just.in.time
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As the title states, I'm thinking of upgrading a Macintosh Plus with the internals of a PowerBook 540.
This would include the display, power supply, logic board, hard drive, and floppy disk drive, sleep light, and brightness/contrast controls.
The PowerBook 540's hinges are on their way out and the plastics are in mediocre condition. It's power supply smells like fish, definitely needs a recap there.
The Plus is missing its CRT and the flyback transformer is dying.
Operationally, the PowerBook seems to be in okay shape aside from a stuck pixel and a floppy drive whose eject mechanism needs some cleaning and lubrication.
This seems like a great way to skip the whole SE/30 greyscale/040 upgrade costs and go straight into an upgraded system.
Any thoughts on this? I already have a very nice condition Plus, a 540c, and two 520c units so neither system would be missed.
This would include the display, power supply, logic board, hard drive, and floppy disk drive, sleep light, and brightness/contrast controls.
The PowerBook 540's hinges are on their way out and the plastics are in mediocre condition. It's power supply smells like fish, definitely needs a recap there.
The Plus is missing its CRT and the flyback transformer is dying.
Operationally, the PowerBook seems to be in okay shape aside from a stuck pixel and a floppy drive whose eject mechanism needs some cleaning and lubrication.
This seems like a great way to skip the whole SE/30 greyscale/040 upgrade costs and go straight into an upgraded system.
Any thoughts on this? I already have a very nice condition Plus, a 540c, and two 520c units so neither system would be missed.