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    JDW replied to the thread PowerBook 100 & 170 owners.
    Thank you so much for your input! I sometimes use ChatGPT as an errand runner because it can search multiple websites faster than I...
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    JDW replied to the thread PowerBook 100 & 170 owners.
    @T-Man Can you measure the ball diameter of your PB170's trackball? @David Cook Can you measure the ball diameter of your PB100's...
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    Here are measurements I made today. Just FYI, for those of you who appreciate FYI's, that is. :-) Between Metal Inner Edges (see...
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    JDW replied to the thread Cracked Hinge on Mac Portable.
    Ah yes, Kai! You mean this brilliant fellow... But of course, a 3D CAD genius like him would be need for reproducing the entire...
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    JDW replied to the thread Cracked Hinge on Mac Portable.
    Found photos of another person's broken right-side hinge holder. Poor guy tried and failed with 3 screws! 😯 If we can eliminate...
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    JDW replied to the thread Cracked Hinge on Mac Portable.
    I decided to cut a little triangular-shaped piece from my transparent Polycarbonate resin board to solvent weld over one spot that was...
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    Folks, Here are more photos of the CCFL tube, end caps, and texture of the diffuser panel behind the LCD... Diameter of the CCFL tube...
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    JDW replied to the thread Cracked Hinge on Mac Portable.
    Below are photos of mine (before I cleaned out the old grease). What is your technique to removing one of the springs? (And are you...
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    JDW replied to the thread PowerBook 100 & 170 owners.
    Here’s my low power mouse with the small and light ball that’s really terrible and the normal size connector…
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