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    Macintosh Portable Display Interchangability

    I second that one of mine is broken as well - Ive thought about soldering up bypass wires - theres roughly 3 wires torn. Cheers AP
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    LC 630 DOS-Compatible "Adapter Board"

    To hunt one down (I'm not being negative) the chances is very slim to find the adapter board. You're better off getting complete board. Cheers AP
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    PowerBook G3 PDQ/Wallstreet LCD replacement

    G'day all, I have this PowerBook G3 PDQ which the LCD needs replacing badly - its horrible wash out. I saw this thread for Pismo LCD swap - does anyone know what the best next alternative swap would be? Thank you Cheers AP
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    Quadra 605 motherboard in LC III case?

    FYI - Quadra 605 is basically LC475 - it has a jumper attached to it to become Quadra 605, otherwise without it it'll become LC475. Cheers AP
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    SE/30 - Hard drive activity light - Original color?

    Mine one is amber. (I'm under way replacing to new LED at the moment) Quadra 700 is Amber as well I think Green is sort fo indication for power LED? Cheers AP
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    Adjusting the Yoke on 9" B&W CRT

    Good evening all, Tonight I accidently broke the CRT while removing the hard drive/floppy and I cracked it. I have another spare CRT from Macintosh Classic, but it had different Yoke's connector. SO I decided to swap over the yoke over to working CRT, but I haven't fired it up - I will resume...
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    The "Macintosh HD" name

    Correct me wrong - I am pretty sure I've seen PowerBook HD years ago. I've always called main HDD "Macintosh HD" to today. Cheers AP
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    Houdini II DOS compatibility card 486-66 with SB16 - software, hardware considerations on 68K

    Hey mate - I did try doing it on Q660av - same issue what you're having - ditched it and moved back to Q800 in Q700 shell (I did have it running in Q950 but I rather Q700 shell with 800 board in it). Running 1.6.4 with Mac OS 7.6.1 Cheers AP
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    Trouble removing solder from through hole component

    What I usually do - I mix with fresh solder and wick it up, if its stubborn enough then I will drill it out as I do have a small hand held drill - see pic; Cheers AP [/img]
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    550c Cap Issue?

    I have swapped both boards to 550c and 540c - works both ways. Cheers AP
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    Ibook clamshell running on battery??

    It all comes down to how it was used/how it was stored - I have several powerbooks that the batteries are still alive today Cheers AP
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    a1139 17" PowerBook G4

    Can someone confirm with me - (both 1.67ghz models0 will 15" a1138's keyboard will work in 17" a1139 model? Thanks all  Cheers AP
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    “660-700” 660AV accelerator

    Pack it up and send it to me please :D Cheers AP
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    Has anyone rebuilt TiBook battery?

    As we cannot get new batteries for them anymore, has anyone rebuilt those TiBook batteries and get good hours out of them? Cheers AP
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    550c Cap Issue?

    The only Caps is around where the PSU are but I haven't came across to leaked ones of 500 series. BTW 550c is same logicboard as 540c. Cheers AP
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    3400/Kanga - tightening hinges

    More likely it'll be cracked/broken which I have seen. Cheers AP
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    Issue with Power Macintosh 8600/200

    My money is the CD ROM drive is on its way out and needs new belts and recap. Cheers AP
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    Quadra 700 OS8.1 and M0437 ethernet transceiver

    I am thinking the adapter is faulty? Do you have another one? Cheers AP
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    How to open up a 7100?

    The Hard Drive is not necessary dead, what is happening is that the arm has hit the bump stop and lock up and when the hard drive does power cycle and the arm doesn't move then it'll time out and shutdown. Ive repaired several of those by replacing the bump stops with radiator overflow hose...
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    Files off an old SCSI Mac

    Yep this - turn it on and turn it off. Alternatively - is to get another SCSI based Macintosh to retrieve the HDD media or ask another media to do that for you Cheers AP
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