It's Back.

[@ActionRetro]

Go to porkbun.com/ActionRetro24 to get a .PRO domain for only $1 for the first year at Porkbun!

[@funnybleuguy]

ok

[@Gigcomplex]

That Mac is better than the new Mac’s

[@greatquux]

and now i'm hungry for pork buns!

[@Connorplayer123]

It would be cool if you put like a 2 inch speaker driver in there there and that would eliminate the need for externalspeaker speakers

[@gru_is_in_brazil]

​@@greatquuxLet me get you some 😋🐖🥟

[@Doug_in_NC]

A more followable version of the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” advice you ignore is “if it ain’t broke, keep fixing it until it is”.

[@senilyDeluxe]

Mod it till it breaks

[@burts06]

That's just 110% Action retro

[@SenileOtaku]

Yeah, I did that with my wife's laptop.

[@ffwast]

In the words of Red Green: If it's not broke, you're not trying.

[@mal2ksc]

That motto is how I ended up with a 13 year old desktop PC as my daily driver. In terms of efficiency (both power and my time) I should have upgraded years ago, I was just unaware that I should care about the price of used office PCs that are much faster. If your hardware is a decade old and you care more about it just working than being authentic, pick up a used Lenovo or Dell office PC. Then, once you have that running and are happy with it, you can cannibalize your previous build for video card and the like. At no point in this process are you left without a fully functional desktop PC. So sometimes it's a little bit broken but you don't even think to ask the question because nothing has changed. That 13 year old machine would still work fine if I felt like getting another case and CPU heatsink for it. There, now you can live by "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" by invoking "but would I know if it was broken? I have to clean and inspect, right?". 😈

[@ozzie_goat]

The Mac of Theseus

[@jeinnerabdel]

Fancy comment!

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

If you can smell bacon then you are soldering wrong.

[@tarajoe07]

But also doing something right

[@Ilikerobloxyay]

I don’t smell bacon but I do smell fumes that are slowly giving me brain damage

[@wobb_]

What I'm simultaneously cooking bacon?

[@NickBouwhuis]

A Dutch hackerspace has the motto "If it smells like chicken, you're holding it wrong!"

[@Astfgl]

And if it tastes like chicken then, uh, stop eating your own fingers?

[@0xTJ]

One note is that you can still buy in-production PGA sockets for the 030, for a slightly cleaner solution than pin headers. (Mouser carries them)

[@TaijanDean]

The upgrades will never end!!! Also, I have a suggestion: a stereo modification allowing stereo speakers inside the case.

[@rockpie.iso.tar.bz2]

oh god he saw this

[@charliesretrocomputing]

@@rockpie.iso.tar.bz2 rock pie watches action retro? 🔥 but yeah part two to this is gonna be AWESOME, i hope he sees the comment with the color CRT idea as well

[@TheSpongeFreak]

You know it's going to be good when the soldering burn bandages come out halfway through the video.

[@DanielMReck]

0:20 "And if you enjoy taking iconic but broken computers from years gone by and making them utterly unrecognizable..." Me: Hey! I've been watching you a long time, Sean. I totally recognize that monstrosity! 0:32 "So, long time viewers the channel will probably recognize this monstrosity..." Me: You know it, Sean. Stay awesome.

[@tspawn35]

Way back when he was just Mr. Floating hands because his space wasn't big enough for him to get into frame.

[@minty_Joe]

I'm still waiting for him to say "torturing geriatric Macs". 🤣

[@DurradonXylles]

Honestly, even once you and Steve fix everything and get the Cursed Mac back together, I'd say it isn't quite "upgraded as much as possible" until you give it a full color CRT and, as TaijanDean suggested, internal stereo speakers inside the case. I only say this because you're able to get it to boot Mac OS 8.1 and use CDs, I think it needs to have the A/V fidelity to match that so you can play games like Myst, The Journeyman Project, and most importantly the wonderful MacPlay port of Wolfenstein 3D on it.

