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David Cook replied to the thread PowerBook 100 & 170 owners.One of the TIL articles you linked to on your spreadsheet discussed the low power ADB mouse. It has an icon of a circle with a flat top... -
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David Cook replied to the thread PowerBook 100 & 170 owners.I placed a piece of transparency over the screen and marked the corners. I then pulled it off and measured it with a ruler. I am...
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David Cook replied to the thread PowerBook 100 & 170 owners.Yup. It's late. : )
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David Cook replied to the thread PowerBook 100 & 170 owners.Here are a couple of technical tidbits for you... The Macintosh 128 & 512 had 20 bytes of PRAM. The Plus, Mac II, SE, SE/30, IIx, and...
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David Cook replied to the thread PowerBook 100 & 170 owners.I'm not sure which laptop the above measurements apply to. I just hand measured and got: Backlit portable: 21.1 mm x 13.1 mm = 5.157 in...
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David Cook replied to the thread New tool to remove capacitor and rust corrosion - the dental scaler!.No. The movement is so tiny and so fast you feel no vibration at all. The sound is pretty irritating (chalk on a chalkboard).
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David Cook replied to the thread New tool to remove capacitor and rust corrosion - the dental scaler!.Another good use for the scaler is to remove the crusty buildup on the ends of leaky capacitor pads. This stuff does not come off easily...
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David Cook replied to the thread SE/30 Simasima Repair: 6 faults fixed and a working Mac.Yes. I socketed the original board. Based on your question, I swapped the original chip back in, and the delay reappears. So, the Sony...
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David Cook posted the thread SE/30 Simasima Repair: 6 faults fixed and a working Mac in Compact Macs.I recently received an SE/30 that was sold as working. Without trying the machine first, I broke it down, recapped it, and...
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David Cook replied to the thread Macintosh SE/30 Vertical & Horizontal Bars on Display "Simasima" Repair Guide.This is a fantastic guide! It helped me repair a board that I would otherwise have given up on. Are you sure page 46 has the correct...
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David Cook posted the thread New tool to remove capacitor and rust corrosion - the dental scaler! in Macintosh II.I purchased a IIfx that appeared to be in great shape. No battery leaks. Light capacitor leakage (no damaged traces). I recapped it and...
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