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David Cook
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I broke and fixed Macintosh Portable (backlight). Attached backlight circuit schematic that I reverse engineered
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Here are the IDs (see U13H): Backlit portable: $A5 10100101 Upgraded original portable: $A3 10100011 PowerBook 100: $AD 10101101
Jun 11, 2026
David Cook
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I broke and fixed Macintosh Portable (backlight). Attached backlight circuit schematic that I reverse engineered
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They're outputs, so they could just be floating. Thanks for letting me know. If I get a chance, I'll also take a look. It wouldn't...
Jun 11, 2026
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AppleTree
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I broke and fixed Macintosh Portable (backlight). Attached backlight circuit schematic that I reverse engineered
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I wasn't sure where 74AC374's O0 to O4 (5 unused bits you referred to) were connected to. Traces from those pins went under 74AC374 and...
Jun 11, 2026
David Cook
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I broke and fixed Macintosh Portable (backlight). Attached backlight circuit schematic that I reverse engineered
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I had no idea that the "backlight id" and "backlight brightness register" were implemented in such a rudimentary manner. There are 5...
Jun 11, 2026
David Cook
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I broke and fixed Macintosh Portable (backlight). Attached backlight circuit schematic that I reverse engineered
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Incredible write up! It explains so much. Based on your schematic, the digital potentiometer chip (U14G) is actually being used as a...
Jun 11, 2026
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AppleTree
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I broke and fixed Macintosh Portable (backlight). Attached backlight circuit schematic that I reverse engineered
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Thank you for the warm welcome. I enjoy watching your videos. In fact, your video on the Portable backlight model taught me how to...
Jun 11, 2026
Trash80toG4
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Radius Full Page Display for Macintosh 512ke/Plus - Cloning project possibilities?
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Jun 11, 2026
PentaxEnthusiast
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TRS-80 Model III Monitor Help
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About two years ago, I grabbed a second TRS-80 Model III, but this one has 48K and both of the 5.25" drives, so a lot more feature rich...
Jun 11, 2026
PentaxEnthusiast
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What did you do to your computer today?
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I'm looking for some fun math games to put on the G3 for my son to play that hopefully captures his interest better than GCompris...
Jun 11, 2026
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