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  3lectr1cPPC

• Mar 19, 2025

New website update with the updated Macintosh Portal is out now! I also put up some new PowerBook Duo-related cap reference, and some more PowerBook developer notes and other stuff.

Home - MacDat

Hardware reference information on vintage macs, PC laptops, capacitor reference, and more!

www.macdat.net

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Mar 3, 2025

And here's a much-needed new Macintosh Portal homepage! I really like how this one turned out.

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Feb 28, 2025

I've been cooking up a new fancier homepage for MacDat... what do y'all think?

Not fully finalized, but close. The rest of the site's styling is staying the same.

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Oct 12, 2024

Oh - and I just added even more capacitor reference to MacDat! Most of it is PowerBook stuff. I'm also going through each page and updating the formatting - there's still a mix of new and old right now.
Enjoy

Capacitor Reference Library - MacDat

The web's largest Macintosh Capacitor Reference resource.

macdat.net

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Oct 12, 2024

Saved and restored another PowerBook

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Sep 16, 2024

I just put some new capacitor reference and macintosh schematics up on my website: https://macdat.net/repair_portal.html

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  3lectr1cPPC

• May 23, 2024

MacDat has just been updated - Repair Portal is live!
Capacitor reference, service source, knowledge base - all still there, just under the repair portal now. Much better organized. And of course, the schematic archive is also now up

Repair Portal - MacDat

macdat.net

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  3lectr1cPPC

• May 16, 2024

Coming soon part 2 - a better organized place for all this repair documentation I've been gathering.
I'm shuffling some things around - don't worry, all previous links will be redirected to their new locations.

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  3lectr1cPPC

• May 14, 2024

Coming soon to macdat.net - all the available Macintosh schematics in one place!
(photo is WIP, I'm aware some blanks right now are available)

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Apr 30, 2024

and we're back!

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Mar 29, 2024

1997 attempt to convert Mac users to the dark side

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Feb 8, 2024

@k24a1 - I'll add the reference info to my website if you'd like:

Cap Reference - MacDat

macdat.net

Also - you may wish to change your forum settings so people can reply to your profile posts. @Phipli can post his tutorial I'm sure.

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Jan 1, 2024

Happy new year everyone!

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Dec 25, 2023

Merry Christmas everyone!

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Dec 18, 2023

And all happy again. Now booting off an 8GB SD card!

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Dec 17, 2023

PowerBook 5300s and bus errors, has there ever been a better pairing?

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Oct 11, 2023

Just went to burn a CD meant to read in old disc drives and accidentally started at max burn speed...

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Sep 21, 2023

My TiBook just managed last night to pull a 2 hour uptime out of it's previously near dead battery. Oh, and the BMS glitched and set the capacity to near the 16-bit integer limit...

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Sep 6, 2023

Does anyone know the model number of the Portable M5126 LCD? I swear someone posted it somewhere but I can't find it. Part of me thinks it remembers it being the same as the M5120, just with a backlight attached. Not sure though.

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  3lectr1cPPC

• Aug 16, 2023

I will await the results of said experiment with interest.