My ISP has been down and is now back up. I am celebrating by sending this. I have a bunch, and I do mean a bunch of Mac SE cases out on my porch. I thought they would make good cat houses. One time, one of our two cats spent the day sleeping in one. Of course, they do make good fish tanks, so I have heard. But, ... in the process of taking these apart, I figured out an easy way to install monitors on bad screened gems that I wanted to refurbish. It is easy and painless. If you have an SE/30 or FDHD or Superdrive that you need a new tube in, simply find an old SE and tear it apart. If the refurb computer is flashing and has an unstable analog board, simply find an SE that is stable as a rock. Switch them out. The tube, though, can be a headache if you replace it and have to adjust it. Don't adjust it. Simply leave the yoke on the good tube and replace the bad one with the tube and yoke together. Voila, no adjusting need. Those darn magnets can be a headache. By the way, I have yet to get zapped by any electricity either. Turning on a Mac SE for a couple of minutes to check out its video prowess, seems not to make any charge build up. Shoot, and I have taken them apart and checked them out, and unreplaced them without a problem right after each other. I have several good monitors that I am saving with yoke attached. Do I solder on mbs and analog boards? I have, but have not been very successful; certainly not successful enough to brag about so I try my best to skirt that issue by only replacing solid as a rock analogs for the jittery ones. Hope this helps some of the Baby Macers to take the jump into tearing them up and putting them back together. I am getting so good at this, that if you laid out the parts on a table, I can put them back together without a problem. Again, as I have related to others, I tore up a small torx screwdriver and use the shaft in combination with an electric screw drive and an extension to make it easier. I have serious arthritis problems, so the easier on me the better. Have fun with those old Babies. Dale -- Caddo County Harpman - ccharpman! http://home.tanet.net/dhill "Do you think he might be compensating for something?" Shreck (01) -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. <http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html> Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD <http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html> - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.binhost.com/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
