Hey quickie here, the iBook G4 I have has a dim screen, could I swap it with my 500MHz G3 iBook screen? or is the wiring different somehow.

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…

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…

welcome back funky toad.

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…

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.

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 …

That really is a great find! I seem to recall one of my high school teachers having some similar pins.

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…

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…

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…

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

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.…

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, …

I've got one, though it is packed away at the moment.

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…

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…

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…

What are your opinions on the screen of the PowerBook 165c? Is it the worst of the worst of passive matrix or is it one of the better ones? Better or worse than 1400cs?

What are your opinions on the screen of the PowerBook 5300cs? Is it the worst of the worst of passive matrix or is it one of the better ones? Better or worse than 1400cs?

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…

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 …

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…

Pluses have a beige case, though. How can they yellow? Click to expand... Only the 1996 Pluses. The entire Apple line switched to corporate Platinum by 1997 Click to expand.…

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-8-VGA-AV-car-PC-TFT-LCD-RCA-XGA-Monitor-US_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem53df6bc7a6QQitemZ360230668198QQptZCarQ5fAudioQ5fVideo#ht_5637wt_1076 Somet…