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With so much invested in your SE/30, why not keep it and keep tricking it out and getting rid of another machine, maybe something in storage that you never use or have no personal attachment to?

Have you tried installing http://macos9lives.com?

No, locks at the desktop.

Yeah, maybe I just set this thing aside until then. Doesn't seem worth troubleshooting until it has a known working hybrid in it.

Just did. They don't look right, I'm not finding +12v or -5v on any pins: 4 1.5v 8 3.9v 11 5v 16 7.5v 17 7.5v 18 5.2v 21 7.5v 25 7.5v 31 -1v 39 5v 41 7.4v 51 1.2v 52 1.2v 61 7.4v 62 4.7v

Just hooked-up a RaSCSI to the external SCSI bus and booted a 6.0.8 image and had the exact same symptom: system locks-up when desktop is loaded. ERG! So I'm going to rule-out anything with the SWIM for now.

Well, after a thorough cleaning (w/scrubbing), I still have the same problem. Boots to desktop and then freezes. Tried with a System 6.0.5 floppy and real FDD connect and same thing. There's no electrolytic capacitors near the SCC, so assuming that IC works, maybe there's a damaged...

Guess I could, but the FloppyEmu boots fine on every other Mac using this image. I've also tried a System 7 image and it does the same thing on the Portable.

So I'm booting from a FloppyEmu and loading the System 6.0.8 Disk Tools. It gets to the desktop -- the mouse cursor actually moves up until the desktop is loaded, then the cursor freezes wherever it was at when it finishes loading. Strangely, the FloppyEmu read activity continues to blink, but...

I'm adventurous! I have the board soaking in hot soapy water now. Will scrub it later. I don't want to send it through our dishwasher and potentially leave heavy metals in there. But I'll scrub, scrub, scrub that board and see if anything changes. The hybrid LOOKS so clean (component side), but...

Well crap! That would suck. Just for giggles, I soaked the board in soap and water last night, then rinsed with IPA and let dry. Today when I power it on, it boots to Finder and then just locks-up -- no more battery message. I'm going to try soaking it some more and see if it changes. If I had...

Hi all - I picked up a Mac Portable and recapped the main board and am having an issue -- a story as old as time itself! The Portable wakes from sleep just fine and will boot, but as soon as the Finder comes up, I ALWAYS get the "No battery reserve power remains...Good Night." and then it goes...

maybe you could find a 5200 or 5400 locally with a nice case and transplant? I dunno. shipping these things suck. :( as for the noise, could be the degausser when you power on. if your screen starts to shrink/expand and/or go light/dark, then you know its the flyback for sure.

I have a spare FPU board for the IIsi. If you end up buying one, PM me and you can have the FPU board for the cost of shipping, assuming you're in the U.S. it's re-capped and works great.

Yeah, I probably should have, but I trusted his word based on his feedback. This is the seller if anyone is familiar with him: https://www.ebay.com/sch/machp/m.html

that's cool. I wish more 68k games had that option. even wolf 3d runs pokey on a 40MHz LC040. but if it could be run at 320x240 pixel doubled or something...

never tried marathon on a 68k Mac, only PPC. now I'm curious! :)

This is quite the subjective question! Probably depends on what you want to do. Some of the stuff described in the OP is pretty light weight. Lots of good ideas above. Personally, I like the Quadra 630 line for the following reasons: 33MHz 040 (no FPU) that can easily be overclocked to 40MHz -...

Thanks all, I'll check out the links. I'm currently trying to match some "snow white" Macs so it looks like the NX-2 Grey might be close. The Solutech beige on Amazon looks good for an older Mac Plus. Awesome! Thanks!

Some time ago, someone posted a link to a source for PLA (or maybe it was ABS or PETG) filament for 3D printing that very closely matched the original platinum / beige color of older Macs. I should have bookmarked it when I saw it, but didn't. DOH! I've tried to find it, but cannot find the...