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Given that they were the highest-spec'd, and priced 68k PowerBooks made.. this would be rather obvious, but as for best.. I'd disagree ... BUT... t really depends on your target use. 500's weigh a ton and lacked the better control that trackballs offer.

nice pics- i'd love to see your photo setup- it looks like the background has been replaced, but still really professional looking My hd20 and cdsc hacen't been cleaned for years .. i should probably do that one of these days then diagnose why the cdsc isn't spinning discs anymore.

The 9600 will NOT boot off 7.5.5 (Only pre-Mach 5 will) Shipping system for Mach 5 9600 is 7.6.1

iirc vuescan should work I use it with the majority of my scsi scanners

Well, now that i've had 2 to analyze, i've come to the conclusion that a mactv is actually not a mactv, but rather, a mactv is a lc520 with only 6 custom parts unavailable anywhere else- logic board with onboard composite video and audio in, and no pds or fpu option and a custom socket for tv...

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...

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...

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 :(

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

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...

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...

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...

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-...

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...

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...

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...

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...

what are all the wires coming off the mobo in the last pic/

neither rom has proper floppy support yes?

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...