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After replacing a torn video ribbon cable, the eMate itself still failed to power on. I found the fuse at F1 was open. Patching it (temporarily) with a 0 Ohm resistor got it to power up without issue. Perhaps someone tried to insert a power adapter with the wrong polarity at some point. From...

Thanks for the link. ECL monochrome sounds about right. I think that might work okay with one of the PageView cards I have. If not those then I suspect this will work with the MicroMac cards I was tinkering with on another project. I'll give it a try and update with findings.

The back of this monitor has two model numbers listed: 01-MIR1503A and T1015-AT, but it seems like this would have been marketed as the PixelView 1. The ad in MacWorld for this model says it would have shipped with an interface card. What card would that have been? The manual doesn't seem to be...

Very nice find! Definitely looks like some stickers over the Radius badging. They were expensive displays so it makes sense they'd want to find a way to sell the excess inventory.

Just chiming in to share that I was able to get a Jaz drive to mount on a PowerBook G4 12" running 10.5.4 with a Castlewood Orb SCSI-USB adapter by setting the Jaz to ID 0. FWIW that adapter identifies as eUSCSI Bridge Ver 1.11 on the USB bus. This is a really nice bridge solution to get data...

In case this hasn't already been covered you can get a new cable from https://androda.work/product/emate-300-screen-flex-cable/ Make sure to add some washers under the screws to prevent future pop-out.

During a recent chat in the Tinker Different discord, someone asked for a post that acts as a Metcal buyers guide. I'll do my best to get you oriented with common models you should consider, their features, pros/cons, and tips when buying used. This won't be comprehensive and it'd be great to...

Just some post-repair notes in case it's helpful for others. I had a PowerBook 500 series AC adapter that had 16V for VBATT but ~2V for VMAIN when it should have been 16. I found the two 100uF caps noted below were way out of spec. The one next to the bulk caps was the ultimate culprit. The...

I found it on Archive.org by doing a text search :)

I'll take a shot at answering but get a second source since I'm not an expert and safety is a factor. An X capacitor is meant to be used line-to-line (i.e. between live and neutral) and is designed to fail short. If one fails, your fuse or circuit breaker would pop, preventing risk of shock. A...

I successfully updated to 1.55 but needed to modify the files @SuperSVGA posted since they had a bunch of extra blank space at the top. Once trimmed down, they worked fine. Reposting here with the adjusted files. For those new to this stuff, I used a TL866II+ programmer and minipro. minipro can...

Awesome. Thank you!

Agree the TL866ii+ is common and inexpensive. You can find them bundled with a bunch of adapters too. There weren’t many people involved in that company but I’ve been trying to track someone down to see if they might be willing to help get some info and software put out for hobbyists. Not...

@JustG would you be down to back up your ROM and attempt to update with the one I posted? It couldn’t hurt to post yours even thought it’s older.

Here's a dump of ROM 1.52 from my unit, including the discrete even/odd dumps and a merged version.

The SIMCheck series of testers can be very helpful in quickly and thoroughly testing RAM SIMMs/DIMMs, but is very expensive for even very old examples. Unfortunately the inventor of the device, David Y. Feinstein, passed away in 2019 and the company now seems to be defunct. Their website is...

FWIW, the only special gear needed for casting other than a 3D printer is the vacuum chamber, but you can get those quite cheap. I got this tiny little one for about $40 which was a good size for making a dixie cup of polyurethane for casting. A new pump for that would be about $60 but I'd guess...

Last year I did some experimenting with recreating rubber feet. I used an SLA printer to make mold positives. Then cast those into silicone negatives and cast polyurethane parts in those. The benefit is that you end up with parts that have an original look and feel. But it's a lot of work and...

This sounds a little different from your issues, but maybe worth checking D12 just in case. https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/metcal-mx-5000-repaired-for-not-heating-up/msg1343323/#msg1343323 Also this thread mentions there's a hidden factory reset you could try. Sounds like you need to hold...

Since I don't think this is documented on the site yet, here's the list of caps for both the logic and power supply boards on the StyleWriter 2400 printer. In my case they were all fine, so I ended up not replacing anything, but good to have the reference if something fails in the future. All...