[@Andy-fd5fg]

don't forget to include a touch screen with that colour CRT.

[@matthewjbauer1990]

@@Andy-fd5fg I think a color touch screen, whether it be regular or light pen, defeats the spirit of that Mac. Granted, ethernet and Internet kinda defeat the spirit of it too but that's besides the point.

[@JimmyDoresHairDye]

Until it has a Liquid cooled Threadripper it’s not really that upgraded is it.

[@ethandudeman8359]

​@@Andy-fd5fgi dont think they made touch screen crts that were small enough, though, perhaps the worst version of a touch screen could be used, using either infrared emitters or lasers and their respective collectors on the x and y axis to determine the position of the touch

[@Andy-fd5fg]

@@ethandudeman8359 not sure if they did make them that small either. However if there is no CRT touchscreen that small then how about a flat panel touchscreen. That would leave much more room inside the case for other mods

[@veneroso3337]

Well, I have long considered my builds incomplete without a blood sacrifice. That being said, I think that a flesh sacrifice would suffice. The retro gods will bless this build.

[@wittywilla]

I hope your fingers heal well! Even with the failure, it is fun to see this machine in a video again! I remember the first episode when it first came out, and you've come a long way with your knowledge and video style!

[@JeffGeerling]

A wild Mac84 appears!

[@Mac84]

Have hammer, will travel!

[@raphaeltoast]

Plot twist: He touched the soldering iron on purpose because that's part of the fun

[@ICanDoThatToo2]

How else do you know if its hot?

[@rwdplz1]

It isn't fun for the next week

[@memadmax69]

"We're gonna build our own socket." ^.^

[@Mamiya645]

Soldering iron falls from desk, catch it by reflex, been there done that, love this Mac.

[@helldog3105]

Glad to see you have found the joy of the Hakko Desoldering gun. I don't know how I replaced caps and sockets or anything else before I got one. I probably did it with lots of swearing, frustration, and probable board damage. I will never go back.

[@brashmandicoot]

This has quickly become one of my favourite YT channels, even your failures make great videos! Keep up the great work!

[@VideoGameSmash12]

The Cursed Mac was the video that introduced me to this channel and its truly horrific shenanigans, so I immediately clicked this video the moment I saw that transparent thing of horrific beauty.

[@chuckobrando4057]

I have been waiting for this to come back, hopefully we get to see more of this machine more in the future!

[@techandradiofan]

I love all the modifications for these machines, I was going to build an SE/30 replacement board from Bolle because the old board died because of battery leak but I wasn't confident with desoldering the old board initially. You have given me a great idea to buy a desolder gun

[@bigbilly29]

I love your channel man, life is stressful but the common set of your videos always brings me to a place i like to be.

[@JamesnLollify]

I've actually come around to the clear case by this point! Used to be a big proponent of the black painted case staying

[@WJCTechyman]

It's funny when you are calling a friend or service pro that knows who you are and they answer on the other end, "What is it now?" or walking into a supply business and you get the, "Okay, what kind of impossible thing are we trying to do today?" The latter happened to me because I have an electrical and auto supply store near me that they usually hear my wonky whims for a project and a list of parts for said project. Most of mine borderline automation projects but aren't or combining building electrical products with automotive. My trailer wiring I use outdoor PVC conduit boxes to house the wiring for the lights to keep moisture and other debris from the connections. It also gives it a nicer appearance using double insulated wire, outdoor electrical wire glands and for wire traveling any significant distances where it can be exposed to crud inside conduit as well.

[@joaquim4296]

You should make an playlist with all the videos of upgrades you made to this "cursed" mac I would binge watch all videos

[@mr.pumpkin8891]

8:50 finally, a fart gun

[@SuperDavidEF]

Dr Nefario would approve.

[@JeffGeerling]

Haha if you read the comment then hit the timestamp, that'll get a true lol

[@alectrona6400]

i said DART gun!!

