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LaPorta's latest activity
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LaPorta replied to the thread Two Days, Four Meetups, Too Much Macintosh Stuff.As far as shut down, there’s nothing that “keyboard power button, then return” can’t fix…working monitor or not. -
LaPorta replied to the thread technique for repairing broken plastic clips.Here’s a related question for a secret project of mine: what would one recommend to adhere steel to said plastic?
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LaPorta replied to the thread Was given six Power Mac G5s from TV station but....Kinda far from Indiana!
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LaPorta replied to the thread Was given six Power Mac G5s from TV station but....Yeah....wish I could get in on ever one of these!
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LaPorta replied to the thread Two Days, Four Meetups, Too Much Macintosh Stuff.Yes, Apple way back when would advertise the projected image size instead of the actual glass size (hence Apple’s 12 and 13” monitors)...
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LaPorta replied to the thread Locking up when trying to restart.Does, say, a system folder with 7.1 not cause the issue?
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LaPorta replied to the thread PM 5400 / 5500 Damage? Compatibility?.Flux as a term for TB? Never heard that one!
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LaPorta commented on ClassicGuyPhilly's profile post.Love the disk box…I’ve got two of those in green.
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LaPorta replied to the thread MacTwister: a MacCon/Etherport/Dayna Twisted Pair breakout board.Oh that’s ok! It at least sounded roughly like “piece of s*it” in American English, so I wanted to make sure I had it right! These...
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LaPorta replied to the thread MacTwister: a MacCon/Etherport/Dayna Twisted Pair breakout board.What is a piece of kit?
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LaPorta replied to the thread PowerBook Duo 270c Restoration.Yes, all my surface mount electrolytic cap replacements are polymers that have the original look to them. Great things that won’t leak.
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LaPorta replied to the thread Mac-to-VGA monitor adapter struggles.That’s pretty consistent with what I’ve found. You can leave it as 832x624 and use the control panel to change between that and 640x480...
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LaPorta replied to the thread MacOS 8.6 vs 9.1 vs 9.2.2.I have a NewerTech 400 MHz model, not sure how they differ. All my RAM slots are filled to >512 MB. You may be onto something with the...
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LaPorta replied to the thread Mac-to-VGA monitor adapter struggles.Man, I wish I could attend that competition!!
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LaPorta replied to the thread Mac-to-VGA monitor adapter struggles.Generally speaking, I find all such adapters work best when set to the max possible resolution. So, if the LCIII can do 1024x768 @ some...