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My tuppence worth would be that since you are looking at this solely for the purpose of retro gaming is to work backwards from what games you want to play. 68k games - probably an se/30. Se's are the cheapest and aren't likely to need an instant recapping, but the upgradable its of an se/30...

Hi there, I'm still new to the old macs, but it could be that it's defaulting to the wrong default drive? I believe resetting the pram is the same one the older macs - cmd+option+p+r And I'm pretty sure you can tell it to boot from a particular SCSI with cmd+option+shift+del+the number of the...

As far as I'm aware they all need draining. I've worked on an eMac and iMac g3 and those the crt retain charge. Easy way to be sure - when you turn it off and turn it back on, does the picture come straight back or does it slowly fade into existence as if you were turning it on with a dimmer...

Cheers Elfen! I'm definitely gonna get on looking for spare parts for when things do start to go! Especially given all that dust, something's must have been operating above typical temperatures for a while! Great job on the classic II! This forum's doing such a great job saving these old machines!

Oh I'm gonna have to try the raspberry pi networking! I have a pi model B in a DIY Lego case I tried to get my nephew interested in electronics with (he was only interested in the Lego). The fan definitely isn't silent, but compared to the racket it made when I first powered it on! The inside...

Thanks 3583, I did notice that the Mac's in the wiki are pretty much 1989/1990 on wards so maybe that's when the less stable caps were used? I decided to leave it for now and look more into it. Like I said, I desoldered the battery and took it out to be safe, but other than that it was just...

Wow, thanks Elfen! I don't think I could have asked for a better response! I've de soldered and removed the battery. My multimeter says it is still functioning as advertised. Is this likely after 26 years? It's the right brand, and the solder looked identical to the rest of the solder points...

I used to be really scared of CRT tubes - I first encountered them with an old eMac I over clocked to keep alive and got really scared every time I went near it. Eventually I faced up to my fear and found its very easy. So long as you don't bodge it too much. I made an 'earthing screwdriver'...

Hi all, So this is my first post, but I've been searching through and reading the posts for a couple of weeks, so I'd like to start with a big thank you to everyone who has contributed their knowledge (sorry I didn't make a note of the usernames to thank you personally) it's made my first...