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Work has me near a local electronic parts place today, so I wanted to stop in and get replacement electrolytic caps for my Mac 128k.  I have all the caps for the Analog board already, but figure before I put the motherboard back in I should replace the axial electrolytic caps on the motherboard...

Well here is an update. A heat gun and some patience with a hobby knife the serial number stickers come off. You just have to be careful they don't bubble. Here is the kicker. They are clear plastic with the printing on the inside and then a white double sided tape to install them. The...

I was thinking the back plastic label would get damaged trying to remove it.  Since its plastic and looks like it's painted from behind I hope I don't have to remove it.  I was watching a video on youtube of a woman who was doing a 3% perioxide bath of a 128, and she removed the plastic label...

So I am going to do a full restoration on a Mac 128 I just got.  I will be doing a complete analog board recap and servicing the drive.  While I have it apart it makes sense to remove the horrid yellowing.  I plan on using a 3% peroxide solution and immersing empty case, keyboard case and mouse...