Thanks for the heads up folks. Knew about the 24-bit requirement for the IIe card. Didn't know when the OS started required 32-bit, so that's good to know. There that TCP/IP or Open Transport, I can't think of anything that is pushing me to 7.6 or even 8.1 for the OS. I'm going to be getting a new drive and will be reformatting/re-partitioning it. Though I don't think I will need it, I just may look into Multi-booting the thing just in case.
As far the recapping: I just know or keep reading that its a potential problem. I'm going to test out the board with the multi-meter and just make sure they are working as they should, if not I will recap the thing. The whole "retrobrite" thing... I found another guy who did basically that but rather than making up the Retrobrite solution, he found that Sally Beauty Supply sells a a concoction that is high percentage of H-Peroxide and it's "goopy" enough to spread on the parts. Sitting beside me right now is a big brown box, with the shell of an IIe drive in there and an UV light. I've covered the case with this goop and wrapped in in clear wrap to stop it from evaporating. After less that 18 hours you can really see a difference. Testing on a drive is much easier than the case for the LC 575. Drive is my test subject. :) CR On Friday, March 27, 2015 at 9:30:06 AM UTC-5, Carlos Randolph wrote: > > My LC 575 has arrived and my IIe card and the drives will arrive soon. > The LC already has the 36MB RAM and 1MB VRAM, so I'm set there. Going to > take this setup slowly and rebuild/refinish this whole setup. Here is what > I'm planning: > > > 1. Order all my parts: > 1. New Kensingtion KB and Turbo Mouse. > 2. HD replacement, upgrading the 160MB drive. > 3. Media (originals) for System 7.5.3, 7.6 and 8.1. > 4. Replacement CAPS for the motherboard > 5. Networking 10BaseT card > 6. Raspberry PI 2 as an AppleTalk / IIe server > 2. Tear apart the LC575 and IIe drives and remove the yellowing with > the Peroxide/UV lights > 1. Bought my heavy peroxide goopy gel from Sally's Beauty supply > (weird). > 2. I've got an 18" UV light on the way that I'm going to hang in a > large box that I will line with foil to enshroud the plastics. > 3. Recap the LC motherboard > 1. Got my little Hotair station ready new Caps on the way from > Mouser. > 2. This is an insurance piece, I want this thing to last for a > while. > 4. Setup the RaspberryPI as a mini server > 1. This is my link to the outside world for this unit > 2. Can't use the 10BaseT while the IIe card is in, will need to > find an AppleTalk to Ethernet bridge. > 5. Reassemble the LC, upgrade the HD. > 6. System OS?? Not sure if I want to use 7.5.3, 7.6 or 8.1.... > > > It's a pretty fun and interesting looking project. Have I ever restored > the yellowing cases with Peroxide before? Nope. Have I ever recapped a > mother board before? Nope. Never even worked with surfaced mounted > components before. Google - YouTube are my saviors. :) > > CR > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
