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I've seen some cool projects where people embed a screen behind the CRT glass. Maybe it could be used for something like that. Let me know if you decide that the floppy is bad. I am looking for a seek motor + leadscrew and eject motor for that Awful SE FDHD that I have. Also watching for a set...

I think it’s amber, but I can’t remember. The Twenty One Pilots lyric video that they just posted features a SuperDrive with a red LED (I just watched it moments ago). I hoped to get it back out today to check but didn’t have time. As for converting a drive, yeah. If you look above, you’ll see...

Did you ever figure this out? My SE/30 has been recapped, and has the same problem.

Agreed, the floppy drive cleaned up great! I thought it was interesting that the inside was super clean and completely rust-free, whereas all of the other items I receive have rust and water damage. They were stored in a basement in Eastern Idaho, which is a high desert. A very dry climate that...

Quick update on the haul! Macintosh SE FDHD It boots! Turning out to be a pretty okay restoration, actually. Check out the thread if you haven't already. Macintosh 6115CD This isn't going to be pretty... brace yourself. Sadly, it is almost completely gutted. I thought maybe the logic...

That Classic II looks great!

Okay, time for another update! I am restoring several Macs all at the same time right now, so I happened to have a tub of hydrogen peroxide going outside, along with some hot sunny weather. With cold, cloudy weather on the horizon (and the other two Macs done with Retrobrite), I decided to get...

Agreed, this looks pretty good as far as Maxell bombs go! Keep us updated!

I did one with 3D-printed parts. If you want a set, I'd happily print them off and send them your way. I have two MiniScribes in my office that don't work (one blew a capacitor yesterday, as you know) and would like to see a repair method as well.

I popped the plate off, removed the one central gear, swabbed everything out, put a couple drops of teflon lubricant in, and snapped it back together. So I was only in the gearbox, definitely not into the motor itself. If you think I need to tear it further apart, let me know. As for alignment...

I decided to test the floppy drive outside of the machine. Unfortunately, despite a thorough cleaning and lubrication, there are a couple of problems. First off, the eject motor doesn't quite get the job done. It really labors, despite my careful cleaning and lubrication. By hand, disks eject...

Ugh, the floppy drive. I've done a lot of these lately, and I'm not gunna lie: it's become a bit of a chore. I'm just over it. But, it has to be done. Yikes, pretty rusty, but it looks okay. Let's see how the bottom looks. Hrm, not great, but the drive motor spins freely, which makes me...

Back with another update! It's a pretty exciting one that even includes some magic smoke! Curious? Read on... Before soldering the shield back onto the logic board, I decided to clean up the I/O ports a little bit. Here's what they looked like before: And here's after working on them with...

Fantastic! I have two more SE analog boards to recap in the next couple of days. Thank you very much for the tip!

Insanely cool. What's hilarious is that a B&W compact Mac would also probably have the horsepower to be a "print host", e.g. stream GCODE to a printer. It's technically done through a serial connection.

Before I put everything back together, I cleaned the Analog Board shield. I forgot to get a "clean" photo of it, sorry about that! But rest assured that it is very clean now. All that's left is the Logic Board. Since the battery blew up, the original battery holder was absolutely toast...

This restoration is getting SUPER close to being done. At this point in time, I had three compact Macs torn apart at once, so I decided to put a few things back together to reduce the chaos a bit. First, I hot glued the speaker back into the front of the case. I just do a dab of hot blue where...

Next, it was time to clean and lubricate the floppy drive. Before this, it worked fine, but the eject motor seemed to really struggle. I got the drive out of the bracket, and found that it was dusty, but pretty clean compared to many of the drives I've seen. The first step is to remove the...

While the parts were in the hydrogen peroxide getting the retrobrite treatment, I took the chassis over to my brother's house to sandblast the rusty part. My brother makes AR-15 lower receivers, so he has lots of great tools, such as a gigantic Haas mill. His shop is pretty great, he can make...

With a nice hot day and full sun available, it was time for some retrobrite! I won't get to the keyboard right now, but I can definitely get the Mac SE and mouse done. Here's the mouse before: They come apart super easily. Next, I did my usual cleaning. I always start with dawn dishwasher...