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David Cook
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Fixing a Macintosh Portable - What worked for me
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I am so glad you said that, because that's what I had to do to get the Portable to not crash when playing sounds. I was embarrassed to...
Jan 27, 2026
David Cook
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Macintosh LCII failure
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Do you have an oscilloscope? I would measure this point in the circuit and see if the amplitude declines. You might be able to catch...
Jan 25, 2026
David Cook
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Macintosh LCII failure
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If you want to further narrow down the location of the sound issues, put some headphones on or use an external speaker. If the problem...
Jan 25, 2026
David Cook
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Macintosh Portable: "pop" noise every 10s from Speaker & Headphones
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Well, it was a team effort. You were passionate about getting the issue attention to be fixed, and @SuperSVGA found and analyzed the...
Jan 23, 2026
David Cook
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Mac Portable back cover side panel
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Very nice!
Jan 22, 2026
David Cook
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Macintosh Portable: "pop" noise every 10s from Speaker & Headphones
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Based on the work of @SuperSVGA and @JDW, I created a system extension that quiets the 10 second popping. You can use this with either...
Jan 22, 2026
David Cook
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Portable and PowerBook 100 Technical Note: PRAM, Backlight, and ROM Diff
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Ahh! That answers that question. Thank you.
Jan 22, 2026
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Portable and PowerBook 100 Technical Note: PRAM, Backlight, and ROM Diff
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Macintosh Portable
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As I have been looking at the Macintosh Portable in more depth. I've run across a couple of pieces of technical information that may be...
Jan 21, 2026
David Cook
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Macintosh Portable: "pop" noise every 10s from Speaker & Headphones
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That's good news. At least it isn't a hardware issue.
Jan 21, 2026
David Cook
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Macintosh Portable: "pop" noise every 10s from Speaker & Headphones
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I do use the Desktop Mgr extension (to not have the desktop rebuilt when switching between 6 and 7). I don't think that is a cause. But...
Jan 21, 2026
David Cook
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Macintosh Portable: "pop" noise every 10s from Speaker & Headphones
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I reduced my system down to a floppy disk and verified that it sleeps when booted from a FloppyEMU. The .dsk is attached. It is not...
Jan 21, 2026
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