If it is the batt that is dead, I know you can rig a power adaptor to the battrie in slot like this guy said on lem Godwin says, "If the acid battery dies, one can bypass it and …

Surely the issue here is the one where the Mac Portable cannot start up because of a dead lead acid battery ... something I need to research on these forums with my own Portable so…

Oh Maaaaaaaaan.....WONDERFUL!!! What a lucky guy!!!!!! Enjoy it to the end!!!!

Can't wait for the images Click to expand... Sweet tetris this song rocks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuXIT9kIQ34 (heavy (from tf2) ) Could you also make a mega File with…

you could try using an external display (Apple vision) to see if it will display any information there

Aww, that sucks, oh well, but how would i go by testing to see if the inverter board is bad?

*Note for some reason it would not let me edit the page* but I am geting the I-book on the weekend, so any help would be appreciated, with this screen problem could it be the inver…

http://www.wreckcenter.com/68k/ Here're the images. I didn't upload the System software because it's already available for free from Apple's website. I also didn't upload Eric's…

*Note for some reason it would not let me edit the page* but I am geting the I-book on the weekend, so any help would be appreciated, with this screen problem could it be the inve…

Wood pulp based storage media ROCK! [] ]'> Click to expand... Just to re-iterate that statement: Guide to the Macintosh Family Hardware (second edition) REALLY ROCKS!…

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well, my sdrawkcab spelling gave me the option of both, but i didnt look Click to expand... Don't worry about it, if I can figure out what happened, anybody can . . . well …

Thanks for all the advice, which was nicely complemented yesterday by the appearance on lowendmac of a glowing series of testimonials to the viability of the Pismo as an OSX.3/X.4 …

well, my sdrawkcab spelling gave me the option of both, but i didnt look

No, you spelled "propitiatory" correctly. The word you're looking for is "proprietary". And yes, it probably is.

propitiatory Click to expand... You mean it's a sacrifice to the gods? Click to expand... yea thats what i get for not looking after fire fox spell check )

Think it's worth anything? Click to expand... Only if you can Google up some docs & locate a monitor!

propitiatory Click to expand... You mean it's a sacrifice to the gods?

Think it's worth anything?

probably propitiatory, TTL or RGB

I have vague memories of Cornerstone having something to do with high end fixed frequency monitors back in the old days. With all those RAM chips on board, IMHO it's definitely a …

Definitely looks like a video-board (graphics-card) to me

I scanned the board. It covers a good half of the logic board. TOP: BOTTOM:

No time to look for the SM, but I glanced at Guide To The Macintosh Family Hardware and if I take a look for that 34 pin header, I'll bet I find the pinouts for it in that tome! …

I would take out the card, but would that involve discharging the CRT? This is my first compact, so I'm not familiar with the inner workings yet, and quite frankly I'm scared to de…