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    Color Classic and MacTV have a baby!

    It's the lens/light pipe for the IR sensor board. It turns out that while the Color Classic, 520 and MacTV are very different in board design, they share a few similarities. In particular, where the microphone board is on the CC/5XX, the MacTV has an IR board the exact same shape and...
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    Color Classic and MacTV have a baby!

    I've NEVER seen a MacTV mod, so I figured to be the first, using a parts machine that could only be revived by cheating and using parts from a 520... I finished the electrical and functional case mods tonight with the aid of some pizza and 'dew. Going to dye the plastic black, transfer...
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    Service Manuals

    I agree, I just didnt see the value of them till much after i tossed them :( Apple had told us that they were antiquated, and should be disposed as they weren't up to date, etc :(
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    Service Manuals

    Lol.. I used to have the stack of service manuals up to the date apple stopped making them.. kinda feel like an idiot for trashing them when apple started jsut publishing all manuals in pdf
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    MacTV

    well.. basically the case parts for the mactv are molded in black, not painted, for some reason mine has wierd lightish marks on it--- gave it a bath last night with heavy scrubbing and still cant get the majority off... While I could move it to a 5xx case and paint it black, some issues liek...
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    MacTV

    Finally grabbed myself a MacTV to disect and add to my collection of 5xx based systems, and wow is it unique in circuit design. Anyhow, there's a large chip missing from the drive bezel, and the rest of the case has wierd wear patterns (personally I didn't get it to collect), so the question I...
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    LC 580

    the 578 was the last of the 5xx series, the 580 is a rehoused 630- even supports the full range of expansion options. Unless you're interested in a MAJOR undertaking, converting the 580 to trinitron looks to be near impossile as the analog board is unique to it, as is the new harness assembly to...
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    2 PowerBook 540c

    THe easiest fix for loose hinges is to pop off the hinge covers- squeeze the fatter end of each, and pull upward on that end only. Once loose, the other end is just held down by a tab that sticks out of the cover inside the case. tighten the screw under there and you should be good to go-...
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    OS on PPC

    while 7.6.x is harder to get, a lot of the software out there that had an 8.x requirement needs 8.5 minimum. I'm personally one to recommend 7.6.1 as the best pre-g3 os due to its small (read: tiny) memory footprint of sub 8MB with virtual memory off on a full stock install without trimming...
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    iBook 700

    I saw those, but i'm pretty certain that they're not originlal MF cards, but rather modified retail cards. Technically any card that can use the original wavelan drivers will work in an airport slot- I'm using a full-length wavelan silver in my clamshell (to get addition reception, and it works...
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    iBook 700

    Probably my most recently worthwhile nabbing off of Crigslist, for 80, an iBook with a dead screen.. took a little work, but was able to dissect the inverter cable and found that the DC ground was severed. a good resoldering and insulating, and she was good as gold. case was a mismash of lost...
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    Wallstreet...With a Problem

    I wrote this before hearing your response that you contacted her, just was slow about sending the post, but figure to leave it than delete, because I hear a lot of this from "collectors" and the like: I personally think you're overreacting: 1) If there were pictures and you didn't ask about...
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    Casemod: PPC 8500

    what are all the wires coming off the mobo in the last pic/
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    Macintosh IIsi ROM simm

    neither rom has proper floppy support yes?
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    SE/30... best Mac ever?

    yeah.. it was ancient.. and I've been searching for the page on and off for the last year... but it did show it working.. not a clue what the wierd board in the middle with the 68040 upgrade was though, but the concept seemed basically to be that the se30 was rally jsut a backplane at that point...
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    68K network gaming?

    Anyone here play any of the big 68k network games still? Is anyone interested in playing some of them online, etc? I used to play Marathon, Avara, Bolo, and Spectre back in the day... I think a few of these need the use of a AT to TCP bridge software... forgot which was best... Anyone?
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    Avatars?

    32x32 icon! bring back icon art dammit!
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    SE/30... best Mac ever?

    I'm still trying to find the link (was on a Japanese language site in around 1997), but someone tell me if my explanation makes any sense: SE/30 Board with CPU pulled + 68030 -> 68040 Socket Upgrade Board (the 68040 was itself in a socket as well, and offset from the location of the cpu...
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    Battery cell source

    most cordless phone batteries are NiCad, just don't mix them up with NiMh or Lithium any data on the batteries or are they generic unlabled and unmarked?
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    QuickTake ramblings

    Having had my QT 100 since I nabed it off LEM in February, I finally got it up and running. Damn I miss the good times we had running around with the 100 when it came out in HighSchool... Anyway, I've heard a lot of members picking up the 100 and 150 (and a few 200's) and figured we should...
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