This Does Not Compute | Mac SE/30: The Resurrection @ThisDoesNotCompute | Uploaded August 2019 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
What did it take to get my Mac SE/30 going again? Based on the symptoms, it was something I never expected.

Watch how I recapped the motherboard in this machine: youtu.be/bt_AAZnJXIs

Resources and information sources:

Free Geek Twin Cities: freegeektwincities.org
68kMLA Forums: 68kmla.org/forums/index.php
SE/30 capacitor reference: maccaps.com/MacCaps/Capacitor_Reference/Entries/1989/1/19_Macintosh_SE_30.html
SE/30 motherboard schematics: museo.freaknet.org/gallery/apple/stuff/mac/andreas.kann/schemat.html
Big Mess o' Wires ROM-inator: bigmessowires.com/mac-rom-inator-ii
IBM WDS-L40 series hard drive jumper settings: computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pcdisk/h/JUMPERS/765.HTM
SCSI2SD adapter setup and premade Mac OS images: savagetaylor.com/2018/01/05/setting-up-your-vintage-classic-68k-macintosh-using-a-scsi2sd-adapter
Retrobright long-term re-yellowing: classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2013-01-15-retr0bright-only-temporary.htm
Macintosh IIx photo: vectronicscollections.org/apple/macintoshiix.php
Macworld Magazine, April 1987: archive.org/details/MacWorld_8704_April_1987
Mac Plus photo: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Macintosh822014.JPG
Macworld Magazine, March 1989: archive.org/details/MacWorld_8903_March_1989
Mac SE/30 pricing: InfoWorld, March 27, 1989

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