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After bending a few pins by using a DIP puller to remove PGA 68030s from sockets (I know, I know) I decided I needed a better tool. I thought I'd have to design one myself, but I found this 68040 puller tool by jessenator on Thingiverse. I was able to scale it down to 68030 size, and it works...

Like most people it seems, at least in the US, I used the HWS4514 socket from Phoenix Enterprises for the 68030 on my Reloaded board, because it's under $5 with no minimum order quantity. I have to say, though, I'm not very satisfied with it. The force required to insert and remove the CPU in...

I know that there are adapters that allow a card designed for a IIci cache slot to plug into the PDS on an SE/30, and the IIci has the Apple 32KB cache card and various aftermarket 64KB and 128KB cards as options. So, why has nobody made an SE/30 cache card? Does the SE/30 lack something that...

I know this isn't unique to compact Macs because early Mac IIs also used GLUE, but I'm putting it in the Compact Mac subforum because it's related to my SE/30 reloaded build. My reloaded board isn't working; no bong, no video. In my troubleshooting so far, I've confirmed that the reset circuit...

I'm thinking of building some 16MB 30-pin RAM SIMMs out of some surplus, unknown condition 128MB 72-pin SIMMs. With only 2 chips per 16MB SIMM, it should be pretty easy to weed out any bad ones, but it'd be great to be able to build some boards with sockets for quick, easy chip swapping. The...

Is it still cool to document reloaded builds? I was lucky enough to get a board from zigzagjoe's recent batch. This is Bolle's Rev04 with croissantking's fix, green solder mask, and HASL finish, which solders like a dream. Also has all of the "birdseed" components on the bottom pre-populated...

I got this Mac SE cheap as "does not power on". I tested all the other parts from the machine individually and they all work, which is great; I was expecting a battery bomb or a dead PS/AB. After doing that, I noticed the tip missing from the end of the CRT. This will have broken the vacuum...

First of all, I'm new to the forum but have been reading and soaking up as much information as I can for the past few weeks. Wow, what a wealth of knowledge here. I love this place! I have an SE/30 that I'm trying to resurrect. I've had this machine since I was a kid. It used to work, then sat...