So, I am not active in finding old Macs, but the Macintosh Classic Era Hardware interested me. I popped by my local Computer Refurbisher that started off with Apple Hardware. Saw a Macintosh SE, and was interested. Now, where I live is nowhere near known for holding expensive technology or even having money, but the gentleman got me in contact with an Apple Collector. Visited tonight, and scored a Macintosh SE with two 3.5 Floppy Readers built in, and not only that, a Rodime Systems 60 PLUS. As I understand it, with lack of knowledge on this stuff, how good of a deal was it? And from the sounds and looks of it, was $300 a good deal? The drive in it, being 60 MB, if it is original and has no bad sectors, does that mean an extremely good thing? I can send photos later, and even take a peek at the inner Drive Cage and drive brand.
Here? In a small town?
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Yeah, got the power cables, the data cable (missing a thumb screw, but we can't have it entire for the age), and both mouse and keyboard too!
Congratulations and welcome to the SE club! 
I plan to buy a BlueSCSI to mount inside the system or design my own Drive Caddy so I can have an array of 2.5" HDDs, that way I can preserve the Rodime HDD while it is functional.. And are there any video game Recommendations for a beginner like me? I know one of them are The Oregon Trail. I think it'd also be fun to play some Text Adventures, but I don't know any.
The dual floppies rock! My favorite Compact case type.
I am noticing the screen has some graphical things, like it isn't 100% stable, so I may actually need to recap it sometime in the near future. It isn't like an annoying persistent, but it is a noticeable if you saw a stable and top condition one. So I may shut it down and pack it away for now until I have all the supplies I need.
weak solder joints on the analog board -> yoke board connector. reflow those, see if it improves.
caps are rarely the actual problem on SEs, though it won't hurt to replace them. but reflowing joints is far quicker and easier to try first
PSU voltages might be a bit off, check those
I'll try that once I have a Jumper cable. For now though, it'll be stored in a safe environment.
IIRC there is a "focus" adjustment - been many years since I've done that but again IIRC it was the rings on the CRT yoke. I would do that as a last resort, try reflowing the solder joints first and reseat everything.
Keep in mind that these often improve or change once they have had time to warm up so don't adjust anything cold. Sometimes they are just not perfect no matter what, screen burn in and time affect things in unexpected ways.
Keep in mind that these often improve or change once they have had time to warm up so don't adjust anything cold. Sometimes they are just not perfect no matter what, screen burn in and time affect things in unexpected ways.
