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    PowerBook 3400C Battery Rebuild

    These still work well long-term for the 1400.
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    Questions about 3D printing a reset/interrupt switch (AKA programmers button) for a Mac SE

    Monthly cleaning of the ROM SIMM? Do you live in a swamp or something?
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    Anyone have an SE speaker?

    As a complete anecdote, all my machines have spent the vast majority of their lives in temperature and humidity controlled conditions. I’ve yet to have a speaker go bad.
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    suggestions to pack & ship a (black) 5500

    The proper course of action here is have them fly over, then book passage on an ocean liner back where they can take it with them.
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    PowerBook 1400 battery - what cell type?

    Correction, I meant to write two hours in my above post as well.
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    PowerBook 1400 battery - what cell type?

    Hey! Well, I’ve had a mixed bag. One is not doing well: not sure if I left it too long without charging. The other is doing great: even a few years later, I can get a solid hour plus from it, more if not heavy use. I also just this past December rebuilt one for the 1400 I restored for my...
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    Recapped LC II Shorting issue

    With all the good period software, I might add.
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    Sony MP-F75W-01G oscilloscope debugging

    Yes, when cleaning heads, the most you ever want to do is keep the drive in the up position, and stick a q-tip with IPA in between them and sweep back and forth. That's it. Don't move the head up.
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    Crazy that it’s in such good shape.

    Crazy that it’s in such good shape.
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    Fast! CompactFlash for Macintosh PDS/NuBus

    Either way, just make it and ill buy one :).
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    Fast! CompactFlash for Macintosh PDS/NuBus

    I'll take one for my IIfx PDS!
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    Fast! CompactFlash for Macintosh PDS/NuBus

    Regardless of whatever political stuff there is, just build it and price it with the margin you want above cost, and we will buy it. It costs whatever it costs.
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    How long until we see enhanced mac motherboard recreations?

    I think for most of us, it’s the Macs themselves, not the software, that are the prized objects.
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