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Attention all PowerBook 5300cs Owners — #3

I don't like the screen on mine. It looks really "bubbly" (pixels seem to float from the bottom of the screen to the top, like bubbles in a fish tank) and the movement kind of dist…
68kMLA Games by Green78II Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 19:23

Old Apple dealer pins — #9

I just bought another "Think Different" poster on eBay, the Einstein one. I love that series of ads, they were truly great. I'd love to get one of the posters with the running ath…
68kMLA Software by J English Smith Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 16:30

iBook screen swap — #3

The Screen itself is 100% compatible. Trust me i've done it.
68kMLA PowerPC by Mars478 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 16:10

Attention all PowerBook 5300cs Owners — #2

I don't have a 1400cs and so cannot really answer your question for sure, but I do have a 5300cs. What I can say is that once the screen resolution and colour depth are factored ou…
68kMLA Games by beachycove Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 15:46

iBook screen swap — #2

I'm about 95% positive that they are the same. I believe that when I replaced the screen in my iBook G4 a couple years ago, the replacement came from a G3.
68kMLA PowerPC by aftermac Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 14:37

DVD in a Quadra? — #9

hell even early G3s have trouble decoding DVDs. Click to expand... Add a Wired4DVD card and even a PPC601 or PPC604 can play DVDs well. It's a PCI card though Click to exp…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 10:14

And Daystar 68060 Accelerators... — #19

In some senses, it could be said that the '90s were Microsoft's decade, and the '00s were Apple's. In the '90s, Apple struggled to even tread water in market share and profitabili…
68kMLA 68k by Bunsen Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 10:10

De-Yellowing a Plus, Need Advice — #20

I think for a while Apple had a plant in India where they churned out LCIIs, near the plant that churned out 1950's Morris Minors long after they were discontinued. Ask any PC sysa…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by LCGuy Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 07:12

WGS 9150, are they rare? — #5

I think they are rare, no idea of the numbers produced. It is one of a handfull of systems I don't have in my collection yet.
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 06:06

good LCDs to hack with — #18

How about US $116.68 with free shipping? 8.4" TFT LCD TV Monitor AV Player with VGA - 800 x 600 4:3 If you look in the SuperDuo thread in Hacks, I link to an ebay store …
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 05:48

Old Apple dealer pins — #7

That really is a great find! I seem to recall one of my high school teachers having some similar pins.
68kMLA Software by funkytoad Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 04:06

De-Yellowing a Plus, Need Advice — #19

I think you meant 1986 and 1987. That would be COOL to have a Mac Plus from 1997! Click to expand... Nope. Didn't you know that Apple had a factory in Mexico next to the Volks…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Dennis Nedry Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 03:10

De-Yellowing a Plus, Need Advice — #18

I think you meant 1986 and 1987. That would be COOL to have a Mac Plus from 1997! Click to expand... Nope. Didn't you know that Apple had a factory in Mexico next to the Volks…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mac128 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 02:35

Free: Original 128K upgraded to 512K — #18

The SCSI port is run through the battery cover. Click to expand... Yup. Classic Dove MacSnap (most likely). Requires 800K disk upgrade and 128K ROMs. I would highly doub…
68kMLA Hardware by Mac128 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 02:29

good LCDs to hack with — #17

for a 8 inch lcd the price is actually quite good, for a 8 inch lcd with vga that is a deal they don't get cheap until 15 inch and larger
68kMLA Hardware by Osgeld Sat, 27 Feb 2010 - 00:44

De-Yellowing a Plus, Need Advice — #17

How can they yellow? Click to expand... Only the 1996 Pluses. The entire Apple line switched to corporate Platinum by 1997 Click to expand... I think you meant 1986 and 1987.…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by JDW Fri, 26 Feb 2010 - 23:37

Old Apple dealer pins — #6

Ew, Kid Desk...I remember they loaded that, er, "thing" onto the computers at my primary school in grade 7. For young 6 - 8 year old kids who didn't know anything about computers, …
68kMLA Software by LCGuy Fri, 26 Feb 2010 - 22:27

good LCDs to hack with — #16

Something like this would work. 8" VGA LCD panel. I thought about buying one of these, but I haven't drummed up the courage. Click to expand... That would indeed work. The pr…
68kMLA Hardware by tomlee59 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 - 21:10

Attention all PowerBook 165c Owners — #2

I'll respond because you called out *all* PB 165c owners. The screen is usable. I've worked on it quite a bit. Unfortunately, it's the only color passive matrix screen I own (o…
68kMLA Hardware by aftermac Fri, 26 Feb 2010 - 20:24
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