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  1. JDW

    Maclock to Mac Plus Conversion kits

    Not sure what you mean because I bought my Maclock with the intention of using it as a clock. Can you please post a link so we can see what you are describing?
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    Color Classic Resolution Switching

    Stock CC resolution is 512x384, so it’s neat to see you can get 560x384 if you have an LC520 or 550 motherboard installed AND don’t have the 640x480 VGA mod setup on the Analog Board. Thank you very much for testing and sharing that info! QUESTION: Are the pixels still square? You may need...
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    Maclock to Mac Plus Conversion kits

    This link: https://ja.aliexpress.com/item/1005010729694755.html Keep in mind that clicking it may or may not take you where you need to go because naughty AliExpress does a lot of tricky to hide things from people. I can’t tell if I’m on the right place or not if I use the AliExpress app for...
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    What did you cook today?

    Yeah, I think we need to fix that on this forum. Everybody knows that when you shoot photos on an iPhone it saves them as an HEIC file, not JPG. And even though you can change the setting, for the most part, you want to leave at HEIC, and not make all your photos JPG. Storage space is pricey...
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    PowerBook Repair Series: Trackball Repairs & Battery Door Removal

    Thank you for the link. That leads to the small version standoff. He mentions it is only one in a series of standoffs, but I’m afraid I can’t find any of the other 3D printable standoffs from him that would be required. On the very bottom case alone you have tall and small ones like that. One...
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    What did you cook today?

    Yes, asparagus. I shot a photo immediately after building the burger and before I completely filled my plate, which is why it looks a bit odd, but I assure you, the burger was quite good and so was the asparagus too! In the past, when I lived in the US, I had tried barbecued burgers made by...
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    PowerBook Repair Series: Trackball Repairs & Battery Door Removal

    Thank you for your kind words. But in answer to your question, I’ve never thought about 3-D printed standoffs simply because I’m not sure how they would work, and because I’m on my iPhone right now I’m unable to view your video.
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    The Apple Lisa Inside an FPGA!

    I just finished watching the YouTube video linked in the opening post. I am floored. @AlexTheCat123 , your incredible work is truly groundbreaking. You know, I've always wanted to tinker with a LISA, but I never could get the EMULATOR to work. And the real thing is too big, bulky and...
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    What did you cook today?

    BBQ'd hamburgers with homemade bun. It's been a couple years since I had last BBQd. But this is a holiday week in Japan, and I wanted to do something different for our lunch yesterday. It was nice to fire up the charcoal Weber again after so long. Here in Japan, it's very hard to find...
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    PowerBook Repair Series: Trackball Repairs & Battery Door Removal

    I just released a video showing the first 1/3rd of my STANDOFF REPAIR using J-B Weld Plastic Bonder epoxy... Neither do I. There is just too much weight inside that aging case. Sadly, there is no MacEffects plastic replacement case available (at least, not yet), so we either leave the...
  11. JDW

    G4 Cube FireWire issue

    I have dealt with two Cubes at the office and one personal Cube at home, all of which had issues with their FireWire Ports. In my case, all were fixed with DeOxit D5 sprayed into the FireWire connectors from the outside. I did that for the USB connections too, because one Cube had an iffy...
  12. JDW

    LC520 Overclock

    Probably bad documentation because I’ve only ever seen those three resistors, and all three, perpetually mentioned. This is yet another case of “you have to try it to find out.“ Meaning, remove only the two resistors, but not R67, and see what happens.
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    Color Classic Resolution Switching

    @kefkafloyd Your first post in this thread said this: My Color Classic has not been modded for 640x480 output. But my CC now has the 84V VGA Mod (640x480). So although I do have an LC 520 motherboard that works, my VGA mod most likely would prevent me from seeing 560x384 as a selectable...
  14. JDW

    CayMac IIsi Mean Well PSU Replacement

    I don’t have a Mac IIsi, but I do have the Baby Face power supply that works in a Mac SE/30. I did a video about that, in fact. It uses the Meanwell modules. The biggest issue I have with Meanwell modules is their voltage output is fixed. But the stock PSUs on the SE and SE/30 have a tiny POT...
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    400 K Floppy Drive Repair Components

    I recommend you buy BONDIC and a UV Flashlight. Great for insulating exposed legs or even small cuts and gashes in cables too! Just squirt a little out all around the leg, then shine your UV light on it for 20-30 to ensure you get a good hard cure of the BONDIC. Congratulations on your...
  16. JDW

    Plastic clutch

    @techknight The clutch disassembly steps presented earlier by @fthain are these: 1. Try to think up some way forward 2. Apply force to parts 3. Curse and swear and consider abandoning the whole idea 4. No, goto step 1 What are your steps?
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    400 K Floppy Drive Repair Components

    Thank you for the photos. But it just doesn’t seem to look like something that could’ve been done at the factory. Another t tail sign of what I’m saying is the cut into copper that I’ve circled for you below: It’s all very strange.
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    400 K Floppy Drive Repair Components

    Seems more of a private hack job than something SONY would do because: (1) there is heat shrink on it (atypical for a factory build), and (2) capacitor leads ought not to be extended like that. The photos don’t show where both capacitor legs connect. And zooming in on the heat shrink in you...
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    New Defrag Utility in 2026

    Intel Mac users, here are the exact steps I use just now to get Eric's Intel Build Attachment to launch on my macOS Monterey 5K iMac: Launch Terminal Type the following WITH A SINGLE SPACE AT THE END: xattr -cr Switch to the Finder but keep your Terminal window in view. After decompressing...
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    XEBook - Atari 130XE laptop conversion

    The sheer amount of work that went into this project is stunning. What a beautiful result! This is genius level stuff, @Sideburn. You should be very proud of that accomplishment. Bravo! 👏