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Thanks Alpine. The Pismo was free to me (although it's no longer as free as it was :( ). I did a quick look for another cable. Found one for an LG panel at $80 (ouch!) which would still be too short for the Hitachi panel, but found more for the Samsung panel that was apparently also used in...

And the verdict on Plan B is.... Not so good. Removing the second wrap around the hinge leaves the flex cable critically unsupported and resulted in a rip in the edge of it, breaking enough connections to, well, put paid to the experiment.  Now I need a new data cable and a Plan C. Live and learn.

You can, but it would be better to partition the hard drive first and dedicate each to it's own OS.

Well...., I'm working on a plan B. Perhaps all is not lost. I MAY be able to make it work, at least for light usage. Does that flex cable really need two wraps around the hinge bracket? I suspect it does for long term use, but we'll shortly see if it will do with one wrap if I don't ask too much...

Just to close this out, the RequireIT folks refunded my money and told me to keep the panel. They also have no more of the LG Phillips panels, so Jon183, it looks like you may have gotten the last one, from that source, anyway. So I'm left with one panel I can't use and back in the hunt for an...

So, I've completed my Pismo tear down and compared the Hitachi and LG screens side by side. The data cable connector does fit. However, it's located 10mm nearer the top of the screen than the LG. Which means the data cable is 10MM too short. So unless I could somehow stretch the flex etch, that...

Specs are similar, but it's a glossy screen as opposed to the matte of the Pismo. I'll be taking the Pismo apart tomorrow so I can do a side by side comparison. You received the LG so they had them recently. Their website description of the LG says it's matte. Seems they could simply have asked...

No problem, best of luck

chu-oh, where are you located? I currently have a PB100 in pieces. Motherboard and display have been recapped and it has the 6MB memory expansion, and the power adaptor. It all worked before being taken apart for the recap. You're welcome to the parts for the shipping, I have enough other...

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I thought I did, their website lists the LG Phillips LP141XA. The paperwork I received with the order shows that number in the description field but the part number is the Hitachi part number. Perhaps it's a direct replacement, I haven't been able to find any data one way or the other. Will just...

I cannot explain the miracle but can add that I had a similar experience with a battery for my TI Book just recently. I had it in the recycle bin and thought I'd give it one more go and it's now actually one of the better batteries of the three I have. It's an original Apple battery.

Have another question for Jon183. I just received my replacement screen today from the UK. Not bad, ordered on the 7th. Upon opening the package I noticed the unit is actually an Hitachi TX36D something or other, which is a 14.1 inch XGA, but not the LG Phillips I ordered. Is that what you also...

That's a very good question. It can't just buffer up a bunch of packets and just DMA them occasionally because the TCP/IP protocol requires ACKs and all sorts of other attention to the data stream which is handled by the TCP/IP stack. That is, unless the stack is fully implemented on the A/ROSE...

Well, it's been 20 years, and you have the data sheet, so it must be 32 bytes. But it was definitely the Sonic, and yes it can DMA the buffer contents. I'm sure I've since forgotten the finer details of it's operation. Our application was as a series of embedded controllers powered by a TI DSP...

It's been very interesting following this thread. I was involved in a design using the Sonic in the mid 90's. While a fine chip, it's main shortcoming is it only has a 16 byte buffer. So it would generate an interrupt once for every 16 bytes of your typical 512 byte packet, each of which of...

Thanks for the info guys. I take it from your description that you did not disconnect the display assembly from the main unit? So you just used the existing data cable and snipped and spliced the backlight cable? I don't use the airport antenna anyway (just use a USB powered TP Link via...

You've motivated me to do the same for one of my Pismos. There's a new screen on it's way to me from the UK now, s/b here around the new year.  Did you run across any tricks or gotcha's while doing yours that might be useful to know?

My go to would be MemoryX, but they're about twice the price you've been quoted. But I agree with AlpineRaven, unless you plan on trying to run some flavor of OSX on that machine (which in my opinion isn't a rewarding experience), 1GB is massive overkill. Even half that is more than you're ever...

Both of mine have the all metal heat sink so they must be the earlier models. I have to say, the Pismo is by FAR the easiest to work on of any laptop I've ever played with, what a nice design. No wonder folks like them so much. Compare these to a Clamshell or 12" G4, ugh, shudder...