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TLDR: Analog board adjustment has been made to no avail, compressed picture persists across multiple known good analog boards that show full picture with other logic boards. Confirming problem is on the logic board). I recently picked up an SE/30 for a steal but it had a Simasimac screen with...

Trying to load up my Lisa with some software now that I have a working display, one working memory board, a Cameo/Aphid HD emulator, and a FloppyEmu. I created a blank image in Cameo/Aphid Selector, installed LOS 3 from floppy images on the FloppyEmu. I can boot from it and the image, and load...

So I recently picked up a Macintosh Portable from a guy who found it in a home he was flipping. Unfortunately, no power adapter, and the cover over the floppy and hard drive area was missing. It was also a 5120, meaning no back light. When I got it home, I started disassembly with high hopes...

I just got back from my 5 hour trek to pick up one of my bucket list items, a Lisa. It came untested, with a ProFile drive, printer, and keyboard (no mouse). I believe I will be able to use an early Mac mouse, correct? Anyway, I opened it up to remove the battery, only to find it does not...

I picked up a SE/30 that had some pretty significant capacitor leak damage. I had a transistor at Q3 fall off the board from corrosion. I didn't initially see it, but I had pin rot on UE8 that lead to a jail bar pattern on the screen. I replaced Q3, and installed a brand new UE8, and the...

I picked up a SE/30 off FB MArketplace and in the picture it had the vertical lines and a floppy (interestingly the bars were only on the background - the floppy icon was in tact: But, it's an SE/30, so I figured its is worth trying to fix. I got it home and fortunately, the battery was...

I purchased some 3x AAA battery holders to use as a replacement for the 4.5V. I also bought some Lithium batteries to use because I heard they do not leak corrosive material when at the end of their life. When I threw 3 1.5v AAA batteries in the holder, the voltage is 5.3v. I expected the...

I picked up a non-working Powerbook G4, 15" recently that was said to have damage to the power port. When I plug it in, I got a light on the power port, so I was hoping it was something easy, like a bad power supply. Unfortunately. it would still not power on, so I took it apart to make sure...

I picked up this Mac SE a while back because it had a Radius Card installed and I'd really like to add video out to on of my Compact Macs. Unfortunately, I have no portrait CRT to go with it. When I first got it, I tried plugging it into a VGA adapter into a modern display and I got some video...

Anyone tried retrobrighting the keys / keyboard on the iBook G3 clamshell. Finally got my hands on one of my holy grail machines, a Lime 466MHz iBook. Unfortunately, I didn't notice in the pictures, but the keyboard seems like it might have been pulled from another machine (Indigo maybe)...

So, I recently learned that the TAM (Twentieth Anniversary Mac) can run BeOS. The person who was running it said you can run BeOS Pro on the TAM, so I figured I'd give it a go. Well, similar to my challenging experience getting it installed on my PowerMac 6400, I struggled a bit and figured it...

I saw someone on reddit recently posted a picture of a bench in a school with two Powermac G5 towers as the base. I needed some more storage space for my Macs, and had two non-working G5s, and some woodworking tools. I really liked the idea to route the edges of the wood to fit in the curves...

I know Apple has a DVI to ADC adapter / Power supply. I know of (and own) the Dr Bott's DVIator for connecting a computer with DVI out to an ADC monitor. The problem is, they only support digital signals, which means you cannot use them to connect a more modern computer to the best of all ADC...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I'm trying to fix up my Macintosh TV and the CD ROM would not take a CD initially. I know the AppleCD 300 drives are notorious for their capacitor leakage, so I removed the drive, took the shield off, removed the board and could see a significant amount of damage from leaky caps. I cleaned up...

I was replacing the last capacitor on my Mac TV logic board (C195) and because it was a larger one, I tried to desolder it instead of using my usual push and twist method. Turns out there was a decent amount of leakage under the cap and the pad ripped clean off. The other one lifted a bit, but...

I recently bought a Mac TV, but it was missing some accessories. One missing accessory was the remote control. I looked on eBay, but was unable to find any listings, and the original remote, a small accessory that came with a Mac that barely sold, is going to be tough to come by. Fortunately...