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I got side-tracked when I started testing the system.

The back ports on this new baseplate line up perfectly. I also filled most of the connector holes with covers from the donor IIe case.

I had to solder in the power and keyboard connectors on the ROM1 IIgs board, and I also added a battery holder that I had to slightly modify to fit the IIgs board, which originally had a soldered battery.

Today I finally got around to building a stealth IIgs. It was really pretty easy. Just a little bit of soldering and some finagling of parts to get it all together. The kit from MacEffects made it very simple.

I’m stuck on the power supply. The pins on the rectifier were shorted so I ordered a replacement. But when I removed it, the pins are no longer shorted. It appears that the transformer on the left has a short? I’m not sure what to do next. Am I screwed here?

I had to stop working on this for now, because the power supply has stopped working. I’ve got replacement caps on order!

I’m going to try turning it on and see what happens. I had to take the lid off (again!) because the vertical hold needed adjusting. But the computer is starting up! (I had to trick the front panel switch to make it start without the bezel in place.) I have to come back to this later. So stay...

I’ve installed the boards (more on those later), and reattached the rather grubby looking back panel.

Here’s the power supply. There’s no need to test it, because someone already did it for me! 😂 I’ve installed it into the Lisa. Unfortunately, one of the knobs is broken on this one. Anyone know a source for these pots?

Okay, got the other side on. And the lid is back in place.

Oops. I realized that the sides have to go on first. These are a pain, because it’s hard to reach the screw holes. I had to use a right-angle screwdriver for one of the screws.

Lid attached. This one is easy - just two captive screws underneath in the back.

The bottom pieces have been reattached!

However, some of the parts are really yellowed, like this front bottom panel. I think I’ll need to retrobright this eventually.

Some of these parts are quite dirty. This Lisa was in a junk pile for a long time. But it seems like it should clean up alright.

This week I’m going to put together a Lisa that I’ve had apart for some time while testing hardware. It should be fun to clean up the parts and get it all together again. I’ll post here as I make progress.

I don’t actually plan to attempt repair on this board. I’ve robbed the ROMs and SWIM to use on Kai’s reloaded board, and I’ll probably continue to steal parts off of it as needed.

I just bought this. Who wants to take bets?

The first one is ready!

Doing some testing before these go away!