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  • It's #MARCHintosh 2025! Join in on the fun and post your project or play with some new stuff in our #MARCHintosh 2025 thread.
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    phunguss replied to the thread 2025 PowerPC Challenge.
    Day 37 (part 2) My CF-IDE carrier finished, I installed it into the drive carrier in the PB190cs. Assembled the rest, epoxy seems to...
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    phunguss replied to the thread 2025 PowerPC Challenge.
    Day 37 The epoxy on the PowerBook 190cs repairs has hardened a little more... maybe enough to assemble everything and see what holds...
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    phunguss replied to the thread 2025 PowerPC Challenge.
    Day 35-36 Let's end this month with a couple failures (or call them redo projects for the future). First, the PowerBook 190cs epoxy...
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    phunguss replied to the thread MBP (Early '08) RAM Upgrade.
    EveryMac shows it should do 6GB... Have you zapped PRAM (CMD-Option-P-R) for 3 chimes before booting? Have you reset SMC?
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    phunguss replied to the thread 2025 PowerPC Challenge.
    Day 34 I finished soldering up the last of the 5 Mini-Amps I built for my Apple Pro Speakers. Three white, one black, one natural...
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    phunguss replied to the thread MacGurus Contact?.
    I filled in the form from their website and requested contact with the site owner. Left a message, we will see what happens.
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    phunguss replied to the thread MacGurus Contact?.
    https://whois.domaintools.com/macgurus.com shows a generic privacy email of: Registrant City: London Registrant State/Province: London...
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    phunguss replied to the thread MacGurus Contact?.
    "Email us at PCSupport any time or use the form below." Circa 2010. Last forum capture was 2019.
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    phunguss replied to the thread MacGurus Contact?.
    Last pull from the wayback machine that still has their sales website active is from July 2024, so they have been shutdown for 6 months...
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    phunguss replied to the thread 2025 PowerPC Challenge.
    Day 33 I spent this morning working on the PowerBook 190cs. Today is an attempt to fix some of the aged plastic and the broken points...
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