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I am on a quest to find a sub $100 Aluminum 17" PowerBook G4. In 2004 I would visit the only Apple store here in Boise, ID known as MacLife. It was a very small building in a strip mall but seeing new Mac computers was amazing and getting to try them out was mind blowing. I remember drooling...

So with all of the work I have done with my Portable this year I have been back and forth from the local batteries Plus to get cells at least twice, but more times for other projects. I have found and researched a few different types of lead acid cells and/or cell packs that will work with the...

I'm trying to locate some drive diagnostic software that is good for use on OS 10.5 being run on my G5. I have some SATA drives from work that I need to run some tests on, primarily bad sector tests. The software then needs to be able to mark those sectors as unusable so that the drives can...

I have a classic here that gives me a checkerboard screen after power on when the memory expansion card is installed, with or without Simms installed. The jumper is even set approprietly. The memory board doesn't seem to be the issue either, I tested it in another classic. I did recap the...

I have two 400k drives from Mac 128k shells. I want to verify their operation. I cleaned them up and lubricated them, the mechanics of them work just fine, but I want to see if they work at all. Is it possible to use a 400k drive on a Plus? My Plus has an 800k drive in it, I just want to see if...

Today I went to the electronics recycler to pick up some tantalum caps to do the Classic's logic board. The guys there know me as "the Mac guy", and pointed out a non yellowed Platnium Plus, working, with a yellowed mouse and no keyboard for $30.00. I had to resist the urge to get it, as much as...

Looking at pin outs, the connectors have nearly identical outputs with the exception of a speaker wire, and they are mapped out on the connector differently. Would it be at all possible to re-arrange the wires on the Classic's connector to power an SE board?

How possible is it to use a 2.5" SCSI drive from a PowerBook with the Portable?  I have an adapter cable all wired up, the only thing I haven't figured out yet is pin 24 on the 2.5" drive which is termination power. It's been to long since I last did anything custom, or at all, with SCSI and I...

I managed to get an as-is PowerBook 140 for $35 shipped, seller reported it dead, but with my 3a PowerBook adapter it does power on and boot from the hard drive. The only issue it has is a very dark screen that brightness and contrast adjustment does not affect much. The lights are good, and...

This would be my second PowerBook Duo 230, which I obtained from eBay for a mere $15, sold as-is for parts, as the previous owner could not get it to power on. My guess is they did not have a working power supply for it. I originally purchased this with the intent to replace the painted case of...

I managed to finally get myself an Apple //e, but it is missing three of the four feet. I did some googling and found some references to a Radio Shack item, but the website comes up with nothing, even using the mentioned part number. Home Depot carries clear vinyl feet similar to the factory...

So I pulled out the Duo 230 today to test it's operation, and it chimes, screen comes on, then the speaker starts squealing and it shuts down with the smell of burned electronics. This started happening around the time the hard drive would spin up. I removed the logic board and connected...

I may be picking one up locally for $50, no drives just the system and power cord. If I go through with it would I be getting ripped off? I do have the drive for my IIc+, if it might work with it.... Waiting to hear back from the seller.

I found a "Mac SE" at a local electronics recycling shop which seems to have been a project of someones. There was a home made expansion card in the PDS slot and appears to have been powered by the analog board for power. However, the analog board was not an SE board, it's a Mac 128k/512k/Plus...