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I was looking in the Read Me file for disk 1 for the Market Software Restoration CDs and it mentions the Apple Restoration CD User's Guide. Do you happen to have that in your collection too?

Bomb brothers

stupid

powerbook 2400c tip of the week
during startup, just after the "welcome to mac" screen… the powerbook will attempt to initialize the pc card cage, and eject any inserted cards.
if this fails for whatever reason, the computer will instantly shut down.

Awesome article about MacPaint!

It’s important to address a common misconception: there was no “LisaPaint.”

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Never say never...

I'm feeling a profound sense of unease about the world. Reading about the bile and horribleness being unloaded on anyone who isn't a) caucasian, b) male, c) straight cis d) reasonably wealthy is enough to make me want to run screaming back to bed. So I did what (I think*) I always do - I bought another computer. Then felt a bit depressed that I didn't do something worthwhile with my money.
* I might be wrong.

Open firmware

This is one hell of a letter to put in the manual for a computer that is literally internally held together with sticky tape (you'll need to click on it to read, sorry)

Hey! Milan Italy? We are neighbours!

hello, is the Classic II logicboard still available? I am in Austin but travel to Spring sometimes for business, so that might be an option.

Found this photo from 2003. If I had only known about flux

Stormtrooper edition...


Channeling the IIc look.

Would it be wise to preemptively recap a PM7200 logic board ASAP? Nothing's gone bad yet. I'm unsure if this is as urgent as with the woefully leaky, late-80's SMT electrolytics, which seemed to go bad much sooner (and with more of a mess) than later-generation ones. I know the need for new caps is an eventuality, but it may be a while before I can break out the soldering tools again.

A Macintosh and a McIntosh

And so, the battle begins... This beast has parts... LOTS of parts.

I've lost count of the compact macs I've received with upper corners broken during transit.

I was supergluing a cracked corner of a case... the superglue was sitting on the case for about 30 secs when I wiped the excess glue off and noticed brightening. I made a test 'J' next to it, waited 30 secs, wiped it off... Hmm...

BootScreen by Susan Kare

after much messing about I mostly succeeded in performing a polarizer replacement on this 2400c panel

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the soap method @jmacz mentioned was indispensable... highly advise removing the backlight first though...not perfect, but sure beats a crackled smelly vinegar panel