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That was my first thought... just at a glance it looks a bit off, particularly on the right side. @croissantking you have more experience with this than I do.. any thoughts?

Nothing a wee drill won’t solve!

The Apple DVD PC Card would definitely work in it as it was specifically made for that PowerBook only, but it's a pretty pricey card for just a simple test. Realistically.. any card should 'work' as in be recognised by the system.. it may not have a driver, but it should still show up as...

It was @Phipli but good to know they worked!

Let me know if it works or not. It didn’t work with the card above for me, but that might just be that the card is dead.. I’ve not looked into it yet.

I’m gonna give that a 80% chance of being repairable. It’s probably just more fiddly than actually problematic. Of course the question is would it just be easier to find a replacement board?

Mine looks like there was an explosion at a SIMM factory. :D.

Personally I prefer the AEKII.. but maybe that's just because that's what I was used to back in the day. Also I quite liked the butterfly switch keyboard on my 12" MacBook so perhaps I'm not the best judge of keyboards. :D

Why?

The PSU in the 800 is identical to that in the 840/8100s, just with the different cabe as you've seen.

Oh that would be lovely! I’ve got about 5 power supplies to replace (Two Quadra 800, One 840av, and Two 8100s) so that would be a great starting place! I’ll do the others on a v1.1 Oh I got it ages ago.. amazingly no cap damage, a simple recap got it working.. except of course the PSU. I...

I’ve managed to find a replacement bezel for my Quadra 840av, finally making an almost complete machine! Just need to get one of those ATX adapter boards that @croissantking made!

I don't know how accurate the stereotype is, but in my mind a hoard of old Macs in a garage in Australia sounds like the perfect hiding places for spiders and snakes and things (other than chickens) that will kill a man. At least you'll be able to get an LC5x0 of some sort, they seem to be...

I almost said that when you posted this!

A classic? In the post? 😬😬 Do you have more room to hoard this time? Life.. life finds a way.