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The clips on my 630s face plate came off so I just put two magnets in there to snap it in place - works really well! (please ignore the missing plastics, I'm going to recap the PSU when it stops being -14 outside 😄)

Lots of great points, I want to add that I have both machines but will be keeping the LC475 for two additional reasons: - the LC475 supports my Portrait Display, but the 630 does not - the 630 is noisy, whereas the LC475 is silent (to me) with a drop-in Noctua replacement

+1 for "twist them off", and good luck with your LC475! They are great 68k machines and there's a surprising number of upgrades you can do 😄

Can confirm that resistor swapping an LC475 to get 40MHz does not work, in my experience - it needs the more elaborate solution!

I figure there's other components in those PSUs that aren't simple caps and which also degrade over the decades, nice to have an option to just "reset" the whole shebang. Plus they aren't THAT expensive - usually less than $20, and wiring them up is pretty straightforward (not like an ATX...

What our very direct friend here is trying to say is that the symptoms you are describing means it is most likely that the issue is with the Color Classic logic board, not the disk or disk drive (since these work ok elsewhere). Since capacitor leakage is by far the main cause of logic board...

Just want to share my solution - there is a replacement 3D printable replacement for the bracket, I've modified it to house 2x60mm fans. Since there is no HD the vent on the left is exposed and they can suck air in from there and blast it into the Hot Sandwich. It works! Not too noisy, it's...

I would recommend leaving the clock chip alone, you can get to 40MHz with the software overclock!

Ooh interesting, I haven't done so much diagnosing - I only really know how to replace caps, no idea how to troubleshoot issues 😅 I can test continuity around the fuses next time I have it open!

Watching this thread since it sounds similar to an issue I am having with an SE/30 - it boots fine from floppy, but is unable to detect SCSI stuff. I've recapped it so maybe I messed something up, it had worked before.

Since you mentioned Hotline and RealBasic, I want to plug Hotstuff - it's a new Hotline client that's being developed in RealBasic by Knezzen, runs on 68k macs! https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/hotstuff

I replaced mine with a Noctua A4x10, it's a drop-in replacement and virtually silent with the low noise adapter. I loop the excess cable under the SCSI ribbon - this photo is a WIP assembly but you get the idea. Highly recommended, it's so quiet now!

If you are not passionate about it, it makes sense to get a good overview of its condition, maybe recap the logic board, and then pass/sell it on to someone who will appreciate it more. Remember that not everyone who wants an 8600 knows how to recap, so the next owner might appreciate it! My...

Haha well done on solving the "get software on to the old mac" puzzle! If you had access to a floppy disk and drive you caaaaan also use dd to write disk images from a modern OS onto floppy, but my experience has been mixed. This illustrates exactly why I went with blueSCSI 😅 fire up...

I would 100% recommend getting an SD-card solution for the hard drive, it is a gigantic quality of life enhancement! I held out for a while and it was just needlessly painful. Now I can just set up hard drive images in an emulator, easily back things up and copy them freely around different...