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    Project: Modern Macintosh Plus mini conversion + paint job

    Hi everyone! I was able to recently finish a Macintosh 512k / Plus conversion to a modern Mac by fitting a 2018 Mac mini inside. Really the main secret is that a modern Mac mini will fit into a Plus rear housing just fine if the Mac mini is placed upside-down into the Mac Plus rear housing. The...
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    Black screen on Macintosh plus

    Thanks - hmmm - would it be safe to power on the other known good analog board on a table, and hookup only the flyback to the CRT from the known good table analog board to the Mac Plus running off the internal analog board, to test the flyback?
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    Black screen on Macintosh plus

    Thanks - a bad flyback would stink. It's not buzzing or showing any arcing in the dark, epoxy seems good model C. Any way to test it?
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    Black screen on Macintosh plus

    Hi Everyone! Thank you in advance. I have a fully recapped analog board for my Plus that went to a black screen after 30 minutes of use. I followed JDW's guide here: (His process recaps literally everything) My Plus worked great for about 30 minutes after recapping the analog board. After 30...
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    PowerBook 170 Dark Corners

    I have recently ruined two decent PowerBook 180 screens that had minimal dark edges, trying to reseal. I used Imperial Vacuum Sealent because it was much cheaper than vacseal. However both screens now still work but are completely distorted with black boxes, lines, and blurriness. Whats funny...
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