What fun from a Macintosh SE

It's one thing to be senibly cautious -- to read the manuals before taking something apart (although to be honest, I've never had a problem just pulling the case). To check PSUs on dummy load before powering the machine up (this one is a lot more important IMHO -- a defective PSU (and I've had them) could wipe out every chip in the machine. To use scratch media before mounting the only copy of the distribution disk. And so on. It's quite another to be afraid to _ever_ pull the case, power the machine up, mount the distribution disk, etc. You'll never do anything unless you have a go. I was once told 'The designer who never blew a chip is a bad designer. He never designed anything'. It's a view I totally agree with. You _will_ make mistages. The thing is to be careful with irreplacable (to you) stuff, not to never do anything. -tony