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    PowerBook 540c hinge restoration: SUCCESS!!!

    i feel this. I have tried to model it and given up, several times. your version looks good, the basic structure is excellent; the creepy double-parabola-thing is a little off, but sometimes in television we say, “Done Is Art.” I’m printing four of these right now tonight.
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    PowerBook 540c hinge restoration: SUCCESS!!!

    hey these are all great! thank you for your work!
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    PowerBook 540c hinge restoration: SUCCESS!!!

    no, there's nothing in any public depositary. that’s why i came back to this thread to ask about the friend.
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    PowerBook 540c hinge restoration: SUCCESS!!!

    yes sir, on the left and right over the hinges. (any lead on an STL...?)
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    PowerBook 540c hinge restoration: SUCCESS!!!

    typically gorgeous work by @jmacz for Part 922-0789 Display Access Cover i'm desperate for Part 922-0771 Clutch Cover, the little pointy bits that clip over the hinge-clutch
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    PowerBook 540c hinge restoration: SUCCESS!!!

    hey did your friend ever upload the PowerBook 500 Series Clutch Cover file…? I would pay cash money for the ability to print my own replacements.
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    Markings On The Back of 500 Series Powerbook LCD Panels

    hey, i'm happy to be part of the team. the $80 LQ94D041 was from china (some kind of New Old Stock); i got the eBay LQ94D041 for like $25 (that one came with a cable taped to it, obviously a pull from a nice person that didn't fall for eBay’s "automatic" pricing scam).
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    SmartPortSD for IIc with custom case

    fantastic! share anything you discover.
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    SmartPortSD for IIc with custom case

    (both extra SmartPortSD have been given homes.)
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    would you like a SmartPortSD? drop a line with an address, i will put one in the mail this...

    would you like a SmartPortSD? drop a line with an address, i will put one in the mail this weekend. Glad to be part of the community! —Æ
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    SmartPortSD for IIc with custom case

    ooh i see you have the rare IIc mouse... but did you keep the box it came in??
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    SmartPortSD for IIc with custom case

    i opened a test image into a hex editor and simply deleted the first 64 bytes. resaved & renamed, it opened just fine on the SmartPortSD. Thank for the assist... the 2mg documentation makes it especially clear & easy, the header is delineated by an intentionally blank space: 0030-003F: 00 00...
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    SmartPortSD for IIc with custom case

    haha not allergic, i just don't have a way to run ciderpress? i will try renaming an HDV volume!
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    SmartPortSD for IIc with custom case

    I wanted to make a SmartPortSD for my IIc. I previously mounted a FloppyEMU in the internal drive; that project turned out fine, but precluded use of the FloppyEMU as a SmartPort device without some creepy wiring. I decided to make a SmartPortSD adapter using erichelgeson’s instructions at...
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    PowerBook 540c Replace CCFL with LED

    looking around for ideas, i found an old instructable by a dude that made his own controller board. The board uses software to convert the analog signal to PWM for the LED—i think the code could flip the reversed signal. I am not skilled at electronics, but i know how to make things. I put the...
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    Makeshift Battery for PB180

    sunuvabitch... on some prior job, pastAE never reconnected the battery cage thermistor, it was just that simple. 180 works great and recognizes the new battery. i might have found that on my own--but i really appreciate the assist. folks, check the cables before you close the case.
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    Makeshift Battery for PB180

    i appreciate all of this. i will get down to the motherboard asap and let you all know what i find.
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    Makeshift Battery for PB180

    long ago, but it's not had a working battery in about 20 years, so i cannot confirm check that now. i've been inside this 180 a lot, and the motherboard is in perfect shape—nothing busted, nothing leaking, nothing burnt.
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    Makeshift Battery for PB180

    i made a battery case that prints in three parts (easy to print with no weird dangles, allowed tracks to hold the case-cover); the case snugly holds one of @flimshaw’s suggested batteries, everything went together great and the battery delivers 6v in the right order (+ on top, - on bottom)...
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    PowerBook 5300ce Plastics Replacement in 2023?

    i have a 5300c/100 (M2785), but i don't want to bust it apart without backup… i’m with @ThisDoesNotCompute—if I stumble upon a parts machine, i will totally go to work. (full disclosure, i walked past a beat-up & obviously non-working base-model 5300 at an estate sale a few months ago...
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