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Added this nice PowerBook 3400c to my collection

I will have to send it to get it recapped since it's only making a popping noise and yes I did remove the PRAM battery out of it

I will also need to get a replacement front bezel for it since it's cracked

Waiting on capacitors. And flux. And desoldering braid...

Always working on something, or multiple somethings.

I love these machines though the plastics can make you want to rip your hair out!

I want to 3D print a replacements for a few machines... Its a process...

Working on a Mac LCII at the moment, will be in the process of checking connections on the board soon...

Got a beautiful Power Macintosh G3 Blue and White for a good deal on eBay!

Me: "Hi, can you make sure to ship with enough immobilizing/buffering packing material so that the vintage Mac arrives in the condition pictured. It's my understanding that the corners are pretty fragile and need lots of bubble wrap. Thanks in advance!"

Seller: "No problem."

Narrator: "It would definitely be a problem."

Heres a setup guide, notes on scaling and positioning and my LCD mounting bracket. Let me know if you need anything else I have a TON of notes but mostly partaining to my specific setup.

I’ll go through my notes and get you the config stuff and a zip with the files.

Hey it’s tavis with the micro Mac project. Let me know what you need and I’ll get them together. There’s an lcd mounting bracket and then I have some other various mounts I made for my other boards and speaker and stuff.

Excited to be part of this forum community!

Newbie. Here I am!

Long time, no post and a Happy New Year to all!
Greetings from my slightly cranky PowerBook 180 the typical exploding hinges included!
Thank goodness for 3D printers!

have the 7100 cache......in US though

Getting back into a hobby I absolutely loved and regretfully stepped away from. A Mac owner since 1989.

Since 1974 Foto Amateur. First Cam: Edixa single Lens reflex 50mm 50-200mm; 1980 Minolta XD7 28mm 50mm Tokina 35-200mm; Scanned 6000 slides and Negatives with Reflect didgitDia 5000 and Nikon Coolscan V ED LS50. Since 2005 Nikon N5100, N5300, and compact cameras. Since 2023 Sony 6400 and Google Pixle 7 Pro, replacing the compact cameras. Now using Kodak Reels to scan family 8mm films from 60-80s.

I've got you on this....I have 3 Powerbook 180c; multiple years ago entered rabbit hole


Powerbook 180c 1 boots OK but the screen has a line right through the middle of it so the LCD caps have probably dissolved something or at lear need replacement

Powerbook 180c 2 is in pieces but worked except for a torn video cable, now destroyed LCD power board in an effort to to repair...I guess in short working logic board, power board, case bristle with hinges repaired JB Weld

Powerbook 3 worked OK the last time I fired up but needs screen caps need replaced

Shipping wise I guess the one in pieces particularly if you know the piece

Once upon a time, I installed a beta version of Windows 3.1 in DosBox, then moved this install to a real NEC V20 machine, and it worked and ran the game Chips Challenge. An 8088 can not run the game because it demands real mode or standard mode, but I saw the game run. I took the instance for granted and tried other versions of 3.1 beta that support Real Mode, and I have never been able to reproduce it ever again. This situation haunts me to this day, to the point where every few months I'll start installing versions of 3.0 and 3.1 Beta, moving .DLLs around, experimenting to see how I did it, because I can't reproduce it. How did I get Chips Challenge to run on an 8088 machine? This is the closest thing to seeing a ghost the has happened in my life. Granted, I've mashed 3.0a and 3.1 beta files to get a very slick looking 3.0a on an 8088, but I have never been able to get the ghost to come back.

Bought a Radeon 7000 PCI graphics card for my Macintosh Server G3 Blue and White

I will have to get some replacement case parts and bottom handles for it

Next batch of Rocket SCSI Booster PCB's are here!
The should be assembled and ready in a few weeks, if your interested please keep a eye on the FS thread

Here's a Macintosh Server G3 Blue and White that I bought on eBay for a future restoration project

I need to get some case parts and a graphics card for it alongside with the proper IDE hard drive cable