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  1. lukecyca

    Powerbook 1400cs washed-out screen

    Oh my goodness. You're right. How embarrassing! 😌 I had tried the contrast buttons while it was booting but it didn't seem to have an effect. Once it was fully booted the contrast buttons work as expected and I was able to adjust it to look great now. Many thanks!
  2. lukecyca

    MacTilt

    Someone posted one of these on reddit today. Looks absolutely ridiculous! 😂
  3. lukecyca

    Powerbook 1400cs washed-out screen

    This 1400cs was given to me last week, and it boots and works well. Only issue is that the screen is nearly unusable. I can make out the picture when viewing at a very acute viewing angle, but it's completely washed out when viewing head-on. Is there an adjustment that can be done, or is this...
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    Where to buy 8-way Mini-DIN plug to connect to serial port

    I would like to do create a peripheral to talk RS422 with a Mac Classic II. I don't have any vintage serial cables to chop up, so I am looking to purchase an 8-way Mini-DIN plug. Does anybody have experience with this? CUI MD-80 looks like the correct part to me. What do you think? This page...
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    Reviving old iPads (gen 2 & 3)

    Thanks very much for this info. It helped tremendously, and I was able to downgrade the iPad 3 to 8.4.1 and get an "untethered" persistent jailbreak on it. Everything worked as described, except I got stuck with this problem when I reset the iPad after jailbreaking. The solution was to restore...
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    Reviving old iPads (gen 2 & 3)

    I have an iPad 2 (A1395) running iOS 6.1.3 and also an iPad 3 (A1416) running iOS 9.3.6. My goal is to be able to use these to read PDFs/eBooks, maybe some web browsing, and other basic tasks. The screens and batteries are still in excellent condition. 1. How can I get a basic reader for...
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