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  1. SpectreGadget

    Things Paulie bought that he didn't really need

    Mine too. It's just a box, but something about the grooves and lines really makes it attractive to me.
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    Ultimate Mac Portable Collection

    My 5126 came with 3 batteries and the Apple recharger. I don't have an a second AC adapter, so I just switch between if needed. I have a bag with strap, but none of the original documentation. I love that HD mount for the Aztec. I keep thinking about getting one of those, but my project...
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    Macintosh Portable (backlit) video fun

    Here's my baby, all cleaned up and functional once again:
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    Macintosh Portable (backlit) video fun

    Thanks for your info & tips! That and your re-capping job.
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    Macintosh Portable (backlit) video fun

    Turns out that the pin 1+2 and pin 3 were broken, so just two wires to patch, and it now works. Just need to tidy things up to finish.
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    Macintosh Portable (backlit) video fun

    Don't like the look of the black marks. I'm thinking the crack caused a short. So it looks like pins 1+2 are combined as well as 7+8. Based on that and the thickness of the combined trace, i assume one is power and one is ground, but I haven't metered it out yet.
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    M5126 Extensions

    That memory looks similar to mine. I don't know if the dip switches are the same, but here's how I have mine set: From my post: http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=20889#p200865
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    Macintosh Portable (backlit) video fun

    I will give that a try. Anyone have a ribbon cable they'd be willing to sell? ;)
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    Macintosh Portable (backlit) video fun

    So i've continued work on my Portable (backlit), getting all the plastics cleaned up, etc. It's been booting fine, but now the it is having trouble that started with the backlight and now is causing general video problems. I've removed the ribbon cable and there appears to be a small break in...
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    PSI Cards for Macintosh Portable

    What OS do you find works best on the portables, especially with 8MB? I obviously have 6.0.8 on there at the moment, but that was primarily as a quick way to get it running under 1MB. :?:
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    PSI Cards for Macintosh Portable

    For anyone interested:
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    PSI Cards for Macintosh Portable

    Success! It is now showing 8,192K memory available. I hadn't pushed earlier because before uniserver re-capped it for me, it was acting strangely enough that I wasn't making much progress in getting a successful boot. Now it's working great. 8-)
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    PSI Cards for Macintosh Portable

    Previously I had tried a few different settings on the switches which mostly resulted in the portable either ignoring the card, or coming up with a sad mac error. I've played with it a little more now and do seem to be making some progress, so it appears to be properly for the backlit model...
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    PSI Cards for Macintosh Portable

    The PDS card has 3 switches and the daughter cards have a single switch on it:
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    PSI Cards for Macintosh Portable

    I have a Portable with backlight that uniserver kindly re-capped for me, which is working quite well. It has a PSI modem card, and a PSI card for the PDS slot that has 3 daughter cards. From the little I can find out, this is likely 8 MB expansion that requires a driver to operate, which I...
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    Caps! -- Macintosh Portable /w backlight (BL-INVERTER BOARD)

    Thanks to uniserver, my 5126 is working like a champ. But... the backlighting stopped working after powering it up for the first time with the new caps, so I suspect a similar problem. I will give a shot at replacing the two caps on the inverter and see if that fixes it up. Fry's has...
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