Rebuilding a 2100 battery pack - can an idiot do it? — #4
I always recommend a mid wattage iron, the idea goes:
With a low wattage iron on larger parts (ie battery cases) the iron can not keep up with the heat sinking ability of the objec…
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Old Apple dealer pins — #5
I always found At Ease neat. I remember there was a glitch with it and Odell Down Under where after quitting the program you could get to the Finder. I remember seeing that for the…
Free: Original 128K upgraded to 512K — #17
128k to 512k upgrades that replaced the case
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Not likely unless you know that for sure. When you took your 128K into an authorized Apple service center, they …
SE/30 has awful static from speaker — #8
Now that you have it, I'd keep it and have the caps done. Every SE/30 needs to have it done sooner or later and it'll probably be better to do it now than later. If the seller offe…
De-Yellowing a Plus, Need Advice — #16
Pluses have a beige case, though. How can they yellow?
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Only the 1996 Pluses. The entire Apple line switched to corporate Platinum by 1997
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good LCDs to hack with — #15
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Somet…
68k Programming Guide — #5
Yes, it's quite possible to do 68k development on a PPC. I believe you can even develop System 6 apps, although I haven't tested it yet.
I'd like to expand the tutorial to the poi…
Free: Original 128K upgraded to 512K — #16
128k to 512k upgrades that replaced the case
Click to expand...
Not likely unless you know that for sure. When you took your 128K into an authorized Apple service center, they …
De-Yellowing a Plus, Need Advice — #15
Pluses have a beige case, though. How can they yellow?
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Only the 1996 Pluses. The entire Apple line switched to corporate Platinum by 1997, including the 512K…
SE/30 has awful static from speaker — #7
Now that you have it, I'd keep it and have the caps done. Every SE/30 needs to have it done sooner or later and it'll probably be better to do it now than later. If the seller offe…
Mac Classic Acting 'funny' — #12
Or maybe your mouse is all gunky inside. the first thing you do in that case is remove the ball and clean it then find the rollers, there should be three of them, and scrape them w…
Bad flyback transformers symptoms — #4
weird noises, and screen flickering out
tho those are the same basic symptoms of flyback to control (analog board in some machines)
more detail please
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Rebuilding a 2100 battery pack - can an idiot do it? — #3
Also use a low-wattage soldering iron. By such means, you are less likely to ruin the components that get re-used, and less likely to compromise the brand new cells,
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Rebuilding a 2100 battery pack - can an idiot do it? — #2
Yes, and it is not especially difficult. There are excellent, idiot-proof instructions on the web.
My one piece of additional advice would be to used leaded solder, as its melting…
68k Programming Guide — #4
Nice work! It's good to see a quick-start for using MPW. One note, pressing 'command-return' is equivalent to using 'enter' on the numpad.
@Nathan: I'm fairly certain you can comp…
Bad flyback transformers symptoms — #3
Failing flybacks can occasionally cause the screen to go out of focus too, or slowly shift focus as it warms up.
Bad flyback transformers symptoms — #2
weird noises, and screen flickering out
tho those are the same basic symptoms of flyback to control (analog board in some machines)
more detail please
SUCCESS! Mac M0001 on the internet! — #29
Would this cable work?
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/615942-REG/TecNec_LT_RS_2_3_Rosetta_Stone_LT_RS_2_3_RS_232.html
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I imagine that should work fine. …
Stuck Battery in PB100 — #4
How did this work out? I assume not good. I heard once that the PB100 uses a lead-acid type battery. I've never owned one so I don't know if it's true or not. If it's a lead acid a…
SUCCESS! Mac M0001 on the internet! — #28
Would this cable work?
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/615942-REG/TecNec_LT_RS_2_3_Rosetta_Stone_LT_RS_2_3_RS_232.html
Personal holy grail... iMac G4 800MHz. — #3
if you cant see the other side of the loop you will have to, which sounds like fun since those things are integrated into the frame
maybe some bolt cutters on the sleeve, but you …
Old Apple dealer pins — #4
At Ease ... good memories of that program. Everyone I've met hated it, but I liked it :-/
Free: Original 128K upgraded to 512K — #15
Well, I just picked it up this morning... took it into work... opened the nice carrying case... and the back says 512k. Sigh. I'll have to open it up and take a peek at the guts, b…
Personal holy grail... iMac G4 800MHz. — #2
Any idea how to get this thing off?
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One must open the case.
Free: Original 128K upgraded to 512K — #14
Well, I just picked it up this morning... took it into work... opened the nice carrying case... and the back says 512k. Sigh. I'll have to open it up and take a peek at the guts, b…