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Coolest 68k Powerbooks to own?
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Having taken the leap from desktop (compacts as well the various II series and quadras), the laptops are in no way like the desktops in...
Wednesday at 6:16 AM
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GCC HyperDrive HELP
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I don’t have any info to share as I don’t own the hyperdrive but asking out of pure curiosity, did the rom image allow you to restore...
Wednesday at 5:59 AM
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Quadra 700 PSU Removal problem
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There is a latch under the closest corner in that picture. It’s built into the plastic floppy/hard drive bracket. It’s on the half...
Monday at 6:21 AM
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PowerBook 500 Series Battery Rebuild Failure (Oops, all dead EMMs!)
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Nice!!!
May 10, 2024
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PowerBook 500 Series Battery Rebuild Failure (Oops, all dead EMMs!)
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I've just been using a sharp x-acto knife and just cutting along the seems over and over again until it starts spreading. That way...
May 10, 2024
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PowerBook 500 Series Battery Rebuild Failure (Oops, all dead EMMs!)
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My EMM chip had a short on one of the pins (confirmed with chip removed) so something definitely seemed wrong with it. It did not have...
May 7, 2024
jmacz
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PowerBook 500 Series Battery Rebuild Failure (Oops, all dead EMMs!)
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Congrats!! I was only 2 for 3 on mine.. the one that failed has a bad Apple EMM chip. It's pretty awesome having these working batteries...
May 7, 2024
jmacz
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PowerBook 500 Series Battery Rebuild Failure (Oops, all dead EMMs!)
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Hmm, interesting. Does look simpler/more crude. My two programmers don't look like they support that chip. Would be great if it can be...
May 6, 2024
jmacz
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PowerBook 500 Series Battery Rebuild Failure (Oops, all dead EMMs!)
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Just curious, which transistor went bad for you? I had an issue with the one pointed at by the blue arrow on one of my batteries and...
May 6, 2024
jmacz
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PowerBook 500 Series Battery Rebuild Failure (Oops, all dead EMMs!)
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Nice, progress! How did you get it to detect? What was wrong? For the uncorrectable errors, some folks said you need to keep trying a...
May 6, 2024
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jmacz journey
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It has two mini din 8 ports but they are full 8 pin and I thought those were for serial connections. It doesn't have the usual ADB mini...
May 6, 2024
jmacz
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PowerBook 500 Series Battery Rebuild Failure (Oops, all dead EMMs!)
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Also no corrosion on the internal spring loaded contacts? Oh and was the one SMD cap on the main board near the spring loaded contacts...
May 4, 2024
jmacz
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PowerBook 500 Series Battery Rebuild Failure (Oops, all dead EMMs!)
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Hmm, so ruling out some obvious ones: All four ribbon wires are connected? The EMM board takes two grounds, one vcc, and the two inner...
May 4, 2024
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jmacz journey
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A few more items... Thanks to a tip from @History_SE30_Dude, picked up two SCSI drives off Craigslist primarily for the enclosures...
May 4, 2024
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jmacz journey
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Sending one working and one failed Spectrum 24/III accelerator boards to @Bolle for reverse engineering. Hopefully he'll be able to get...
May 4, 2024
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