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Ah yes, I should be more specific - the capacitors that are part of the output of the 6-phase power distribution to the CPU :)

Yes, thats the exact one - both sides hinged, so you could mount the motherboard on a swivel down tray - it was a really nice design.

After having a look at the board, this is definitely not in bad shape, it's clean, not a spot of dust and looks to have seen very little usage. However, as it's 20 years old, the caps WILL need to be replaced. The caps on the board currently are Rubycon caps which are...meh, i guess? At least...

Almost 20 years ago (jesus, that hurts to say now), I was nearly ready to begin my computing course at Middlesex University in North London. Disappointment of the course and ineptitude of the University aside, I had put together a damn good rig to handle almost everything that you could throw...

I may have a spare EGRET chip knocking around @This Does Not Compute - I gave @mitchkramez a few not long ago.

Time to sell up as much as I can - i'll be posting a few FS threads in the coming days.

Aaah yes, thats the H-Sync clamp, i made the same mistake on my initial test board:

Apologies for the late reply - real life has been getting in the way lately - weddings to attend etc - my free time is non-existant at the moment. For the PLCC extractor - nothing i have worked properly for the 84-pin packages - i resorted to using a dental pick instead, slowly levering each...

Stickied!

The SWIM isn't a surprise - as internally the SWIM includes the new chip AND the old chip - there's just a crossbar switch to select the relevant one when needed. IWM exists inside the SWIM at all times.

Ooof - has that damaged the speaker??

Either board would be just fine - no real difference that I can spot, might be a simple change in routing or something - I can't spot anything obvious. Nevertheless, all the parts you need are there. Would it not be better to use a dead board, instead of taking a functional one and transplanting?

@max1zzz might be best placed to do that as he did the Plus Reloaded.

Could the Vampire 68080 core be licensed at all?

Paging @techknight as he's our resident CRT guru 😜

In a B&W G3?

I've been naughty and used my household oven set at 60 degrees Celsius, just put the boards on a silicone baking sheet and leave them in for 30 mins.

Well, we have a pretty good resource section here, but also, just ask questions here! We also have a very active discord server that can help. Might be worth posting what you have, along with pictures as a starting point :)

Looks like fun, it's definitely on my watch list, already downloaded it to my NAS.

Welcome! Yes, possible to replace, just measure the diameter and height of each one to make sure you order the right ones. Then you just need the quantity and rating of each. I'd be happy to help make up a mouser or digikey basket for you.