CE? I know since it is IDE, you can replace the IDE Drive in it and put in a CF with a CF-to-IDE Converter in it and watch it boot a lot faster and run for hours on battery! I hav…

They're so pretty though, I personally think the 2003 DP models are the most attractive computer interior ever made. I wish I still had my 1.8.

Welp, can't sleep tonight as you can probably tell, and do not have to work until the evening, so I decided to stop procrastinating and remove the 2.0DP from my office as it was ta…

I also have the "Apple Preferred Components" book, circa 1990. It outlines electronic components to be used in Apple products. Not that I solder particularly well...

Man, this thing is a godsend... for the past 15 years Ive been using a small multi-bit driver with a handle just narrow enough to slide down the sides of a compact handle... except…

I finally bought an 18" Torx screwdriver to work on compacts. Bit long but it definitely works.

So. In my new quests with vintage apple collecting, I seem to have acquired the most homely PB duo one has ever seen. The battery blew up long ago. The front filter on the LCD pane…

Update on the second Classic... took it apart yesterday after my last post, and glaringly obvious are what look to be the two filter caps busted open, which would have explained at…

Not gonna lie... I need some of this stuff!

Don't give up with old batteries. The Portable uses a lead acid battery, which can be exercised, possibly to rejuvenation. Boaters know people who have battery exercisers which can…

Before all of that is the Apple Answer Book QA. It has a beige cover, blue text with white knock outs. Content is Apple II and III. It's a three punch hole publication. The Apple A…

Yeah, I'm thinking I'll use it for storage of one of my Pluses. I have another stored in the original box.

Yes - that case is cool!

The 190/5300 are notorious for having the power connector lose connection with the motherboard. Give that a check as well next time you open it up.  Click to expand... I agree wi…

I agree with Benson, I'd love to have a case like that for permanent mac storage.

Duo + 3400 IMO for reasons already discussed.  The two Nubus slots in the Dock would even let you use the Duo as a substitute desktop machine if space gets even tighter.

dat flightcase :O

So, having also bought a new set of 7" long torx bits and a long T-handle after my normal rather too short bit and driver walked away, I decided to take apart my rather nice Classi…

Was conquered at some stage or another so why the hell not?

Eh, it counts.

The 190/5300 are notorious for having the power connector lose connection with the motherboard. Give that a check as well next time you open it up.

So  I went to the tip finally to dump my old stripped and unwanted iMac and eMac carcasses and at the bottom of one of the e-waste bins, I happened to find none other than an Apple…

Is it a conquest if you uncover something in your own storage space? I have a workshop in my garage that's been home to my Apple/Mac accumulation for over 10 years. I'm moving lat…

A drill press (or mill) and a 1/32 end mill below the parting line. Replace the battery, then I use beige caulk so if I ever need to get into it again then it's just a razor blade.…

I dont run a pram battery in my 475, I just use the double flip of the power switch method which bypasses that issue.