I was thinking that too.. actually I’m thinking if you took a 190 and replaced its screen with an active one from a 5300 (maybe even a CE?) and gave it a full 68040 you’d pretty much have the best portable 68k machine!
Not a Lisa, but I did get a nice wee surprise today. Bought a rough looking Se and SE/30 a couple of weeks ago. I wasn’t entirely sure if they worked or not, or if it was even an SE/30 as the bucket seemed to be that of a SE. Well got them unpacked today and wow they’re dirty.. but...
Well I already have a cube.. 😅
Mac TV is a difficult one.. it was a miracle being able to get the LC 520.. I expect any Mac TV would become a surprise jigsaw puzzle in shipping.
Maybe I could paint my 520? 😂
Yeah I’m not gonna paint it.. it’s a pretty unique machine.. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 550 with a grey case. Certainly haven’t seen one pictured anywhere I searched for it. Besides hopefully soon I’ll have a retail 550c in black and with PCMCIA cage!
I’ve actually spent today...
Thanks for all the input from everyone above…
Good news.. it’s now working!
Kinda. It still occasionally glitches. I think it’s also partially due to the ribbon cable that goes from the board under the Apple logo to the LCD itself.
But at least I know it’s worth trying to save! And the...
Not sure, I’ve not yet had a look at a 550c teardown to compare the parts. Would be interesting to see if anyone has a good link for one as I’m too exhausted right now. It’s been a long day!
Controller board:
A quick search for the part numbers SHARP LQ045 and SHARP X1340KA doesn’t come up with anything.
I’m debating next steps. Ideally I want to try and get the screen working, and it’d seem the next logical step is to recap the screen itself, but.. is it sacrilegious to...