Cut the minimum number of straps midway needed to do a binary search. Cut where the spot welds allow you to have relatively long liftable stubs. Good cells should accept a brief t…

Thanks all I've two dead Lombard PRAM batteries here, so with luck I'll be able to make up one decent battery. Jaycar sell a couple of potential replacement batteries too; one…

With prices the way they are, I would agree to get a G3 powerbook. Any pre-Pismo is going to be very affordable. Even the Pismos are not too bad. Edit: Actually I take back what…

Hear hear. I long had a cs before upgrading to the Lombard, and loved it. The screen is definitely a tad blurry though, so if you can find a c at a reasonable price, nab that. B…

OR trawl Battery World and Jaycar for a higher capacity, single 3V lithium cell, small enough to tuck away somewhere inside

Well, I'm happy to report that I'm posting this from my freshly-renovated Beige G3! I scrounged eBay and found a nice Rage128/16 card, a 500MHz G3/ZIF chip, and a set of overclock…

...which is completely dead... Click to expand... So see if one cell is shorted, eliminate it, then reconnect the remainder and try. Also, complete assemblies of unknown quali…

Hi, As per my Conquests post, I've built up one "good" Lombard Powerbook G3 from two, which is specced as: - 333 @ 433Mhz (did this once before, and it's rock solid yet again!), …

In answer to your initial question, yes! The 1400 is a great early PPC portable which is suitable for many retro tasks, and has the benefit of being able to run System 7, 8 and 9. …

1400s never came with a card installed at the factory. Apple made video and ethernet cards, as did NewerTech, but the only way to buy a 1400 brand new with a card was to buy from a…

No, no, they were completely different physically: the 5300 had a ~12x4cm card whereas the 1400 took a fairly square ~6x4cm card. Of course, they were the same electrically, more …

The ports on the 1400 are the same as the 5300, except for the fact that the 1400's expansion slot could hold either video or Ethernet solutions Click to expand... The 1400 exp…

Shot in the dark mode: Have you tried the adapter with anything else? If the battery was dead and the adapter didn't work that would explain it. Unlikely but possible.

The reset button on PowerBooks essentially IS a CUDA switch - actuating the reset button on a portable Mac has the same effect as depressing the CUDA reset on a desktop; its effect…

That's quite unfortunate. All of mine have worked when their replacements arrived. To that end, I've had three machines fail to GLoD, all resurrected. One was fixed by replacing a…

The "plug issues" typically plague only the 190/5300-series, mostly because of the tiny plug (which could break easily) and receptacle (whose solder joints would often break loose …

As my PowerBook 150 has bitten the dust I no longer have a portable computer. I have been reading Wikipidia articles and websites about the PowerBook 1400. I am used to the cruddy…

Motherboard fuses - there are about six that need checking/replacing ... see the 2400c mailing list on info regarding this, let me know if you have difficulty finding the posts, I'…

Yep - held the reset button in for 30 seconds with power applied, power not applied, battery in, battery out etc. but nadda, zip, nowt, nothing...just the ever glowing green light …

For old Macs (and aged electronics in general), some machines are best dealt with by removing all power (including PRAM) and letting them sit for a week or two. Others can be reviv…

I'm relatively new by registration date, but I already like this board a great deal. I think there are excellent members here who make for excellent conversation and excellent info…

You two are a hoot, really. Click to expand... And you need to get that you are one out of 1036 or so, which predicts that you may get less than 0.1% of the available notice. I…

I am planning in the next few days to upgrade from 8.5.1 to 8.6 to see if that makes any difference. If it does not, I will most likely try a 4GB CF drive that I currently have in …

Now THAT is a shame. Mind booted right up first time on replacement of the power board. I assume that you have done the usual reset of the power manager?

Managed to get a replacement power board for my 2400 (thanks to a nameless soul on here who pointed me in the right direction ) All fitted, power applied and...still GLOD :'( …