I should say that I did hit up the corrosion with my 4" angle grinder with a wire wheel (wear safety glasses! those things spit wires) and some 400 grit sandpaper.
Looks good as new, minus the color change.
I didn't see any motherboards on eBay, you might have to also post on LEM swap list also. You could also consider an upgrade to an SE/30 or Color Classic -- as clean as the case of the Classic looks, it's just a SE FDHD inside...with no expansion card slot. An SE/30 gives you 16MHz and more than enough memory for cheap, PDS slot, coolness, and the CC grants you color.
Your choice, however. Sentimental value does have merits.
P.S. I was going to say, that third picture in the first post looks like you were thinking about taking up alchemy...Lithium ion (?) battery + steel case + some electronic gizmos = gold? looks like gold on the chassis :approve:
Looks good as new, minus the color change.
I didn't see any motherboards on eBay, you might have to also post on LEM swap list also. You could also consider an upgrade to an SE/30 or Color Classic -- as clean as the case of the Classic looks, it's just a SE FDHD inside...with no expansion card slot. An SE/30 gives you 16MHz and more than enough memory for cheap, PDS slot, coolness, and the CC grants you color.
Your choice, however. Sentimental value does have merits.
P.S. I was going to say, that third picture in the first post looks like you were thinking about taking up alchemy...Lithium ion (?) battery + steel case + some electronic gizmos = gold? looks like gold on the chassis :approve: