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The Great "Quadra 605 - LC - Quadra 605" Part Swap

Or, how to turn one working computer and two non-working computers into two working computers and one REALLY non-working computer. I have decided to sacrifice my previously existing Quadra 605 for parts. I wasn't going to do this, but after I gave it some thought, I remembered that I also have a Macintosh LC with a dead power supply. So, I'll take the motherboard from my other Q605 and put it in my friends to bring it back to life, and move the power supply over to the LC. My goal is to have as many *different* working models as possible, so any doubles are candidates for being parted out. The LC has never booted in the time I've owned it - and after moving the power supply from the sacrificial Q605, it still hasn't. There is no hard drive and I was too lazy to grab a boot floppy. At this point, I was satisfied to see a blinking "?" when I turned the system on. Mission accomplished, I have another working computer! I haven't moved the mother board from th