[@dennisud]

At least you're upfront with your discovered Shortcomings! 😉 Good luck! ☘

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

QUICK TIP Already not followed... I have touched my soldering iron before, the worst was when I was drinking, trying to fix my head phones, and I picked up the iron with my right dominate hand like I was going to pick up a pencil. Yeah I got crispy skin for that, and then it blistered. Edit: looking at my index finger I realise that a chunk of my fingerprint is just SMOOTH because I picked up a soldering iron by the hot part with my fingers like itwas a pencil... while drun.

[@pascalharris1]

I did something similar late at night while tired. In my case I was checking to see if the iron was hot. It was. Very.

[@DjAle1]

Don't drink and solder

[@lmanders2]

Yesss. I look forward to watching your videos every Saturday. I'll be looking forward to the fix video lol sorry that happened man.

[@JapanPop]

Sean, your shenanigans are an important part of my complete breakfast.

[@EyemachineStudios]

We should nickname this "Crackintosh" or "Curseintosh"

[@JSparrowist]

I absolutely HATE soldering iron burns! What's worse is when you have nerve damage in a couple fingers and don't immediately realize that you're cooking your flesh.

[@ThickpropheT]

In similar situations, I've found it useful to assemble the thing and then try to reflow everything. In other words, I'd put the CPU in the socket and then heat everything back up real good and maybe kinda push the CPU in and around a little bit. That way you get everything good and aligned while the solders hot and then the CPU itself keeps everything in place until it cools. On second thought tho, idk how hot you'd wanna get the CPU. I've done this mostly with cheaper components lol

[@ozzelot3349]

It's always been with us in spirit

[@destroyer6470]

I REALLY want the cursed macintosh to be one of the first 68060 capable macs

[@replikvltyoutube3727]

I'm thinking that the CPU pins are too skinny for the "socket" and have bad contact.

[@christopherp.8485]

A good practical sponsor segment.

[@andresbravo2003]

Surely this looks awesome

[@scottharvey-davies1607]

All sing together now.... "Return of the Mac..."

[@Hayes-kx1do]

Ooh-oh-oh-oh Come on Oh yeah Well, I tried to tell you so (Yes, I did) But I guess you didn't know As the saddest story goes Baby, now I got the flow 'Cause I knew it from the start Baby, when you broke my heart That I had to come again And show you that I'd win You lied to me All those times I said that I loved you You lied to me Yes, I tried, yes I tried You lied to me Even though you knew I'd die for you You lied to me Yes, I cried, yes I cried Return of the Mack (There it is) Return of the Mack (Come on) Return of the Mack (Oh my God) You know that I'll be back (Here I am) Return of the Mack (Once again) Return of the Mack (Top of the world) Return of the Mack (Watch my flow) You know that I'll be back (Here I go) So, I'm back up in the game (Hustling slow) Running things to keep my swing (All night long) Letting all the people know That I'm back to run the show 'Cause what you did you know was wrong And all the nasty things you've done (Oh, oh, oh) So baby listen carefully While I sing my comeback song You lied to me 'Cause she said she'd never turn on me You lied to me But you did, but you did You lied to me All this pain you said I'd never feel You lied to me But I do, but I do, do, do Return of the Mack (There it is) Return of the Mack (Hold on) Return of the Mack (Don't you know) You know that I'll be back (Here I go) Return of the Mack (Oh, little girl) Return of the Mack (Once my pearl) Return of the Mack (Up and down) You know that I'll be back (Round and round) Ahh, Mark, stop lying about your big break For God sake, I need a real man, uh (The return of the mack, aoww) stop letting me down Stop letting me down You lied to me Cause she said she'd never turn on me You lied to me But you did, but you did You lied to me All this pain you said I'd never feel You lied to me But I do, but I do, do, do Return of the Mack (It is) Return of the Mack (Come on) Return of the Mack (Oh, my God) You know that I'll be back (Here I am) Return of the Mack (Once again) Return of the Mack (Top of the world) Return of the Mack (Watch my flow) You know that I'll be back (Don't you know) Return of the Mack (Here it is) Return of the Mack (Hold on) Return of the Mack (Be strong) You know that I'll be back (Here I go) Return of the Mack (My little baby) Return of the Mack (Watch my flow) Return of the Mack (Up and down) You know that I'll be back (Round and round)

[@fakereality96]

Return of the Snack 😋

[@TheJoMan2]

It's back and better than ever!

[@granitepenguin]

Real life re-enactment of the soldering iron meme. Well done. (pun honestly not intended, but sooo fitting).

[@lemagreengreen]

This is the only classic Mac I have ever been interested in!

[@samuelbanya]

Cool power supply setup

[@mokMan23]

7:15 some other nearby part probably got desoldered cause of the lack of insolation /w kapton tape, that's my best guess

[@osgeld]

yea when that CPU popped out of the board I cringed a little, you may have connection from top of the socket to the bottom but it doesn't mean you have it from the top of the board to the bottom. If you lifted a pad and broke a trace on the top side, welp you have to remove it all and risk doing more damage to find it ... which happens to all of use from time to time, it sucks (I did it on my atari XE, the sockets were letting the memory upgrade disconnect, so I removed the socket and killed a trace on the top side)

[@DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs]

I feel you pain Sean I have major issues with my SE30 As well

[@jooei2810]

You are so underrated my friend!

[@roቅ]

Apple pro speakers fit so much

[@HubrisInc]

I knew the moment you pulled up the phone that you'd be calling Steve XD

[@CarputingYT]

it's macintosh gamer time

[@Francois_L_7933]

I thought Mac86 Steve would have answered with "OK, what have you done now?"...

[@Gamerbay2017]

I totally remember this!! I was there when you were still trying to break the curses :D

[@DatBlueHusky]

rip to that pcb, seeing how dark it is, it got wayy to hot.

[@burts06]

Great to see the cursed mac again! So sad it died though :(

[@CaribouDataScience]

I glad to see I am not the only one who lost raw videos 😊

[@GeoStreber]

Awesome. Now watercool it.

[@PHamster]

The biggest crazy upgrade would be putting a color CRT in there if they made a video card for it!

[@MadMathMike]

"Steve's not here right now! 🐔" 😂

[@jjjacer]

that call at the end, many of my friends have said the same thing to me lol

[@jongeduard]

New definition of a "Hackingtosh". Or actually Breakingtosh as it turns out.

[@2xtreem4u]

i like this level of madness

[@nicholashein1238]

I'm looking forward to modifying my SE/30 once it arrives. Hopefully it has the socketed CPU. If it does I'll probably try the same processor upgrade. It'll be thrown into a blue MacEffects case (sadly they discontinued selling the clear case [madness I tell you, madness!]). It'll sit next to my accelerated SE and SE FDHD.

[@Sniper257]

I fucking love this thing

[@lukedrillbrain9850]

It's a Frankenmac! So cool.

[@tyler6602]

2:53 i got them same creative speakers, for how cheap they are they sound great

[@SullySadface]

I'm curious if it can run a 68060, but according to a quick search it wont without an edit to the actual rom due to missing instructions. Bummer.

[@sobertillnoon]

Man! That thing was built when your hair was still a uniform color!

[@spazzypengin]

I had to rewatch and make sure Clint wasn't using a dab tool when desoldering.

[@tyler6602]

😂

[@darkwinter7395]

"Oh, no... no no no NOOOOO! Here we go again..." - Mr. Macintosh.

[@MarkRayers]

Call it the SUPER SE/40 since its super powerful and has a 68040

[@Fred_Raimer]

YES! The Mac that *made* your channel, Sean!!!

