Recent content by dan.dem

You already know that's the typical PowerBook base model ghosting of the cheaper passive matrix displays. I had it in my 5300 too. Back then I used the pebbles wall paper available in the control panel (System 7.5 or newer if my memory serves me right) to reduce the lines quite substantially at...

(Since this thread was resurrected anyway, why not going on.) Doesn't the distorted picture look like an impedance mismatch problem? Like the signal traveling back and forth the wire, becoming increasingly damped and finally fading out? Cards may have been more picky about cables and display...

Thank you for the quick reply. True, button cells are available literally at my next corner and they hold less electrolyte. OTOH they are cells of unknown quality while the Saft are well tried branded items. So there are pro and cons. It's a situation typical for all tinkering hobbies: You are...

Sorry for the late follow up, but: What's the point swapping the original 1/2 AAs with much lower capacity button cells? Have the original spec batteries become so hard to obtain? Some years ago at least here in Europe the french Saft were relatively cheap and about as long lasting and...

So this is interesting. After owning a Mac LC for nearly 35 years finally a new feature I learned from you. Thank you @cheesestraws ! Maybe this was one of the cost saving features for schools that was never used because it didn't save much money. But I wonder if this feature may be something...

In 2018 I got a similar 1.33 GHz PowerBook from a friend, also with a fully working original battery. I cannot remember the number of power cycles it had had, but it was roughly the number you mentioned. He was a DJ and used it mostly while plugged to the mains both at home and on stage. What...

Sadly, I am old enough to remember having used actual "full height" drives (or I should be happy, that my memory still works ;)). They measure 3 1/4 inch in height, not diameter. Typical examples are the floppy drives on original IBM PCs and XTs. Some reference...

Thank you for the link to MacRumors. The main problem is that Debian abandoned 32bit PPC after release 8. The mentioned Jeroen Dideren did start an effort in 2019 to "modernise" Debian 8 to make it useful again. This MacRumors thread spans the time from 2019 to 2023 for a discussion with a...

At the odd URL https://www.u58733p55594.web0093.zxcs-klant.nl/ is a forum dedicated to "MintPPC". It gives instructions how to install a "Mint-LXDE" version of Debian and is run by Jeroen Diederen. This site shows entries from 2019 to late 2023. it does not look like an official Linux Mint Fork...

Fine! That's the easiest/only way to go. I keep a broken keyboard just for the key caps and scissor parts, in case I am damaging my keys again during a cleaning attempt, as done before. Fun fact: I wrote most of my university thesis with a broken key, held together only with a piece of tape...

You know, until you fixed the internal you can use an external USB keyboard. For such occasions I am keeping a tangerine Ur-iMac-type and a hockey-puck mouse for my tangerine Ur-iBook. Later models should work too, probably with the exception of some function keys. But there is some Apple...

It's an old thread but being a dial-up user for years, here is what I still remember. Since @dosdude1 does not provide any settings, I guess he assumes you should use a server ínitiated configuration method for TCP/IP. I am not sure this was available before OpenTransport, as in MacTCP. I...

This fault reminds me on the white Unibody MacBooks of 2009/10. They have a clear transparent "rubber" coating on the underside also infamous for separating.

Thank you for your sympathy, @Dude.JediKnight :). I will try the spray adhesive ... someday. The orange coating is stretched on mine too, about 1 cm without any attaching efforts, strange. I'm wondering if I could shrink it back with some heat. But I believe even if it would shrink it wouldn't...

Yes, after the power saver had switched off the screen it will be red tinted again for a few seconds. But it's good enough for me. And actually I am not brave enough to rip the brittle plastic casing of my iBook apart. It was a major undertaking in 2005 when I upgraded the hard disk, and even...