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Yeah, I was more curious if anyone had one as to which pins are the 24v pins and I could make my own with a generic 24v power supply. I doubt the 22" Cinema LCD would need 60W.

Yea, no power requirements on the bottom. I believe the DVI only switch is 12v, but my guess is they went with a 24v power supply because the ADC cable must power not just the switch, but the monitor that is plugged into the ADC cable (ADC delivers power, USB, audio over one cable). This...

I picked up a Gefen ADC switch recently, sans power supply. It takes 4 DVI inputs (as well as USB, and audio) and outputs DVI / USB, and audio, as well as all those things over an ADC connector. So, my goal is to hook up all my towers, including my Intel PowerMac, via DVI to the switch...

Yes, I used the Duplicolor Flat Black Vinyl and Carpet paint from the auto parts store again. I picked the vinyl paint because it purportedly is a bit flexible and would be better for the cables. But it seemed to do really well on the hard plastics and the finish is a very close match to the...

Let me know if it works. I hope its a simple fix for you. There are other possible causes, like the lens on the laser being dirty / damaged so it cannot lock on to the CD. but you can check if spinning the spindle has resistance. If so, it's likely been pushed in too far.

Just found a crazy item for my grail list: The Japanese BookCaSE conversion kit for the Powerbook 5300 / 190 series:

That's crazy. I ended up trading my rev C to someone on Reddit for a Mac Plus. Fortunately the Mac Plus was easily restored to a working state and when I opened it up to do so, I found there was a 030 accelerator in there. So probably a fair trade... I still have an earlier rev one in my...

I recently was able to find an untested PowerCD unit, along with a untested PowerCD unit with base station (the unit itself had physical damage to the shell). I figure between the two units, I could manage one usable one to use with the base. No power adapter, so I grabbed 8 AA batteries to...

Yeah, I got a 6100 and was confused by the tangle of cables for hooking up the monitor, and then I realized it had the DOS compatibility card. It gets hot! Throw a PowerPC 601 with a 486 right across from it, then add incredibly poor airflow!

I considered. I have two CD cartridges, so I might see about painting one. The paint gives a bit of a rough texture to it, so I'll have to be careful anywhere the CD would contact. But I think I'm going to leave the cartridge drive doors as is on the Mac TV. I like keeping it original, even...

FYI, I painted my Performa 5500 with the same technique:

I had wondered that myself, and if this article is to be believed, they are replica batteries: "In frames, such as this Apple Watch model, that include a battery, a fake battery is used so it is safe to store, display, and ship. However Grid creates the fake batteries, they look identical to...

Picked up a 4s on eBay for a discount. Haven’t hung it up yet, but really do love seeing the components that make up older tech. Part of why I love the translucent phase of Apple products. My 17 Apple Studio CRT is one of my favorite pieces of apple hardware.

Yeah, Biology class finally came in handy!

Yeah, my wife loves me running my old machines in the kitchen after I fix them up!

The longer cable worked well. It is much longer than necessary, but makes it very easy to plug in / remove. Only slight challenge was that the connector on one end wasn't keyed, so you just need to make sure you plug it in the proper way then attaching the edge connector. After plugging it...

Got it painted and everything looks great. Now to try to recreate the model sticker and powerPC logo.

So, I decided to keep the quirky platinum doors from the Mac TV to keep it original. And I was reading up on the black Mac SE/30 and realized that the real life version was platinum, and it was only black when they recreated it for the Watchmen movie. So I think I'm going to leave my spare SE...

I may or may not have forgotten to turn off my soldering iron one day and then left for 5 hours. I thought it had an auto cut-off, but I was wrong. Tip was in pretty bad shape...

Also, for documentation purposes for anyone else that needs to disassemble the drive to recap or fix the drive eject issue, here is how you take it apart. First, remove from the front of the computer. There's a tab underneath that you lift up as you pull the drive out. It has edge connectors...