Torbar Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 Got this from a buddy of mine, no hard drive but at least boots to the question mark. Very yellowed though, might be a good candidate to retrobrite Quote Link to post Share on other sites
omidimo Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Now that is a Pasta! Be very careful with the plastic, it is probably very brittle too. Alternative [insane] option... spray painted black for Macintosh TV Clonery! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Torbar Posted April 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 13 hours ago, omidimo said: Now that is a Pasta! Be very careful with the plastic, it is probably very brittle too. Alternative [insane] option... spray painted black for Macintosh TV Clonery! Yeah, that was my other thought. Either make it black, or even some other color(gray? wrap it in woodgrain vinyl?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compgeke Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 I'm all for woodgrain chassis and gold buttons. It'd certainly be unique . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Torbar Posted April 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 I have some leftover woodgrain vinyl from a woodgrain pentium build I did a while ago(inspired by LGR's woodgrain 486) Luckily that stuff is pretty easy to remove, so I might give it a try Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paralel Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 (edited) The brown proves that once they are yellow from photolytic breakdown of the fire retardants, they subsequently oxidize, with the final color being a medium brown. It makes sense. Yellow chromophores almost universally become brown as a result of subsequent oxidation. That would make heat your worst enemy once they have turned yellow, since that would accelerate the oxidative process. The good thing is that we can be sure the final color is brown, oxidation should reduce the chromophore to its base energy state, where it doesn't respond to any further processes. Edited April 17, 2019 by Paralel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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