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    Color Classic CRT vertical fold over

    Hey all, I’m having trouble sort something out. I’m finishing up a nice color classic - stock logic and analog board, nothing crazy. with the case closed there are one or two scan lines at the top that are folded over. When I pop the case, shifting the CC forward, the crt slowly corrects...
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    Trackball roller replacement material

    Hi all, Spent some time going through the forum posts today here and elsewhere, as well as slogging through the McMaster catalog... Has anyone found a good source for roller replacement for 1xx PowerBooks and the Portable? I haven't turned anything up yet. Seems to be more of a portable issue...
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    Portable Preventative Maintenance

    Hi all, I know about the importance of re-capping, using correct batteries and power supplies, and sorting out the stock hard drives on the portables. Aside from those and the typical keyboard & trackball filth and mechanical issues, what else "should" be done generally on a portable? Off...
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    180 (and other lcd, I gues) reassembly

    So today I decided to try baking an lcd on a parts PowerBook 180 I have. Used the "warm" setting of 175 for 4 hours. I did not bake it with the circuit board. I straightened the bent tabs fastening the glass sandwich to the backlight and circuit board. After a decent cool down period I...
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    180 Backlight

    Hi all, Have a new-to-me PowerBook 180. Working fine, screen's great... until now. The backlight comes on at boot, stays on when the mouse pointer appears and sometime around happy Mac and the 7.1 Welcome to Macintosh the backlight goes off. Lcd is fine, just no backlight. Where do I start...
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