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You can soak it in white vinegar for a few to 24 hrs. (depending how bad it is), wash with soap and water then dry. Once cleaned you need to coat it with something to keep it from rusting again (silver primer would do the job).

Think I have a different revision of that card, not sure where it is.

A 550/575 isn't that much bigger than a CC and sticking a Presto Plus into it makes them a nice color machine.

CC's cost $400 and up these days so modding one and screwing it up might not be a good idea. Are those cases brittle as hell by now?

I was looking for myself, I have plenty, but some people were looking for systems and I went browsing to see how common they were and was surprised at what was listed. The only beige Powermac I would be interested in would be a 9150 and good luck finding one of those these days (and even if you...

I browse eBay before I head to bed every night and today, I looked at what was going on with PCI Powermacs (7500/8500/8600/9500/9600 in specific) and there were not that many machines to be found (mostly just parts from units). Did they all turn to dust since the last time I looked?

There were quite a few types of SCSI cards made for Nubus, the FWB Jackhammer and ATTO SEIV are the ones people spend crazy money for (being 68 pin native). There are a few 50 pin SCSI cards out there that are cheaper but harder to find.

That's probably the only downside to a Mac II/IIx/IIfx, no built in video, and decent cards are getting expensive (not that a IIfx is cheap to begin with).

Heat would deform it. Some people use boiling water.

Wiper blades can be replaced if you can find a replacement that isn't old (or try soaking in alcohol to loosen up the rubber).

Big Box Games Buy Sell Swap on Facebook has 2K members. I think that is where the email list I used to be on for old games went to and it was very easy to sell high value rarities there at the time. Or it could be Big Box PC game collectors with 8K members (both are private groups).

I stuck a Daystar 040 into a IIcx with the correct socketed Daystar Adapter. Swapping the CPU without changing the FSB will not change anything.

Are they even needed? Protectors are important for 5.25" floppy drives that have a top and bottom head (read both sides at the same time) to keep the heads aligned during shipping and to keep them from bouncing off each other. 3.5" floppy drives only have one head. Any kind of shock that would...

I think the testers also don't do a great job with higher voltage capacitors since they use a 9V battery.

Beige G3 motherboards have a jumper for Apple or ATX power supplies. Check capacitors for leaks also.