This is an infallible source of software for older Macs. System 6.0.8 will do you very well, at the cost in time and effort of downloading the software and writing your own floppies, whether 800kB or 1.4MB, depending on the drive in your SE.
Otherwise, you are dependent on the hit-or-miss of eBay, swap groups, MUGs, recyclers, and chance encounters with rubbish skips (or dumpsters). A close-by fellow-soldier may offer to help you.
You did right with your case screws. It's not a job calling for a torque-wrench, but the commonsense of your own wrist-tension. You are aiming to get friction enough to prevent loosening, but not so much torque as to strip the thread in the plastic with the top screws. The bottom screws, as you now know, are metal-thread.
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Otherwise, you are dependent on the hit-or-miss of eBay, swap groups, MUGs, recyclers, and chance encounters with rubbish skips (or dumpsters). A close-by fellow-soldier may offer to help you.
You did right with your case screws. It's not a job calling for a torque-wrench, but the commonsense of your own wrist-tension. You are aiming to get friction enough to prevent loosening, but not so much torque as to strip the thread in the plastic with the top screws. The bottom screws, as you now know, are metal-thread.
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