You've talked me out of it...for now.

I realized the case is physically pristine minus a little yellowing.

I would feel better working on a dead SE or other. Just something I could %100 affirm as dead.

But I cannot find anything wrong visually with the chips.

I have only a Keyboard and mouse, no system disk. (The printer for this thing is still in my grandparent's basement)

My question now...

What is the value of the 128k in its xx( state?

What could the value be if the system is bootable again?