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Garrett replied to the thread PowerBook 180c TRACKBALL Repair Help Needed.I’ve had this issue before, and found that it’s made worse by cleaning the blue rollers with IPA. They’re slipping on your metal shafts... -
Garrett replied to the thread Dynamic Engineering Portable PDS RAM Card.Wow, this is so cool! Thanks for posting. I suppose a card like this could be recreated, if it weren't for the missing PLD code.
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Garrett replied to the thread Dynamic Engineering Portable PDS RAM Card.Great work! I saw this card on eBay as well - glad someone here snatched it up. Looks like the same RAM ICs that the PowerBook 1xx...
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Garrett replied to the thread Macintosh LCII failure.That's interesting that when swapping DFACs, the issue stays with the board, not the sound chip. I had an LCII with bad audio once, and...
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Garrett replied to the thread LC575 computer killed LC520 motherboard! 😭.Hi James, here's another idea. I once had a Color Classic board which would power up, but never "bonged" or displayed an image. The fix...
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Garrett replied to the thread Mac IIci cache card.See my post in this thread. I included a few benchmarks from the Apple Diagnostics application...
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Garrett replied to the thread Identifying mystery macintosh SE Accelerator/upgrade card.That's the first time I've ever seen a 68EC030 in use on a Mac. Was the lack of MMU acceptable on a machine that shipped with a 68000...
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Garrett replied to the thread Color Classic Flyback Replacement from LC5xx.Are you using the High Res or VGA modded analog board? That may factor into the types of adjustments available. I've only ever done the...
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Garrett replied to the thread Color Classic Flyback Replacement from LC5xx.Yup, that sort of behavior is almost certainly a failing flyback. Replacing capacitors and/or the CRT isn't going to help.