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    Clamshell Keyboard

    Disassemble the keyboard if possible without damage. Separate the rubber membrane from the back PCB. Use cotton swabs & Isopropyl alcohol to clean the conductive traces and membrane.
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    Macintosh PowerBook 145/160/170 battery replacement

    I don't think there is any room left for a ten cell AA holder. If you manage to stuff one inside, you hands down win my "Swole Brain of the Year" award. Ni-Cd and Ni-Mh are interchangable; charging circuits designed for Ni-Cd should handle Ni-Mh perfectly fine. Although, my pack seems to get a...
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    25,000mAh PowerBook 1xx battery

    I posted my build on the main battery replacement thread → https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/macintosh-powerbook-145-160-170-battery-replacement.1417/post-529595
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    Macintosh PowerBook 145/160/170 battery replacement

    Finished testing my PowerBook 1xx battery build today. Capacity is around 5000mAh with ten AA Ni-Mh cells, a full discharge takes approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes. The aftermarket battery I'd gotten was too dangerous to open. So instead I got a new shell 3D printed. I started with an...
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    NTSC Monitor

    These are the officially supported monitors. Nothing points to interlaced output, though.
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    NTSC Monitor

    Okay, but what about the PowerBook 180?
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    NTSC Monitor

    Would this trick work on the LC?
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    [ATTACH] From the PowerBook 160/180 developer note. It looks like you can send and receive...

    From the PowerBook 160/180 developer note. It looks like you can send and receive analog audio on the line if you have an SPI modem. So you can probably use it as a phone
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    NTSC Monitor

    I noticed the Macintosh seems to have provisions for NTSC/PAL composite output, according to the monitor sense codes documentation. Has anyone successfully coaxed a composite signal out of the Mac video port?
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    At least this isn't the infamous "Incandescent-lightbulb-inside-the-Xerox-Alto-monitor-PSU".

    At least this isn't the infamous "Incandescent-lightbulb-inside-the-Xerox-Alto-monitor-PSU".
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    New LC owner questions: display, PSU

    The LC should be able to do 256 colors by the way. check your DIP switches again. set for a VGA monitor, if you haven't already.
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    Tutorial: Using WebOne to access HTTPS sites on a 68k Mac

    Yes. it's somewhere in security settings I think.
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    Not to be a dick but... what's up with that Sanrio lookin' penguin?

    Not to be a dick but... what's up with that Sanrio lookin' penguin?
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    Picked this up today $150cdn

    "60 year old computer" doesn't add up... excellent find though.
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    What about the PowerBook 180?

    What about the PowerBook 180?
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