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    Powerbook G4 12" - Boot OS9?

    Just search macos9lives, you'll find it. I didn't bookmark it or document what I was doing at the time, sorry
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    Powerbook G4 12" - Boot OS9?

    I got really bored in the Covid lockdown and got it working after a few hours on macos9lives.com Mainly open firmware commands. Main annoyance was no sounds unless you plug in headphones but also no sleep They do make a wonderful macos 9 machine!
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    Should I get AppleVision 750av Display?

    When I arrived at University in 1995 (Bristol, UK) with my trusty PowerBook 100, there was a guy 3 doors down in the hall of residence, US student, whose dad was the president of the world bank. He rocked up with a brand new PowerMac 8600/250 with this display (or it may have been the earlier...
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    PB 5xx original AC adapter re-cap & modern replacement

    Thanks VMUCH as it were :-)
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    5300c revival

    Oh yes I remember that project now. Super cool
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    5300c revival

    Is it me, or is your 540c black rather than "powerbook grey". Looks really cool
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    5300c revival

    How is the screen quality?
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    Duo 270c mechanical keyboard mod

    Came across this on Reddit and thought it was worth sharing here. It may be one of the coolest hardware mods I've ever seen! The guy says he will share schematics and 3d printing files in due course... I would love one! The keyboard on the Duo is so bad
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    PB 5xx original AC adapter re-cap & modern replacement

    My 540c power adapter just died :-( So I need to build one of these. Question: does this solution - using a 16v adapter from a PC laptop with the orange and red (VMAIN and VBATT) wired to positive - allow the battery to charge when the laptop is sleeping or off, as the OEM one would do?
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    Near Mint Macintosh PowerBook 180!

    So what was the new machine that you really wanted? Must be something special to part with a mint 180
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    A trash can.... Mac :)

    Would these make a decent gaming rig via Bootcamp or no?
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    A trash can.... Mac :)

    I agree
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    A trash can.... Mac :)

    I just find it so irritating that Apple hobble their machines with this inability to upgrade / expand. It must be purely a commercial thing but it goes against every engineering and sustainability principle. One wonders how rich the company feels it needs to be before they can do the right thing
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    A trash can.... Mac :)

    You mean the 2019-onwards cheese grater tower format, rather than the trash can?
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