[@telegummis]

i think that color screen would be a good upgrade to be honest. I know that for retro reasons grayscale is the best, but for me it looks odd with all the upgrades, crystal case, RGB and colorful PCBs

[@sdgx0]

you should install one of these color mods for the crt display of the neck board

[@RealEpikCartfrenYT]

if i ever find an se/30 for cheap i'm gonna do this but the broke way... i can already imagine it's gonna be even more cursed

[@CrimLawGeek]

“Pllleaseee! Kiiilllll mmeeeee!” -Cursed Mac

[@PlayStefan_misc]

This “farting” tool let me laugh out very loud 😂

[@nicholashein1238]

I can't wait to see the continuation of this. Did Steve from Mac84 do a video on repairing the board for you?

[@BenInSeattle]

*thonk* at 0:26. Little onomatopoetic words that flash at subliminal speeds on the screen make me happy.

[@jonathankleinow2073]

I thought the end was going to be you putting the motherboard in the mail to Amiga of Rochester with a wad of cash and a note reading "plz halp"

[@reactionpoolxrx6719]

It's about time!

[@reactionpoolxrx6719]

I've been modding my SE/40 (yes) after seeing your videos

[@livinincalifornia]

That is the funkiest amalgamation of random hardware I've ever seen

[@tech34756]

Unless I missed something, I think it needs a *nix OS, either Unix, Linux or a BSD.

[@BenInSeattle]

Nah, not cursed enough. It needs A/UX!

[@tech34756]

@@BenInSeattle I said Unix, although I do question how compatible A/UX will be with aftermarket CPUs.

[@suitandtieguy]

Never ever do rework without a real desoldering vacuum.

[@DslashV]

oh come on don't get the beautiful Macintosh cursed ever again

[@Astfgl]

Yay, cursed Mac! 😍

[@RobinDale50]

It's the return of Magic Hands! Now with more solder burns!

[@thegodofbull]

To upgrade it further switch the display to an LCD that way you can fit even more upgrades!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nmac101]

it would lose its retro look and feel

[@skyolo4923]

Yeah swapping that iconic black-and-white tube for an LCD is basically heresy

[@nadaesperavel]

@@skyolo4923 Is there a way to fit a color tube there?

[@Makatosh]

Think I was just sick in my mouth

[@woodenotaku]

I wonder if it'd be possible to install one of those spare 4:3 flat panel displays made for tablets that the chinese ecommerce sites sell with HDMI conversion boards. Maybe there's a specific model that fits perfectly inside the Mac?

[@BollingHolt]

THE CURSED MAC!!!! I LOVE that computer!!!!

[@Kenny_Powers]

Don't 4 of the corner pins on those black, soldered-down 030's have little standoffs that could prevent them from seating completely in a socket?

[@frankwc0o]

SO what happens? I hope there is a follow up.

[@cathrynm]

Hmm, wonder if 040 card will work in MacIISI. (SI and SE30 processor slots seem similar, sometimes.)

[@sonicunleashedfan124]

I was just thinking about the cursed SE/30 yesterday

[@TheRealDavidLawrence]

Would it be possible to change the CRT screen for an LCD screen?

[@rogerpollack]

I use 256GB IDE NVME Adapter on my Amiga 1200… I know the Macintosh SE uses SCSI, is there a way to use something like a BlueSCSI and use NVME storage versus the typical SD card?

[@capheind]

Feels a bit like the ship of theseus. Isn't it just the mainboard and tube out of the Cursed Mac?

[@cptcrogge]

Its great that you show some failure as well

[@TommyCrosby]

Since the device looks nice, there's a clear Windoelws 11 badge to remember that this is a cursed device.

[@zaxchannel2834]

5:47 as is tradition, I have a tin of random screws as well Oh, yeah... expect big gross blisters shooting fluid across the room

[@goqwertygo]

I hope we get to meet the original owner on a video call/pod cast some day😁

[@baronbredenberg6379]

great work on the mac!! what if you an upgrade the monitor to color monitor or use a old ipod screen and get an adapter. keep up the great work i enjoy watching your videos!