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It does feel like the 24v to 20v may be too much of a gap. I think I may make a cable with the 12v trigger and a 24v booster inline. That will allow it to still be pretty discreet, but get me, hopefully, the stable 24v that will work best. I will still use interchangeable tips for the various...

OK, I went through a couple iterations and I think I got a good mix of sleekness and thermal handling. Waiting on my newest print to confirm, but with my earlier design, the buck/boost converter thermal protection would kick in and shut it down, which is not ideal when powering a laptop with no...

Ok, I got my new 3D printer and I need to do a bit of tweaking to get the print quality improved, but I was able to create a new box for the components and it’s a much better size. I’ll try to get the files posted up on Thingiverse with the full BoM when I have a bit of time. I also have a model...

My 3d printer is acting up, but I realized I have a plastic project box I never used and bought a panel mount USB-C port, cut some holes in the box, and put most of the stuff inside. The box is comically large for what I have inside, so I’ll address that when I make the printable box for...

I just had a co-worker give me his 512k (upgraded from 128k) and it had this on top. Here's a quick picture I took of the underside. I couldn't figure out what the floppy storage compartment was for, but thanks to this post I can confirm it does indeed fit 3.5" floppies very well.

My 3d printer is acting up, but I realized I have a plastic project box I never used and bought a panel mount USB-C port, cut some holes in the box, and put most of the stuff inside. The box is comically large for what I have inside, so I’ll address that when I make the printable box for...

OK, it's not an ideal solution, since it would be relatively easy to make a mistake and send too much power to the wrong laptop, but I was able to make a semi-universal laptop battery solution that works with most of my laptops. Basically, I start with a 20v USB-C trigger adapter (...

I've since upgraded the black AIO to a G4 from a Yikes machine, because that CPU is pin compatible with the G3 CPU in this machine. I figure if I was going to go away from stock, might as well make some more drastic changes. I have been thinking I may have missed an opportunity to match the...

Ah, in that case, I think our days of worrying about dust wrecking the fragile butterfly mechanisms in Apple keyboards are over. I've not heard anyone experiencing issues with dust rendering a keyboard unusable since the old butterfly keyboards that were phased out in 2019, I believe. The...

Yeah, that's fair. It does seem odd that you ordered online, chose a pickup location (so they knew how much tax was to be paid), paid an amount. Then, when you went to pick up they charged you just for the tax they could have charged you for with the order. I've never heard of that.

Interesting. I generally don't use my laptop when eating or drinking, but it sounds like you may have found a good solution.

Technically you would have had to claim it on your taxes if Apple had allowed you to pay a lower (or no) taxes when you picked it up. Unfortunately, what you tried to do, whether intentionally or not, was a small scale tax fraud. Probably good that Apple simply made sure you paid the correct...

I'm pretty sure the answer is to "don't do that". I believe the tolerances are so tight keyboard covers can cause issues. I've never done it so I can't say for or against, just the overwhelming message I've heard on reddit. What are you looking to get out of a keyboard cover?

Agreed that it's more about the effort and ability to create a longer lasting solution. My goal with the voltage adapter is that USBPD has voltage handshaking that these laptops aren't designed to do. Also, some of these power adapters have capabilities to restrict the amperage to not cause...

I just finished re-celling a few iBook G3 battery packs. While this will allow me to use them without being plugged in, and it certainly maximizes the portable nature of these machines, I had a couple thoughts: 1. I do have concerns about the safety of home built packs. I read up on it, bought...

Yeah, made some progress and posted updates on another forum. So it appears it is a clone that is using a real Apple II board. The problem appears to have been from a bad socket on one of the first row memory chips. I replaced all the sockets and I can get to the Apple II ] prompt. I tried...

I finally got around to trying to figure out this old Apple II clone I picked up some years back (it was one of my first vintage purchases and I had no idea what I was doing). Anyway, it was booting to gibberish on the video out and I read it was likely RAM related. So I removed all the RAM...

Just now seeing @JDW's note that he would be sending it to you "within" Japan. I misread that. Best of luck!

Where are you located? If in the US, I could probably mail you a good bit I have left over in a regular envelope.

So, when will @MacEffects be releasing the clear shell for the Lisa itself?!?