Powerbook 1x0: nicest portables to work on, bar none! — #3
Without, in any way, contesting the ease of take-apart/repair in the PB140 and higher (I don't own a PB100), I feel obliged to advance the PB500 and PB1400 as coming out of the sam…
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Powerbook 1x0: nicest portables to work on, bar none! — #2
I have to agree, the PB1xx series are my favourite machine to work on, take the two case pieces apart and everything's right in front of you.
Speaking of replacing the LCD pane…
Powerbook 1x0: nicest portables to work on, bar none! — #1
Hi,
In a recent post I commented on having to strip down my Powerbook 2400c to replace a scratched/dim LCD panel with one I purchased on eBay for .99c many moons ago. I finally g…
Looking for a couple tips re: Mac Plus analog board — #12
Get the smallest soldering iron you can.
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I would offer quite different advice. To get this particular connector to solder properly requires a fairly robust i…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #11
The tape trick only tells the drive (and OS) that it is dealing with double-density media, and only works reasonably well if the disk has never, ever been formatted or otherwise wr…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #10
Do you by any chance have a Mac running OSX 10.4 or earlier? By taping over the hole on a 1.44mb disk you should be able to make a fake 800kb disk and put Apple's image on there, t…
Looking for a couple tips re: Mac Plus analog board — #11
Get the smallest soldering iron you can. Put a dab of new solder to get a nice shiny look on the solder. Just DON'T DO WHAT I DID. Make sure you have a desoldering tool, in case yo…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #9
Do you by any chance have a Mac running OSX 10.4 or earlier? By taping over the hole on a 1.44mb disk you should be able to make a fake 800kb disk and put Apple's image on there, t…
Macintosh 512k & Macintosh SE FDHD — #8
The SE's over in the IT department at the moment. The IT systems administrator said it "bought back a lot of memories" so I let them keep it for the night.
Rip Van Winkle SE — #8
I'm willing to bet you have a MiniScribe hard drive. These drives were prone to failure in the first place and seem to be failing at an alarmingly high rate as of late due to age (…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #7
Do you by any chance have a Mac running OSX 10.4 or earlier? By taping over the hole on a 1.44mb disk you should be able to make a fake 800kb disk and put Apple's image on there, t…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #6
I'm willing to bet you have a MiniScribe hard drive. These drives were prone to failure in the first place and seem to be failing at an alarmingly high rate as of late due to age (…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #5
Sorry, my bad, you need a long Torx T15.
Here are some helpful hints from the Classic Mac Repair PDF:
Obviously, it’s very dangerous to work on the innards of any line-powe…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #4
Thanks Guys (or Gals?)
I had an brain-wave and tried the Norton Utility Emergency Disc - it booted beautifully (if painfully slowly), I asked it to search the SCSI network, and it…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #3
The floppy disk is vital, and a X icon means that:
1: your disk has somehow gone bad
2: your floppy drive is dead (but I doubt it)
3: no bootable/corrupt System Folder on the di…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #2
It means that the OS is corrupt or your HD has gone kaput. The Floppy disk could have also gone bad. Do you hear the HD spin up has it turns on?
Macintosh 512k & Macintosh SE FDHD — #7
Very good. I am on a campaign for a working compact.
Macintosh 512k & Macintosh SE FDHD — #6
Wow, nice SCSI cable hack! I wouldn't have been able to think of something like that. xD
anyways, nice finds, and fair price for what you got! I've always liked the Macintosh SE/i…
Rip Van Winkle SE — #1
Hi,
For the first time in several years, I have unpacked my very old friend the Macintosh SE. We have moved house and I no longer have space to store her, so must put her up for s…
Macintosh 512k & Macintosh SE FDHD — #5
Thanks for the feedback crew, appreciate it.
Dismantled the 512k today. Found some calcium marks from moisture along the base of the case, but thanks to Apple's design team thinki…
Looking for a couple tips re: Mac Plus analog board — #10
desoldering braid is solder wick
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Indeed it is, I'm getting my terminology wrong. I meant, a solder sucker/desoldering gun/desoldering station isn't necessary…
Wiki not accepting zips? — #1
I wanted to update a file and get this error in Safari & Firefox:
"Files of the MIME type "application/zip" are not allowed to be uploaded."
I can upload Stuff-Its howeve…
Looking for a couple tips re: Mac Plus analog board — #9
If you are not replacing components, then you don't really need to remove the analog board if you're just doing a bit of simple soldering. You have access to all the joints like it…
Looking for a couple tips re: Mac Plus analog board — #8
A solder sucker/desoldering braid isn't really necessary. A bit of solder wick .
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desoldering braid is solder wick
oh and for the record, one of those lit…
Looking for a couple tips re: Mac Plus analog board — #7
If you are not replacing components, then you don't really need to remove the analog board if you're just doing a bit of simple soldering. You have access to all the joints like it…