up-your-vintage-classic-68k-macintosh-using-a-scsi2sd-adapter
Retrobright long-term re-yellowing: https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2013-01-15-retr0bright-only-temporary.htm
Macintosh IIx photo: http://www.vectronicscollections.org/apple/macintoshiix.php
Macworld Magazine, April 1987: https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_8704_April_1987
Mac Plus photo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Macintosh822014.JPG
Macworld Magazine, March 1989: https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_8903_March_1989
Mac SE/30 pricing: InfoWorld, March 27, 1989
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Music: « Now or Never (You and Me) » by Dan Mason (http://danmason.bandcamp.com).
Additional music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (http://www.box-cat.com).
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