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Hey everyone, I've got a fully-restored SE/30 that is giving me screen issues.  It's the one from this thread: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/30045-full-recap-of-my-new-se30-with-many-pictures/ I've attached a video of the screen issue I'm having (can upload to YouTube if the...

I've got orange Alps switches in mine, not sure who made the keycaps. It's a great keyboard!  I would have never thought to look for one, I just got lucky that it came with the SE/30.  It's very satisfying to type on and takes little desk space.  Would definitely recommend for use with a compact.

Trash80, I don't have a parts list.  It was all mostly Nichicon 105c low ESR capacitors from Digi-Key, with a few Panasonic for the sizes I couldn't find Nichicon in. Boctor, I never watched Hey Arnold!, but I'll look into that. Today I took the mouse and IIGS keyboard apart for a cleaning...

I did the same modification to my SE/30, with the same fan.  The fan shroud is mounted too far forward in this picture — I realized my error as I was putting the machine back together and fixed it later. Fan moves some air, but not a huge amount.  Computer still gets warm after an hour or two...

Hello everyone, A year ago, I picked up an SE/30.  It's still a work in progress, but I've gotten far enough along with it that I think it merits a post. Here is the SE/30 as received.  I found it on Craigslist and had to drive a couple hours for it — figured the drive was worth it because the...

The guide I linked to claims the Decor doesn't work on black-and-white Macs.  Haven't tried it yet though. I'll experiment when I bring my SE/30 back from my parent's house later this week.

Hello everyone, I'm looking for suggestions for the best way to get a black and white compact mac to display a desktop picture under System 7.1.   This is not my picture, but I'd like the final result to look something like this SE...

I did replace all of those blue capacitors, but the whining noise remained.  I have put a ton of hours on the machine since the restoration though, and everything has been rock solid.

I'm glad you enjoyed the thread  :) I was only somewhat confident going in, but I learned a lot during this restoration!  Going slowly and doing a lot of preemptive research will go a long way.  The analog board is very forgiving, so as long as you go slow and treat it with respect, you...

Alex, I did a full restoration on an LC550 last year.  It is very similar to a Color Classic, so my restoration may be of interest to you. Restoration work starts on Post #8, and I included a ton of pictures: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/26444-fpu-and-scsi2sd-for-lc550/

This is probably the first thing you checked, but, Is the brightness knob on the front of the case turned up?

Hey everyone, I am in the process of ordering parts for an SE/30 and had a few questions.  Can you guys confirm that the replacements I am looking at for the following parts are correct? Motherboard —...

Boys, I think it's time to relax: Cheers!

For sure with some upgrades, the Color Classic can become a very versatile machine.  It just wasn't the Mac for me. Nice TAM by the way  :) I got called off work today, so I decided to spend some time in the world of 90s Macintosh.  First I went to the e-waste place where I found the LC550...

I haven't had time to continue the restoration and probably won't until next month, but I wanted to add another picture. (I love pictures, in case you couldn't tell): This is a crappy iPhone 4 picture of the Color Classic that I had about three years ago. I don't mean to offend anyone, but I...

Lido can also format that drive for you: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/lido-756 I recently formatted a non-Apple 1GB IBM drive in my LC550 using the patched version of HD SC setup.  It worked great! Good luck, my LC5xx brother.  Keep that 520 alive  :)

I have had good luck downloading System 7 ISOs from Macintosh Garden: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macintosh-os-755 and then burning with this utility: http://www.ntfs.com/iso-burning.htm YMMV, but that has worked for me.  I burned the images on a Windows 7 PC with LG DVD-RW drives and I...

Got another package in the mail today: With that, the motherboard is completely restored and fully upgraded.  We've got a few things left to do on the Analog Board and then we'll be moving on to the final phase of restoration (drives and peripherals). Almost done now.  Stay tuned  :)

I have the Farallon card in my LC550 now, and a few years ago I had it in a LC550-upgraded Color Classic.  It has worked well for me both times.  No issues to report.

Sony makes the camera sensor in a lot of current high-end smartphones, including the iPhone 6/6s (which has a pretty amazing camera).