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    PowerMac G3 Personality Card - looking for 182 pin PERCH 90’ edge connector adapter

    Actually, looking at my notes again, it appears that what I actually ordered from TCP was Burndy CEE2X91S-3Z14 They're the same part, except for pin length or plating or some such. I'm not sure why I got the 3Z14. Perhaps the V7Z14 turned out to be unavailable.
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    My PowerMac 7100/80 AV Recap Project

    It should just be four clips through the motherboard holding it on. Be gentle and exercise care though. You do not want apply much downward pressure on the CPU. They're prone to cracking. Also, do not over-apply the replacement heat sink compound. It's just filling the un-flat places...
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    Dark mode vs. Light mode

    I don't know. I wish I had a great solution. My personal desire would be to default to light mode, but it seems like a lot of folks like dark mode more. So then you have the same problem, just in reverse. A giant welcoming banner that says, "Hey, if you don't like the look, change it in...
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    Macchimey?

    It seemed to. At least, the 512KE it was on never had problems. I installed a NewLife memory/SCSI upgrade so it was drawing some extra power. But I didn't have it thermocoupled or an air flow meter at the top. So I couldn't tell you that it objectively worked. By girlfriend (now my Ex and...
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    Macintosh II with ROM-SIMM

    I had a ~$900 order ready to go with them based off of one quote and otherwise their web page. Then the emails from them started rolling in. Oh, sorry, we don' t actually have any of the RTC or ADB chips we listed as 30,000+ in stock. The Flash you wanted is 5 times the price that's on our...
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    Macchimey?

    I built my own version back in the early 90s.
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    Macintosh II with ROM-SIMM

    Nice work. About the SWIM, Utsource quoted me $110 each with a minimum of 100 last week. I don't know who is going to spend $11,000 on SWIM chips... It does imply that there are far more than 100 available, though.
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    PowerMac G3 Personality Card - looking for 182 pin PERCH 90’ edge connector adapter

    @Mr. Fahrenheit I think that may be the same connector used in the X100 PDS slot. https://www.connectorpeople.com/Connector/BURNDY/C/CEE2X91S-V7Z14 The linked connector is confirmed as the connector matching the X100 PDS slot. I ordered a few of them and compared. So you may wish to compare...
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    My PowerMac 7100/80 AV Recap Project

    You've probably already done it, but don't forget to replace the heat sink compound on the PPC601. Still smarting over the hours I spent trouble-shooting 20 years ago, when the whole problem was bad heat sink compound....
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    Dark mode vs. Light mode

    I do not like the dark mode at all. I find it extremely difficult to read. But then, I'm 58-years-old. Nothing wrong with my eyes AFAIK, but I'm older. If dark mode was all that was available, I would give up on trying to read the site. I mention this, because it wasn't until I looked...