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  1. Kai Robinson

    Powerbook 180 & Tunnel Vision

    This gives me hope for my own 180!
  2. Kai Robinson

    MacTable (V2) Restoration

    Oh I do like that as a design, looks like IKEA should sell that, even now.
  3. Kai Robinson

    Floppy drive Sony MP-F51W-23 upper head doesn't touch the disk

    Correct. The same SWIM is used in the: SE/30 IIx IIcx IIci IIsi Macintosh Classic Quadra 700 There are a few other models too, but can't be certain off the top of my head.
  4. Kai Robinson

    Can se/30 flyback be replaced by a 157-026C flyback?

    I never installed it because I checked the winding first.
  5. Kai Robinson

    Can se/30 flyback be replaced by a 157-026C flyback?

    Just a word of warning - I purchased a flyback from Dalbani a few years ago - while it looked new, all the internal windings were melted/shorted together. I never got a refund either.
  6. Kai Robinson

    Original iPod - should I remove the battery?

    Iirc @XodiumLabs has done lots of these.
  7. Kai Robinson

    HAH!!!

    Please retitle this, all emoji's as a title will mess with search results.
  8. Kai Robinson

    Macintosh IIfx 68030/50Mhz???

    That much of a jump is simply too much for the entire system, when you swap that oscillator, you're also overclocking the system bus and everything attached to it.
  9. Kai Robinson

    "Platinum" PLA for Macs and Apple ][s

    Oh, you're reading too much into it, I literally just meant it looks like a great colour match, to my eyes 😂
  10. Kai Robinson

    "Platinum" PLA for Macs and Apple ][s

    That looks like a great colour match!
  11. Kai Robinson

    Macintosh IIci - no life even after recap

    Looking at the top image, I'd also reflow Q3, it looks majorly crusty.
  12. Kai Robinson

    Anyone in the UK want a huge pile of retro gear?

    Anyone in the UK want a huge pile of retro gear?
  13. Kai Robinson

    Logic Board - Macintosh SE Reloaded

    Whilst my health has declined in recent years, i'm not dead yet! I can upload the gerbers/github stuff to TD's servers so that in the event of my demise, the community can decide what to do with it all, if that would allay any fears. Likewise, if a company/seller on this side of the Atlantic...
  14. Kai Robinson

    How is the creative spirit of the Mac and the Amiga similar?

    There's also the massive price difference to contend with, at least here in the UK. An Amiga was way more powerful, thanks to the custom chips, the litter, coprocessor, graphics etc, but it was well over half the cost of a Mac. When the A500 came out, it gave you a 68k machine with 512k of...
  15. Kai Robinson

    Logic Board - Macintosh SE Reloaded

    MacEffects should have stock of these again soon.
  16. Kai Robinson

    Source of MC68030 and MC68882?

    Have you tried Eric Woo on eBay? Very, very reliable, all verified pulls or even full trays of New-old-Stock.
  17. Kai Robinson

    Yep, ebay doesn't care. The only chance to head them off is to make them a pariah in the...

    Yep, ebay doesn't care. The only chance to head them off is to make them a pariah in the community. It's the fact they strip all the silkscreen off to pass it off as their works, that annoy me.
  18. Kai Robinson

    Texas Instruments discontinuing a lot of IC's

    The MC3488 was replaced with the SN75150.
  19. Kai Robinson

    Apple Extended Keyboard II (AEK II) restoration

    Better than alps switches - modern 'mathias' switches are direct drop in replacement for the alps salmon/orange switches.