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Powerbook 1400 cs lcd repair — #10

I have a spare 1400 active matrix display assembly. I may even have two, I gotta check.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by techknight Wed, 3 Jun 2015 - 21:53

Apple IIgs Text mode doubled — #31

CTRL-RESET doesn't drop me into BASIC. It just restart over again (like a power on) Thanks very much for the explanation Gorgonops. I found a ROM replacement on ebay. I'm gonna tr…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Pitou Wed, 3 Jun 2015 - 14:08

One more SE/30 saved ! But strange HDD behavior — #15

Some times, you just got to say "Phucket! It works!" Now that you got it working, you can go back when you are up to it and replace the thick wires with thinner ones.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Elfen Wed, 3 Jun 2015 - 01:56

One more SE/30 saved ! But strange HDD behavior — #13

WoW...that's one original soldering technique there! - ive done a bit of heavy jumping on boards, but I rekon you should take off all what you have done, clean the board a few ti…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by falen5 Tue, 2 Jun 2015 - 23:39

One more SE/30 saved ! But strange HDD behavior — #11

one time.    lol out of all the SE/30 boards i have recapped,  was the actual scsi chip bad.   but it was the same situation, the pad's metered out good... i flowed on a new scsi c…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by uniserver Tue, 2 Jun 2015 - 23:06

One more SE/30 saved ! But strange HDD behavior — #9

I'm Back. I tried with two different drives, but as they are old I cannot trust them. So I bought a new one from maccaps.com thus the delay in my answer. Same problem with the n…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Ozymandias Tue, 2 Jun 2015 - 22:25

Widget drive — #52

Yes. It is easy. Just 5 or 6 small screws reachable from inside. I washed them in a bath with washing powder and they look nice and clean now. I also removed the two bottom plates …
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Mon, 1 Jun 2015 - 22:59

Widget drive — #51

I could never figure out how to remove the side panels.  Is it easy?
68kMLA Hardware by snuci Mon, 1 Jun 2015 - 22:39

Widget drive — #50

Ah okay. I didn't see the skeleton of the metal frame or the drive cage.
68kMLA Hardware by CelGen Mon, 1 Jun 2015 - 16:29

Widget drive — #49

Here are some more pictures. Side panels are off. I'm cleaning the plastic. My desk has not much space .... View attachment 6614
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Mon, 1 Jun 2015 - 07:09

Widget drive — #48

What the heck are you displaying that on? The picture is too dark to tell but it doesn't look like a Lisa, even with the front bezel missing.
68kMLA Hardware by CelGen Mon, 1 Jun 2015 - 00:36

Widget drive — #47

@tanuki65 Repairing the Lisa is not in this post. I will report later about this. Just like to inform all followers of this post that the Widget is working. Thats GREAT news if y…
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Sun, 31 May 2015 - 21:06

Widget drive — #46

I thought your Lisa had no logic/mother board? Edit: I love Lisas, but I cannot justify spending US$1000 on a computer I can't upgrade/repair (10 000 volts on a CRT).
68kMLA Hardware by tanuki65 Sun, 31 May 2015 - 20:19

Widget drive — #45

BREAKING NEWS!!!! With some spare parts I could test my Widget drive. And.... It is alive!!! The Lisa boots up nicely from it. So my efforts to revive it a succes! See pictures: …
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Sun, 31 May 2015 - 16:38

Use PowerPC for a week? — #36

A 15" PowerBook G4 (1.5GHz, 2GB RAM, 40GB HDD) has been ordered! I also ordered an 80GB Western Digital 9.5mm 2.5" IDE hard drive, which I will upgrade it with.
68kMLA Software by tanuki65 Sun, 31 May 2015 - 14:59
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