I wish the screen wasn't out on my SE. I'm terrified to open it up with that CRT. I'm almost certain that it just needs to be resoldered. I've been waiting for someone to do this with a Raspberry Pi.
Can the SE run any alternative OSes? The SE/30 can run A/UX. I think you need at least the Motorola 68020 to run OpenBSD... The SE is a 68000 with no MMU. Are you limited to Mac OS?