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PowerBook 150!!! — #3

Not bad. I hope for your sake the RAM has been upgraded - even though they use Duo RAM (which if you can find a Duo, is easy enough to find), they require a special right angle …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by LCGuy Sat, 5 Dec 2009 - 04:56

Just stopping in.... — #9

Thanks! No, actually just trying to save them from being scrapped. Unfortunately you can't save them all and I'm getting run out of my house!
68kMLA PowerPC by nick3012 Sat, 5 Dec 2009 - 02:25

PowerBook 150!!! — #2

Hey, nice find. Post a pic.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by ClassicHasClass Fri, 4 Dec 2009 - 23:24

PowerBook 150!!! — #1

I picked up a PowerBook 150 in excellent condition for $10. It works perfectly and seems to even have a working battery. The drive is empty but I'll be booting it up later tonight …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Scott Baret Fri, 4 Dec 2009 - 23:06

Just stopping in.... — #8

Welcome! I have to assume you're trying to build your own cabin with all those Macs? ;D
68kMLA PowerPC by QuadSix50 Fri, 4 Dec 2009 - 20:13

Just stopping in.... — #7

Holy cows. That covers some real estate!! What a gathering of the clan.
68kMLA PowerPC by J English Smith Fri, 4 Dec 2009 - 20:09

Just stopping in.... — #5

Well I live about ten minutes away from Wheeling, WV. 68K Macs: 1 512Ke 5 Pluses 2 SE's 1 Classic 1 Portable 1 Q. 605 1 Q .950 1 Q. 610 1 Centris 660av 1 Performa 640 DO…
68kMLA PowerPC by nick3012 Fri, 4 Dec 2009 - 17:10

Just stopping in.... — #1

I just wanted to stop in and introduce myself. I've been lurking in the background just reading the forums. I had registered before, but somehow got sidetracked and never got aroun…
68kMLA PowerPC by nick3012 Fri, 4 Dec 2009 - 06:20

PB G4 Titanium display repair project — #2

Well, I finally got that new display cable today. So I got right to it, I took apart my laptop and tried to fix it. Pics of repair. Sadly. It turns out to be the controller bo…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by PowerPup Fri, 4 Dec 2009 - 02:54

Need some manual repair help — #2

what have you attempted, thing with most commercial soldering jobs is that it is soldered on both sides of the board, as the holes are lined with copper or tin and it is risky biz …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Osgeld Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 23:39

Need some manual repair help — #1

I have been wanting to modify an Asante SE/30 ethernet adapter card to remove the stock pass-through connector and replace it with a right-angled connector. My attempts so far hav…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tt Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 21:39

Plus Analog Board C1: Will 4 uF work? — #13

Digikey's 3.9uF cap worked great. Last time C1 blew, I just swapped analog boards. This time I repaired the original analog board by replacing C1 with the Digikey cap, swapped th…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Bugsi Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 07:40

G4 refuses to boot OS 9.1 CD — #14

On the same subject. I have a AGP 400mhz Gigabite that refuses to boot from the retail OS 9 CD. Tried 8.6 but no go. It tried from the CD 10.4 but it kernal panics. ideas? Cl…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Strimkind Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 07:32

G4 refuses to boot OS 9.1 CD — #13

On the same subject. I have a AGP 400mhz Gigabite that refuses to boot from the retail OS 9 CD. Tried 8.6 but no go. It tried from the CD 10.4 but it kernal panics. ideas?
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Strimkind Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 07:30

Color Classic Screen Color Issue — #4

It does sound like a dried out solder joint, somewhere in the red line. If it was a dying gun I wouldn't expect it to be intermittent at first. http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/monfa…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Bunsen Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 03:12

Yikes! — #3

Congratulations. Worth every cent
68kMLA PowerPC by Bunsen Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 03:09

Yikes! — #2

$6 plus shipping! Click to expand... Don't know how you got it so cheap, but very nice I want it }
68kMLA PowerPC by agg23 Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 02:56

Yikes! — #1

I picked this one up on eBay about a week ago. I was looking for a cheap G4, mainly so that I could install 10.4 onto my PowerBook G3 Lombard's hard disk, since I could not get the…
68kMLA PowerPC by Gil Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 01:48

Color Classic Screen Color Issue — #3

Had a similar issue - fixed by resoldering the cables going to the analogue board to the PCB plugged into the back of the tube. JB
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Byrd Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 01:16

Color Classic Screen Color Issue — #2

The screen of my Color Classic would intermittently go off color - as in the red would become greenish and so on. It was intermittent a few weeks ago, now it seems to be off color…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by ClassicHasClass Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 01:12

Plus Analog Board C1: Will 4 uF work? — #12

I just want to point out in answer to the question in my original post, one should not attempt to use a normal 4uF electrolytic (polarized) cap in place of C1. C1 is a bipolar cap…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Bugsi Wed, 2 Dec 2009 - 23:56
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