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Anyone know which Radius FPD would use this connector? Picking up this Mac SE today, but unfortunately the owner doesn't have the display to go with it. Most of the FPDs I've seen have a connector with 9 pins, I believe. This 15 pin connector is different. Did they have a 15 pin to 9 pin...

All my SE/30 caps looked good, but I had low audio. When I removed the caps, they had leaked badly underneath and you couldn't see the leakage under the caps. I'd say replace them all now. They are almost certainly damaging components, and are definitely out of spec.

Yes, you have to make sure you get an airtight seal with your plastic wrap, which shouldn't be hard. I probably should have said this, but I assumed everyone did, but you have to wrap the back sides of the piece to make the component completely, 360 degree covered in plastic. It's not just...

Also, I forgot to note that when I do the plastic wrap, I try to ensure I squeeze out any air bubbles under the plastic. I think large air bubbles could allow the peroxide to dry out, which could be the cause of some people's problems.

I only use that method now. It allows me to tackle things quickly because I can do it overnight and don't need to babysit. And as I said it's forgiving and I've not yet had anything come out splotchy. Let us know how it turns out. I've had so many people claim the plastic wrap is too...

Yes, too white overall, but also some pretty bad splotchiness where I think the peroxide dried out in the intense sunlight... However, it gave me the ability to risk painting it with little fear it would make it look worse.

I agree. The problem with the sun is, whether people realize it or not, the intensity varies greatly depending on where you do it / what time of year. So getting it right requires a good deal of babysitting. Using the LED box is much more forgiving and the difference of leaving it in the box...

Interesting. I’ve never had any splotchiness with LED lights and plastic wrap. I have only seen inconsistent results with wrap when exposing it to direct sunlight. And I feel like it’s due to focused, high intensity sunlight and cooking some parts of the peroxide. I’ve retrobrighted probably...

I bought myself a scratch and dent Sony Trinitron TV for college. It was a fantastic looking TV (except for the gouge out of the plastic on the top). Sadly I think I got rid of it shortly after I graduate. Technically, I have one today, since I have the Macintosh Color Display, which is a...

I haven't had much luck with sun alone, especially since I feel like that heat and humidity for long periods is not the best. I think the "low and slow" method of using lower powered UV LED lights combined with peroxide creme, wrapped in plastic wrap to keep the creme from drying out has never...

Did you use the sun?

Good to know if my old SCSI2SD ever dies. I bought it and struggled with it long before BlueSCSI was a thing, but will certainly be replacing it with a BlueSCSI if that time comes.

I agree. The one part of personally hosts sites, however, is that often they are not maintained. Someone stops paying the DNS registration fees, doesn't keep their dynamic DNS entries updated. And when that happens we can lose a wealth of (sometimes unique) knowledge. The Wayback machine can...

I guess I'm really glad I ended up not bidding on the 575 they had listed. I can't imagine what that looked like given their packaging job.

It certainly is a different time. Different even than it was 5-10 years ago. There's much to be said for keeping certain things in check, but the problem is believing that any one large group can be expected to no succumb to the lure of censoring others "for the good of all". The problem is...

So my vintage collection probably has 15-20 laptops at this point, ranging from a Powerbook 165 up to a relatively modern Intel MacBook Air. Many of the older models have removable batteries, some of which even still hold a charge. However, I recently broke out my Powerbook 540c (with a nice...

Imagine what car guys think about the time and effort we put into fixing up old electronics, restoring plastics on 30yo machines... Especially when they see some of our workspaces...

Sadly, I never had the MacTV as a child, but it would have been fantastic for that.

Did they photoshop a generic DVD drive onto a 5200/5400 Directors Edition? I don't believe those ever came with a DVD (CD-ROM only). The funny part is I feel like that matches the beige CD cartridge door cover of the MacTV, so it kind of makes me wish I had kept the CD tray front platinum...

Hmmm. the 2.5A one might not be enough. I'm not sure I want to spend 3x what I spent on the hub on a power supply though. Thanks for the info. I should have looked that up for myself. I do wonder how the original power supply for the gaffer unit got away with being a 60W version.