Macintosh Portable screen cable

[bibilit]

Anyone has found a suitable cable to rebuilt the non-backlit Macintosh Portable screen one ?

 

[BadGoldEagle]

Techknight borrowed a non-backlit to backlit adapter to reverse engineer it and hopefully make a new cable as there are no other alternatives.

The backlight won't work on mine because the cable is torn. 

 

[unity]

Confused. So you need a cable for a backlit or non-backlit model?

 

[bibilit]

non-backlit model

The simple one, i have a torn cable.

 

[unity]

Well any ribbon cable will do. Just decouple the ends, insert new cable. One from a floppy drive would work.

 

[bibilit]

Ok, the floppy one seems wider than the original one ?

 

[techknight]

nope. You need an Ultra-ATA IDE cable. I rebuilt several so far. You can tear/cut that cable to the correct length and number of pairs you need, and then CAREFULLY un-crimp the crimp fittings, position the replacement cable and re-crimp. Done. 

 

[unity]

Godo to know, floppy ribbon too thick maybe?

 

[bibilit]

Ok, thanks.

 

[techknight]

UATA cables have twice the density per inch than a floppy cable, and smaller wires. 

 

[bibilit]

Thanks techKnight, yes perfect fit.

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After



Tested ok.

 

[bibilit]