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Y'all remember my delaminated PowerBook 150 screen, right? Well have I got a story for you... I ended up ordering a new polarizer from China (as suggested in this video: It took a bit to get here, but finally arrived last week. Poor Poor PB150... it looks like someone ran their nails...

I was reading this great article about recapping a PowerBook 100, and was curious if anyone else here had performed a similar repair... and what was the physical size of the tant caps you ended up using on the LCD? Thank you...

So folks are (lightly) baking their LCDs to get rid of tunnel vision?

Is there a list somewhere that shows which power adapters are appropriate for each model of PowerBook?

I seem to remember back in the day that the Macintosh Portable’s power supply could be used only the Portable… but the PowerBook 100’s power supply (slightly higher amperage) could be used with the Portable. Is this true? Do you risk damaging anything?

Does the PowerBook 100 have to have the three backup batteries installed to power on?

I took my A+ on the very last day they offered the Macintosh test

How tough would it be to clone the Brainstorm? It’s seemingly just a lower power 68000 and a custom bus chip..

What is the best software to use to edit / create icons for System 7?

Does anyone have a recommendation for a battery rebuild service for the Portable?

I have a stack of PowerBook 500 series batteries… all dead. What’s the best way to dispose of them in an environmentlay responsible way?

Is there a brand that has the best compatibility or that enthusiasts recommend for replacing the hard drive drive in a 3400?

Is it pronounced LIDO or LIDO? Mac84 has some opinions.

Hey everyone! My name is Ron, and I got back into this retro computing hobby a few years back when a friend of mine reached out to me about some old Macs, Apple II, and PC machines he was looking to rehome.... and it's been all downhill since then. LOL I focus a lot on beige Macs on my...

I have a Quadra 610 that for whatever reason is stuck at 832 x 624 resolution when using a DB19 to VGA adaptor. I have wiped the PRAM, and tried different VGA adapters… but even when set to 640 x 480, I still, from power on, and stuck at this higher resolution. Any thoughts on what might be...

Is there some fundamental compatibility issue with BX chipset boards and the Voodoo 3 / 3000 AGP video card? I was going to do a build for the recent slot one build off, but absolutely COULD NOT get video card drivers to install in Win98. :( I tied the original driver CD off archive.org, as...

New-to-me Laser 128!

Join me this Friday at 8pm Central for the second of my MAC-O-LANTERN livestreams exploring Macintosh horror gaming. This time we'll be playing William C. Appleton's horror trilogy! SEE YOU SCARE (again, sorry)! youtu.be/VVWR8-gHFr8