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A very royal LCIII! Looks awesome in purple! Really impressive all the reverse engineering that goes on in this hobby. Very cool stuff.

Lucky trash find! I never see stuff like that here in Seattle! It's always just an old couch that's been sitting the rain for days. Yuck!

Immersion method works well. Be sure to pop out the rainbow apple logo before taking a dip in peroxide!

I've always thought that classic Spectrum games would look quite good on the Mac's 1-bit screen.

Peroxide and metal don't like each other, so it's always safe to remove any metal shielding before dipping your plastics into peroxide or you'll have rust to deal with.

Awesome! Love these projects! :)

A clear LC case would be very cool for sure. In your OP, you mentioned eventually working your way through the whole LC series. Curious if you plan to actually remake each model, or make some sort of "new hybrid LC" with features you like/want? Looking forward to your tests!

Not sure which CF card adapter you are using, but I'm using this one in my Performa 638CD: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026OYEEQ To make it fit, I designed a simple 3D print mount: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/e2Cub52P3B6-performa-630-hdd-mount/ In order to install everything (it is...

Let us know if Herb has any. I'd be in the market for one too. :) Thanks!

Wow, that was fast! Hopefully your first build won't have too many issues. :) I love the LC form factor as well and it's great to see these projects. Eagerly watching this. :)

I have a 630 bumped to 40MHz and it's nice having a compact 040 machine with built-in CD and floppy with external SCSI support. With a CommSlotI Ethernet card, it's on the network too. Not the best computer back in the day, but a good retro 68k Mac in 2021!

Yeah, any SCSI CD-ROM drive should work, though you will need that funky Apple adapter board that fits into the SCSI and power molex and adapts it for the 630's edge connector. You can probably buy those on eBay, but they might be pricey too, dunno. :( Here is a picture of one taken from a...

Agreed, this would be a great resin candidate.

Interesting, C8 and C18 were the 2 offenders on my PSU. They had both leaked and the mask on the other side of the PCB was damaged.

Nice write-up! I just did my Performa 630 motherboard and power supply last weekend and then 40MHz mod today. It's a snappy 68k Mac running at 40MHz! Also surprised that Apple used Nichicon caps in these "cheap" computer power supplies, though a couple of the smaller ones had just started to...