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Just an idea, maybe do the switching with USB? You're already able to convert the AEK to USB, so plug that into a USB switchbox/KVM. One output on the switch can go to the PC, then the other can go into a Wombat to convert to ADB. And since the Wombat appears to be powered externally, it *might*...

Here's the keyboard on my 466MHz model. The fn key has a grey-blue color. I have no reason to believe that the keyboard in this unit has ever been swapped, so it seems likely that all Lime models shipped with, effectively, graphite keyboards (which would make sense, as neon green lettering would...

Instead of searching for keywords like "iBook LCD," you'll have better luck disassembling the display housing and searching for the part number off of the LCD panel itself. There seems to be a cottage industry in China that refurbishes older-model LCD panels -- I suspect it's primarily to serve...

My own Lime machine is in storage, but some searching on Google Images suggests that they did indeed have keyboards with (what looks to me like) blue accents. Here are some photos of a boxed machine. Next time I get access to it, I'll snap a photo of the keyboard in mine for comparison.

Pretty sure DTP means "desktop publishing" in this context. Which, early on, was really what got the Mac its foothold in the marketplace (and kept it alive during the mid-90s).

Yeah, in doing some more research for the video I ultimately made on the PowerTower Pro, it sounds like they 1) did indeed ship with an L2 module, but 2) if you installed a G3 upgrade you often (but not always) needed to remove the L2 module. It seems that it came down to the design of the G3...

My inner IT/infosec engineer says that the drives themselves need to be either wiped or destroyed. Yes, historical preservation is important, but so is protecting personal information...and the likelihood of finding rare software on a random hard drive is low. As @eric mentioned, some places...

A while ago I had another Power Computing machine drop into my lap. It's a PowerTower Pro, and it looks like it's had some upgrades (as was common). But while poking around inside the system, I noticed that the L2 cache card slot is empty. The PowerTower series is based on Apple's Tsunami...

Something to consider are expandable foam inserts, like those from Instapak. In the very least they could save you packaging time and increase the likelihood of item survival in shipping, and maybe even save costs (wouldn't need any bubble wrap or peanuts).

If it helps, here's a dummy battery model I designed for the PB 500 series. Maybe it could be modified to hold a BlueSCSI board?

I had that problem with my first Color Classic, but the behavior went away when I recapped the logic board. It got better immediately afterwards, though, not gradually as your Mac TV board seems to be doing.

Vimage was a US-based subsidiary of Interware, and IIRC they didn't silkscreen their parts any different so most/all Vimage cards should say Interware on them (I don't think they tried to hide the relationship between the companies). I suspect they picked a different name for North American...

Very nice! An OM-10 was my first SLR, which my parents had orginally bought sometime in the early 80s. Looks like yours has the optional manual shutter speed adapter; without it, the camera operates in "aperture priority" mode, automatically setting the shutter speed based off the meter reading...

Oh my.

This is a story I'd love to hear!

How did they package it? Was it just wrapped in bubble wrap, or did they use the expanding foam blocks? Either way if I were you I'd consider filing a claim with Buyee about it.

What's the story behind those IIci's?

When you originally purchased the machine, which "plan" did you pick? The default is the "standard plan" which includes shipping insurance and product inspection (when the item arrives at Buyee's warehouse). If you picked that, or the insurance-only plan, then if the machine is damaged when it...

Here's my experience ordering a Color Classic using Buyee from earlier in the year: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/a-beige-mac-international-shipping-holiday-miracle.642/ And if you're worried about a lack of status updates, it was Golden Week in Japan so many businesses were closed.

IIRC machines from that era still used analog audio passthrough from the optical drive. You should have a separate, smaller ribbon cable between the optical drive and motherboard for this. I'd definitely suspect there's something wrong with the audio circuitry on the drive itself if other sounds...