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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...

Note: This resource has been mirrored here from a page on my website. I'll try to keep this page up to date, but if I forget, the most up to date version will be the one on my website. Link: https://macdat.net/macintosh/powerbook/general/powerbooklcdindex.html PowerBook LCD Part Number/Info...

Hi All, I recently scored a wonderful PB Ti 1 GHz, top specs (1 GHz, Radeon 64), complete with everything, down to the plastic wraps. I am glad I could reacquaint with this ultra-cool machine, as it reminds me of when I was (well… twenty years) younger and I used to own a wonderful 667 DVI...

So as the title suggests it’s my first time with a PPC computer. Now I’ve had a iBook before but I later sold it and got a MacBook. But that’s not why we are here I currently have the latest version of Firefox which is enough for me but some website seem to not like it and refuse it’s...

Well mad science continues... I've ordered a Mainstreet CPU card and plan on making a 604e card because I am insane. There's two BGA memory footprints on the card which I'm assuming hook up to the MPC106EC controller (with an L2 cache controller on it), so I will be trying to upgrade cache on...

Introduction All PowerBook models released up to and including the PowerBook G3 (Bronze keyboard) include an external SCSI port except the PowerBook Duo 200 series. The PowerBook Duo must be connected to a dock of some kind to have a physical SCSI port (SCSI Disk Mode is only supported with the...

Hello! I am looking to see if anyone knows the PLL config for the iBook G3 (Clamshell or Snow), and PowerBook G3 Wallstreet, PDQ, Lombard, and Pismo, iBook G4, PowerBook G4 (TiBook or Al)? I'm looking for this information, and if anyone could point me the right way that would be great.

I have a pristine powerbook 100 but the screen is dead. I found two sites that offer the part Do you have any references of this sites? https://www.elecok.com/lm64p791-sharp-10-4-lcd.html http://www.displaysscreen.com/original-lm64p791-sharp-screen-104-640480-lm64p791-display-p-4723.html...

The PowerBook 5300c has three circuit boards with electrolytic capacitors. The locations and specs may vary in other models such as the 5300ce and 5300cs. Location(s) Capacitance Voltage Pads (edge to edge) SMD Size Recommendation Notes INVERTER BOARD C3 10uF 50V 9.5mm C (6mm L)...

I have two PowerBook 5300 / 5300cs series machines and sadly they are both not in the best shape. While trying to fix them up I removed the LCD screen and took note of the capacitors to make this guide. The PowerBook 5300 series shpped with a few different LCD panels, but even similar models may...