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    alectrona2988 commented on alectrona2988's profile post.
    thanks for the input you guys. yeah, it isn't exactly the same as having the original screen but when parts are scarce and if your...
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    alectrona2988 updated their status.
    i know this could be a very divisive subject among a lot of vintage laptop enthusiasts as it takes away a good amount of the charm from...
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    alectrona2988 reacted to croissantking's status with Wow Wow.
    I bought another PowerBook 540c.
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    alectrona2988 commented on alectrona2988's profile post.
    yeah, a few people said that the 6400 was better for upgrades. i still can't wait for it to get here, ive lowkey wanted one since i was...
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    alectrona2988 commented on alectrona2988's profile post.
    can you use SATA on an old world mac?! somewhere i have an sil3112 flashed for a powermac G4
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    oh yeah i'm shocked it happened, not something that would ever happen again. i wish that particular machine was in better condition, though.
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    alectrona2988 replied to the thread IIsi fault ....
    the macintosh IIsi was a cheaper, low cost alternative to the IIci... so its a bit haphazard in terms of internal design. it's an okay...
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    no seriously, it happened... several years ago a strip mall that had an electronics store caught fire and when they started tearing it...
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    *screams in jealousy, especially with the mac IIs* i actually did find a centris 650 in the ruins of a burnt down electronics store but...
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    alectrona2988 updated their status.
    got a powermac 6400 off of ebay, can't wait for it to arrive. also getting a radeon 7000 to flash to a mac ROM and will transfer my g3...
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    alectrona2988 replied to the thread SE/30 Battery Bomb Advice.
    you can order the boards with the bottom side passives from JLCPCB with the pick and place files, though you might need to flip the 3...
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    alectrona2988 updated their status.
    i have a couple of pre-balled 1GHz 7455A chips and i'm thinking i want to get a 2002 eMac and a spare board, and swap one in. also i...
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    +500mhz CPU clock boost, totally worth it /j jokes aside those are nice replacements. while i prefer tantalums i do use electrolytics or...
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    alectrona2988 replied to the thread IIsi Randomly Dying.
    make sure you've put the right caps in the right spots, sometimes substituting other values can cause problems. and yeah i'd check the...
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    alectrona2988 commented on alectrona2988's profile post.
    i already have a lot of SCA disks around from when my high school tech teacher was getting rid of them and i'd like to put them to good...
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