Mac SE/30: The Resurrection

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:    • (Trying to) Revive a Mac SE/30  

Resources and information sources:

Free Geek Twin Cities: http://www.freegeektwincities.org
68kMLA Forums: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php
SE/30 capacitor reference: http://www.maccaps.com/MacCaps/Capaci...
SE/30 motherboard schematics: https://museo.freaknet.org/gallery/ap...
Big Mess o' Wires ROM-inator: https://www.bigmessowires.com/mac-rom...
IBM WDS-L40 series hard drive jumper settings: http://computermuseum.informatik.uni-...
SCSI2SD adapter setup and premade Mac OS images: http://www.savagetaylor.com/2018/01/0...
Retrobright long-term re-yellowing: https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/...
Macintosh IIx photo: http://www.vectronicscollections.org/...
Macworld Magazine, April 1987: https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_...
Mac Plus photo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...
Macworld Magazine, March 1989: https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_...
Mac SE/30 pricing: InfoWorld, March 27, 1989

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Music: "Now or Never (You and Me)" by Dan Mason (http://danmason.bandcamp.com).
Additional music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (http://www.box-cat.com).