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    PowerBook 150 totally dead

    I dug up my PB150, but it completely refuses to boot. The battery died so long ago it's not funny, but I have the big brick ac adapter. I've hit the switch on the back (reset?), tried it with the battery in and out, and let it sit for a while. Nothing. Is it just a paperweight now? :'(
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    Rebuilding a 2100 battery pack - can an idiot do it?

    The idiot being me, of course :p I have a 2100 sitting around, and the battery is just about toast. I'd like to get my hands on the AA battery tray, but Newton bits & pieces are very hard to come by in Japan now. Is it possible to rebuild the battery pack? How? How hard is it?
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    Core Solo Mac Mini - Ubuntu install ... how?

    I've had a core solo Mini sitting around for a while, it's split between OS X & XP. I'd like to erase the OS X part and put Ubuntu on it instead. Is this possible? I've Googled instructions but they look a little daunting (yes, I have Linux experience.) Is it as difficult as it seems?
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    12" PB, optical drive dead, flashing ?, FW mode not working

    My 12" PB is on the fritz again. The optical drive died a while back and I was able to use FWTDM to reinstall, etc, etc. I just got the flashing ? again now, but I can't reinstall because FWTDM is not working. When I restart holding down T all I get is a blank screen. How can I get around this...
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    What's the old intro to the mouse program ...

    ... where you follow the woman diver underwater? Anyone know the name and where I can find a copy? Tomorrow's going to be another rainy day and I thought I'd take a little trip down memory lane if possible :b&w: :b&w:
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    stupid logic board failure

    So my G3 800 iBook's logic board bought the farm the other day. This is the second one it's had, too. Of course Apple's repair program has long ended, so now I have a scratched, white paper weight [:(!] !]'> I was quoted $420 to have the stupid thing repaired [:(!] !]'> I pulled the...
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    Cooool, Apple II light pen

    Some on Yahoo! Japan Auctions is selling an Apple II light pen. Dunno if it works, but the guys is selling it "as is". http://page18.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w21265015 Wish I had an Apple II ... :-/
  8. Pinstripes

    eMate battery dead-ish - how do I make a new one?

    My eMate's battery doesn't really hold a charge anymore. I've heard of people using regular AAs instead ... how does one go about doing that?
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    Mein B&W ist kaput

    I breaked my B&W last nite ::) I have Tiger Server installed on it which runs totally fine. I wanted to run OS 9 on it so I copied over the OS 9 System Folder and Applications folder from my G5 and restarted (in hindsight, prolly' not the smartest thing to do.) Now all I get is a gray...
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    Classic II died last nite ... this sucks :(

    I went to start up my Classic II last nite and it came up with a checkerboard pattern on the screen. A bit of Googling and it looks as though it's a hardware problem, which means I'm screwed > :( Even if I could even find some long torq screw drivers, a set would probably cost me $40 over...
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    Squeaking Classic II

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-Idzb5kL5E&locale=en_US&persist_locale=1 This poor fellow's Classic II squeaks! Any ideas on what it could be? He's asking for help ... :?:
  12. Pinstripes

    Two PB190s

    Got a call from work asking if I wanted some PowerBook 190s. They came with AC adapters (one's dead.) One 190 works fine, the other has a dead display? Nothing shows up, but it chimes and disk seems to work fine. They gave me one a year ago so that makes three [:)] ]'> What to do with them?
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    Returning an overclocked B&W G3 to normal

    I've got an overclocked B&W G3 I was given a while back. I use it as a server, but since it's on almost 24/7 my electricity bill has gone up. I'd like to return it to the stock 300Mhz (it's at 400Mhz now.) There are overclocking instructions here: http://lowendmac.com/macdan/02/0710ek.html...
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    G5 RAM upgrade - now b0rked

    I was just trying to install some new RAM and now I've completely b0rked everything up. I have a G5 1.6ghz that originally had 768 ram: 2 128 sticks and 2 256 sticks. I bought 2 1gig sticks of 333 MHz PC2700 DDR SDRAM and put them in. When I try to boot I get no chime and the power light just...
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    Using infrared in OS X

    I'm on my TiBook right now, OS X 10.4.9. How do I got about using the IRdA port on the back? I'd like to see if I can beam things back and forth my Zaurus for example :?:
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