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I used to hold down the reset and interrupt buttons (left side of the machine) at the same time for a few seconds then press a keyboard button (spacebar) to get the machine to power up. I thought the Portables were never in a truly "powered off" state so that it can listen to the keyboard?

Papichulo, thank you for the reply; I think you're right about using baking soda and alcohol. I did some more digging and found a post about a 180c having a similar issue: https://classicmacs.org/2010/06/powerbook-180c-acquired/ I picked up some (3%) hydrogen peroxide to try on the case and...

Hi, I noticed I couldn't take out the battery in my 540c, so I took apart the case and found that the main battery had leaked pretty badly in the bay. I'm wondering if there is a way to clean up the corrosion and and stuff. Searching around I found articles and tutorials for alkaline batteries...

I'm working on refurbishing an SE Superdrive for my friend, but came across what I worry might be some corrosion at the base of the power supply. This is in the left front of the machine just behind the contrast knob (which is visible in the picture) Link to full sized...

Oh neat, I just recapped my Classic II last week (it was my first attempt to recap a motherboard). I bought enough capacitors to recap either type of Classic II boards from www.mouser.com (as I didn't have the computer open at the time of buying the capacitors). It was $11.25 including...

Ah nice. I'm not opposed to putting it in the dishwasher (if I had one), just wanted to make sure I wasn't worsening any corrosion :) But sounds like corrosion will not be an issue if it has worked so often in the past for you. Thanks!

thanks for the tip! I will give that a try

Hi all, I am finally working to recap/restore my Classic II that has been out of commission for the last 8 years, using it as practice to refurbish the rest of my collection. The Classic II had weak sound and stopped booting a number of years ago but I have some newbie questions for the...

Just curious, when you check the DHCP settings, do you have a browser open (or something else making a request)? In my experience, OpenTransport (by default) only activates TCP/IP when an application makes a request.

Wow that is quite a find! Congrats!  :)

A lot of great suggestions so far, a few more could be: Terminal Velocity Damage Inc Prime Target X-Wing Tie Fighter Lode Runner Escape Velocity If you don't already, grab a copy of SpeedDoubler 8 as well. In my personal experience, CD-Rs work fine on the older computers but CD-RWs do...

Hm.. I assume you are using Open Transport instead of Classic Networking? You'll see a Control Panel for TCP/IP if you are using Open Transport. It might be useful to make sure you are running the latest Open Transport, which is 1.3 if I recall. System 7 Today should have the...

I finally got around to swapping out the card from my 5300 into my 190. Unfortunately, I got the same result as you.  :(  My card has a note "FOR 53XX"1 so I guess that the 190's card would say something like "FOR 19X". I incorrectly assumed that the MV16EN was a universal card, because the...

I thought that the mv16-en was compatible across the 5300 and 190, though not sure about the 8-bit video card or the video card sans ethernet.  I have a 5300c +mv16-en card, I'll try the card in my 190 when I get a chance and post about the results. Could the HD not spinning up be a result of...

Is it a partitioned Mac OS Standard and Extended CF card? I think I ran into that recently, I think re-blessing the System on the Mac OS Standard partition fixed it. Is it possible that the System was intended for a different computer and might not a 'universal' install for any computer?