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  1. zuctronic

    Personal LaserWriter NT PSU Capacitors

    Hi all, I thought somebody might find this helpful as I've seen a few "dead personal laserwriter" posts here. I have a couple Personal LaserWriter NT guys that are at different stages of dead. When I received them, neither one would power up. I found a new old stock replacement PSU on eBay that...
  2. zuctronic

    Newton MessagePad 100 repair

    Hi all, I've just repaired another Newton and thought to take a picture and write it up. This one was completely dead, I got it on eBay for ~$35. When I got it, I opened it up and saw that somebody else already tried to repair it but they left it pretty messy. There was electrolyte fluid all...
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    Apple mechanical caps lock Alps SKCL latch

    I have an Apple Extended Keyboard II and the caps lock key latch is broken. It's a tiny piece of plastic that slides in place when the caps lock key is depressed once and slides out of place when it is depressed again, thus latching the key in a locked position when the caps lock is enabled...
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    What is this and why isn't it conducting electricity anymore?

    I rebuilt this powerbook 1400c battery and it was working beautifully until suddenly it wasn't. I tested everything and narrowed it down to this mysterious component no longer conducting electricity... any ideas what this is, can I find a replacement? Can I just cut this out and patch with wire...
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    Macintosh Portable Power Issues

    So I recently acquired a Mac Portable. As soon as it arrived I took it apart, re-capped the motherboard and hooked it up to a replacement battery. Everything was going well, actually no issue at all last night. I was able to mount some Appletalk volumes and play some games, it seemed pretty...
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