Search results

Here’s a completely random eBay buy I made a few weeks ago that I really haven’t even messed with aside from making sure it in fact worked like the seller described. I’ve wanted one for years! It’s a PowerBook G3 PDQ! And a very well-kept and high spec one at that. It has the 14.1” TFT...

I don’t know if I’ve ever actually shown this one here, but I’ve had it for many years. Just pulled it back out and am happy to say it still works great! And yes this is the 466MHz SE model with DVD drive. What a beauty!

This is not a PowerBook, but still a Hosiden mono active LCD so I will post this here. I recently baked the Hosiden panel on my Compaq LCD Elite 4/25e with overall VERY good results! Here’s a before and after. First pic is after 20 minutes, and the second pic is after 2 HOURS! Using my...

Some of you remember the like-new and tunnel-free PowerBook 180 I got a while back. Well, I’m going down the rabbit hole of trying to get a SECOND tunnel-free 180! Or at least mostly tunnel-free anyway… I really want a “beater” machine I can carry around and not have to worry about. The mint...

And all this time I’ve been told the Mac 512 can’t run System 7… 😂🤣

Decided it was time to set my Macintosh 512k (non enhanced) back up! This machine is such a joy to use. The sound of the 400k drives is just amazing. This Mac started life out as a 128k and was dealer upgraded at some point (rear sticker and badge were also replaced). Definitely one of my favorites!

Found my stash of terminators! That’s a big relief, because there’s nothing worse than not being able to find one when you need it! I haven’t touched these since like 2021 so I’m kind of shocked they turned up so easily. Trying to get all of my old Mac accessories at least somewhat organized!

Nice to know about the keyboards! The Pismo has a really nice keyboard (and it’s that clear bronze color that I think is really neat!), so I was hoping the PDQ would also be good. Last I looked a few weeks ago it seemed like Pismo and Lombard prices had calmed down a bit since I looked last...

Oh nice! That CPU upgrade is sweet, I bet that’s worth a fair bit these days! I actually just bought a PDQ on a whim on eBay a few days ago (hasn’t arrived yet). I have always wanted one and this one was nice, working and not horribly expensive so I got it. It’s the top end 300MHz model with...

Well, I did some more research on what I called “pixel rot” and most seem to actually call it “bleeding.” People have actually cured it by massaging around the affected area of the display, so I tried just that, as my 180 screen had gotten up to three rows of black pixels that were getting...

Fired up the old Bondi Blue G3 and it’s still running great! First time since like 2018! Completely forgot about that awesome wallpaper that I put on it.

Always has to be something! Oh well, I plan on buying more parts 180s anyway.

I actually got ANOTHER PowerBook 180 that does NOT have tunnel vision also! (This is kind of a parts machine) It has developed some dead pixels since I got it though (no tunnel vision yet), but I'm hoping they won't get too much worse (though I fully plan on buying more parts 180s!) I did try...

I do have a display cable! New in box too. Found it at Goodwill years ago and saved it because I knew I’d have a 160 and/or a 180 at some point. And yes I do have a SCSI adapter, also a Goodwill find! Yep, I actually have been looking into rebuilding a battery. Just 6v with two contacts so...

Ah, I didn’t even think of that. I know there can be a lot of red tape with shipping batteries. It would have been nice if they could have just removed the battery and sent you the PowerBook without it, but oh well.