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  1. PB170

    I need a new battery.

    Thank you very much for your input! I haven't purchased any power bank yet, so I won't know for certain until I buy one and take it apart, but I'm aiming for lithium polymer for the greater energy density (and smaller volume). Also, I don't know, but my impression when looking around a bit on...
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    I need a new battery.

    @sutekh, @360alaska, or anyone else with knowledge in lithium batteries and electronics, I’d love to you hear your thoughts!
  3. PB170

    I need a new battery.

    After looking into the details of USB Battery Charging and USB Power Delivery, it seems like it would be a much too difficult task to be dealing with. While safe, it sort of takes the quick and easy out of the equation. So, would it be safe to leave the power bank’s circuity unmodified and...
  4. PB170

    I need a new battery.

    Thanks, but what I want is a lithium based battery for my PowerBook, not a separate power bank to power it from :)
  5. PB170

    I need a new battery.

    Thank you very much for your kind offer, but I would prefer a solution that’s as close to an off-the-shelf part as possible (original case (with my added port for charging), easy external charging, preferably through USB etc.). Also, I need more than 4000 mAh :) (especially if that’s at 3.7 V –...
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    I need a new battery.

    Thanks, that’s valuable information. I actually thought about that aspect of it earlier but forgot to include it in the post. That might complicate things considerably, unless the USB output circuity can be bypassed easily and safely, or if output at higher currents can be enabled without data...
  7. PB170

    I need a new battery.

    Hi all, I need a new battery for my PowerBook… Short background (feel free to skip): I built two batteries for my PowerBook 170 back in 2017 (briefly documented in this thread here and here) that I've been using regularly since then. However, all of a sudden at the end of 2020, they both...
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    Idea/dream/wish: Exposé for classic Mac OS

    That’s great. Take your time! (But not too long since I had to revert back to beta 4 because of the crashes and now miss the speed of beta 5 :D) By the way, after some further testing I noticed that some windows no longer are affected. Seems to be happening mostly to interface windows (such as...
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    Idea/dream/wish: Exposé for classic Mac OS

    Not that the display itself updates at 60 fps but guess the change lined up well with the frames :)
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    Idea/dream/wish: Exposé for classic Mac OS

    Palettes actually haven't worked in any of the betas. I intentionally didn't comment on that, mainly since I learned, after doing some research into palette windows for my own projects, that they are not part of the system software but basically custom hacks with a range of different...
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    Idea/dream/wish: Exposé for classic Mac OS

    I realize now after I've reviewed the thread that this actually is one of the changes you described you added to reduce the clutter. I'm not sure if I'm a fan of this though. I find it makes the animation look inconsistent at times. I would prefer to space out / reduce the total number of rects...
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    Idea/dream/wish: Exposé for classic Mac OS

    Some feedback on the new beta after two days of testing (numbered for easier reference :) ): Visual stuff: #1 Something has changed in the new algorithm that makes some lines get drawn in white and some in black when blending with the background pattern. #2 Upon closer inspection, there...
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    Idea/dream/wish: Exposé for classic Mac OS

    Oh wow, I can't believe you actually rewrote the zoom rect algorithm in assembly! 😮😮 That's incredible. Really impressed! And oh what a difference it makes 🤩 It such a drastic change, it actually feels odd to use now that I'm so used to the slower speed :) Thanks so much for this update! It's...
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    Idea/dream/wish: Exposé for classic Mac OS

    Hello! Checking in here for the first time in a while :) Great to see all the activity here! I've been using beta 4 continuously since last year, and it's quickly become as natural and pleasant to use as the OS X original. I've been using it daily (just checked, and my PowerBook has seen an...
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    Idea/dream/wish: Exposé for classic Mac OS

    @Crutch, soon after I began experimenting with some new mockups for the animation, it struck me again that much of the clutter comes from the fact that we’re displaying five rectangles at the same time. Before we implement any of the other ideas, could we just try 12 rectangles and 3 of them...
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    Idea/dream/wish: Exposé for classic Mac OS

    Wonderful! Isn’t it already instant though? :) I thought that was accomplished already from the start. But if it can be even more instant I’m all for it :) During the past weeks I’ve left the more conscious testing and evaluation and returned to using the computer like I normally do, and I...
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    Idea/dream/wish: Exposé for classic Mac OS

    Great minds think alike, like you said ;):) I also had the idea to change the animation depending on the number of windows open, but thought it'd be good to try out combining the windows first.
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    Idea/dream/wish: Exposé for classic Mac OS

    I was just about to post a comment about the latest version, so I'll begin with that :) I've been using beta 4 for a couple of days now, and it works great! With a bit of touch up on the animation it feels like we're close to a final version. I can report that not only do opening a folder...
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    Idea/dream/wish: Exposé for classic Mac OS

    Haha, having fun here I see (y)😄:ROFLMAO: Moving the actual windows is pretty much out of the question, I'd say. Then we're not in the millisecond range anymore, at least not on 68k processors :D Like I mentioned in the beginning of the thread, I tried an extension that enables live dragging of...
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    Idea/dream/wish: Exposé for classic Mac OS

    By the way, if you see any way at all to realize the last option in my post, I think that would be the best way to do it.
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