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    Byrd replied to the thread PowerBook 1400 LCD Sadness.
    You'll find out pretty quickly once disassembled if the LCD is good; apply gentle pressure to the connectors and ribbon cables while on...
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    Byrd replied to the thread Mac Mini 10.2 1.5GHz OC to 2GHz.
    Thanks for info. Many moons ago, I was was handed 20-odd 1.5Ghz Mac Minis which all overclocked to 1.67 without issue and one to 1.83...
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    Byrd replied to the thread small scsi compactflash reader question.
    They wouldn't be hot flash due to the SCSI side of things
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    Byrd replied to the thread KURB's World - Vintage Macs, PCs and more.
    AppleVision are beautiful looking and sound monitors with design quirks; - The 14" and 17" models are oversized due to speaker design...
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    Byrd replied to the thread Trashcan!.
    Trashcan with dual D700 and 12-core Xeon here; not concerned about temps with MacsFanControl running in Sequoia or Windows 11 (find the...
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    Byrd replied to the thread Are PCI Powermacs hard to find now?.
    I'd guess the beige Mac desktops and towers looked too generic and thrown while the more unique Mac cases were kept in someone's garage...
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    Byrd replied to the thread OrangePC Card on IIfx.
    Can you share the PC side on the Mac; copy the \WIN95 folder of setup files to the drive, boot into PC mode and run SETUP /IS to...
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    Byrd replied to the thread To kick off....
    Still struggling with my MacBook - managed to kill the optical drive (after a deep clean but it wasn’t reliably reading media prior)...
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    Byrd replied to the thread KURB's World - Vintage Macs, PCs and more.
    Yep, I really like some of the early Apple spiral bound manuals with the "corporate" style cheesy images. They are good stacked next to...
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    Byrd reacted to Phipli's comment on Fizzbinn's profile post with Like Like.
    Good work Window cleaner (windex isn't available here I don't think - closest we have is windowlene which apparently doesn't have...
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    Byrd reacted to Phipli's comment on Fizzbinn's profile post with Like Like.
    I've never worked out what is best for the sort of "coloured pencil" marks. They seem to resist solvents and detergents. I sometimes use...
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    Byrd commented on Fizzbinn's profile post.
    Micro fibre and “gumption” gets anything off for me, then toothbrush +”gumption” for deeper places.
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    Byrd reacted to Fizzbinn's status with Like Like.
    Does anyone else find cleaning Snow White case grooves both aggravating and oddly satisfying? 2/3 of the way done! Thank you Windex...
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    Byrd commented on Fizzbinn's profile post.
    AKA "dust and crud" slots, it's a feature isn't it? :)
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    Byrd replied to the thread PowerBook 165c Screen diagnosis.
    Nicely done - those little PowerBook LCD caps all do terrible damage when they leak, glad you got it sorted.
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