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twelvetone12
No! But I will remove them when I recap the screen.
3lectr1cPPC
3lectr1cPPC
Ah, LCD hasn’t been done yet. I was wondering why it had more banding than my recapped one.
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twelvetone12
Did you ever try to open one if the hard drives from these machines? The drive that came with this one spins but does not seek, so I wonder if a delicate nudge on the head assembly would help... it is dead anyways...
3lectr1cPPC
3lectr1cPPC
There’s a rubber bumper in those that turns sticky and gets the heads stuck. Open it up, tape over the bumper, and if there’s nothing else wrong it will start working.
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joshc
Nice looking example.
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cheesestraws
very nice!
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twelvetone12
It is indeed in great condition! The screen is perfect. I bought it because I wanted the power brick, floppy and battery for my other system and it was cheaper this way. Well I guess PB100 are like cats and now I have to keep it... ;)
LaPorta
LaPorta
The more we can save, the better for the future.
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twelvetone12
Update guys: it died :LOL: The screen is blank, I think it is one of the caps in the buck converter that I changed. I will need a new round of love :)
LaPorta
LaPorta
Doh!
3lectr1cPPC
3lectr1cPPC
Have you recapped the screen now?
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twelvetone12
Nope I'm missing a cap which is stuck in the mail! But I think the problem is in the bias circuit, the screen goes on for a moment then fades away.
3lectr1cPPC
3lectr1cPPC
which cap is it?
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twelvetone12
Suspects are C21, the 47uF smd, or C20, the 10uF smd, I'm going to grab the machine and see :)
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twelvetone12
Nada that would have been to easy :D Project for a next day when I get the missing cap.
BUT I resurrected the hard disk! I'm genuinely amazed. I just.. started seeking and worked. I managed to boot from it and copy everything out!
LaPorta
LaPorta
Don’t you feel like an archeologist? Get all the loot before it crumbles to dust?
3lectr1cPPC
3lectr1cPPC
3lectr1c returns to his basement for the first time in 50 years. He walks over to where his PowerBook 150 once sat. A pile of components is strewn over the desk, surrounded by a large pile of light gray dust.
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twelvetone12
LOL IRL I'm actually sorta of an archeologist, I'm a historian (and for fun a computer scientist, or vice-versa) and I spent lots of time tracking down and transcribing manuscripts from the seventeenth century. Saving the hard drive gave me the same sense of satisfaction! (but on the HD there was nothing interesting, just some personal documents, but still...!)
3lectr1cPPC
3lectr1cPPC
Disappointing. Last time I fixed a Conner hard drive, it was full of records from a therapist (or maybe it was a psychologist?)

That got wiped quick.
LaPorta
LaPorta
I’m sneaky: I disk image those things :p
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