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I used https://printathing.com/ when I got a 3D-printed hinge support made for my 170. I used an STI file from thingiverse (actually https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4391026) at about $9 apiece, plus postage, in ABS. It was reasonably quick service too.

I don't think I ever saw a 150, but I do have a non-functioning 160, or it might be a 165, somewhere I could use as a plastics donor. Physically it looked in great shape if I recall. Or with my luck it'll boot up when I find it!

As a different question perhaps, are the 100 series display casings interchangeable? The 100, 165c and 180c obviously not due to size or shape, but 140/145/160/170/180? If so, I could source parts from another unit and repair/strengthen that, then swap the back casing in. That way I could...

That's the same part I also found, so I've ordered a couple in ABS from a local 3D print place. Even if it isn't perfect, it'll be a lot better than letting the 170 go the way the 1400 did. Sad the 1400 can't be fixed the same way!

I'll have a look for that - presumably 3D-printed shims for the hinge screws to fix into? I've seen these things for 165c and 180c models but they are thicker due to the casing accommodating a color screen. I have a BlueSCSI v2 to replace it's hard drive too, but the risk of brittle plastics...

It's ironic that my TiBook, which I've had since new, seems to have perfect hinges.... but won't boot. Actually mostly won't power on. Then sometimes it does. Never did like it much though so it's just paying me back for that. Even my PB 170 has creaky hinges these days. Makes me want to stick...

That is both comprehensive, and also very helpful. Thanks for the details, and the links too. I hadn't really understood how these hinges were failing, and would probably have taken far more care of this particular 1400 if I'd known. At the very least, it would have helped to secure it with the...

Thanks - and very helpful! I didn't even know there had been a solar panel for the 1400 - that's way cool! I've seen a 3D-printable cross member to sit behind the screen and provide new mounts for the hinge screws, and I had thought that might help before I discovered the back had actually...

I have a 1400c/166 which has had a very hard life. It actually runs really well, but was badly cracked in the usual places above the hinges on the back panel and I have left it opened on a shelf thinking this would reduce the risk of further damage while I tried to find out how best to repair...

In my case, the BlueSCSI boots perfectly and is usable when connected to the internal SCSI cable, as long as the BlueSCSI itself is dangled outside the system. Simply placing it in the HD carrier and buttoning up the casing then results in the system not seeing it. I know it's not the cable...

The whole thing about touchscreen interfaces in cars is the epitome of the way technology serves itself/design trends and not the user of it. There can be no valid explanation for creating vehicle control systems where the driver has no option but look away from the road in order to operate the...

I have a somewhat similar issue, though not the same. I have a Mac Classic which boots just fine with an 80Mb HD from a Classic II running System 7.0.1, and boots perfectly from a BlueSCSI v1 with 7.1 installed - as long as the BlueSCSI is not actually inside the Classic. When in place in the...

I wish you wouldn't, I was enjoying that!

There is no toxicity of any kind. Nor an insult, I'm just not prepared to debate 'capacitor plague' or the relative reliability of generic system designs with you (or anyone in fact) in a thread where the OP has indicated the nature of their question, and that this kind of discussion is hardly...

This isn't the right thread to debate that. It is also not my experience particularly, what do I know, I only worked in IT since 1985.

My experience of reliability of laptops vs desktops over years servicing them is that there wasn't much difference at all between them, and periods where certain makes and models of each were more likely to fail than others. Where desktops tend to fair better, however, is in repairing them...

An additional thought is that in many areas there are small 'computer repair' type places which can offer help - at a price of course. In my town (pretty small) there are three or four, two of which have been going for years and have good reputations for small repair and system recovery work...

There is a whole lot to unpick with that, but it wouldn't help the OP in this thread at all, so I'd rather leave it there.

I don't necessarily dispute that, though in the context of my thoughts overall, the later-model the system, the potentially greater degree of complexity as a solution to the OP here. It's also worth pointing out that system reliability was largely a factor of the way the market expanded rapidly...

@Webecedarian it would help to know your actual intended use. By that I mean that in the absence of any internet connection, which would rule out a lot of older systems, what you wish for this computer to be used for, and with what peripherals. The reason this is relevant is that if all you...