"Have you taken it apart to see if there's dust or cat hair, etc. inside the system?
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/Manuals/17-inch-powerbook-manual.pdf
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Happy 10th birthday iMac!
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What's your best Thrift Store / Yard Sale / Side of the Road find?
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Desktop Pictures of Old
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John replied to George's discussion Complete transfer of all files to another drive on my SE/30"You shouldn't have any problems just dragging the files form the one drive to the other. the trick is once you are done you have to make sure the System Folder on the other drive is "blessed". If it looks like a normal folder icon,…"
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My Mini Mac
"I would suggest Sintra or some other pvc plastic sheeting. If there is a sign shop near you they probably have good size scraps they'd sell you cheap. It's soft enough to shape with an x-acto knife, sandpaper or files but stiff…"
Profile Information
- When did you get your first Mac?
- A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away
- How many Macs do you own?
- 30ish
- What is your website?
- http://www.retromaccast.com
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Apple Pi
I recently purchased a Raspberry Pi with the idea of making a 1/2 scale model of a Mac Plus. This is one those "Because I can" projects with no practical use (my favorite kind!). The Raspberry pi is a tiny little computer approximately 4" x 2.5" x .5" in size. As tiny as it is it can run lot of very cool apps including some old school emulators, as Derek has shown,…
ContinuePosted on June 30, 2013 at 5:15pm — 4 Comments
Our Quest is at an end.
Yes folks, it's finally finished. The Banana Jr. lives! I have to say that I'm pretty happy with the final results.…
Posted on October 23, 2010 at 9:44am — 15 Comments
Printerhenge
So this last Saturday, after doing the 3d anniversary podcast, I tackled a project I've been putting off for a while (what a surprise!). What you see in the photo below are five Laserwriter IIs.
Posted on December 21, 2009 at 8:30pm — 6 Comments
Almost there!
More progress has been made to my new Plastic Pal Who's Fun to Play With (tm). Before painting the front I had to get it ready for the banana logo. About an hour with an exacto knife accomplished this quite nicely.
Posted on April 11, 2009 at 7:43am — 5 Comments
Comment Wall (83 comments)
- At 9:42pm on December 5, 2007,
James said… - I hope we can get something going for our listeners here. It's really a great set of tools!
- At 7:17am on December 8, 2007, John said…
- Woot! I left a comment.
- At 5:37pm on December 12, 2007, James said…
- We have evidence that John was here! Now let's see if we can get more than just a "woot".
- At 7:35pm on December 12, 2007,
Braden said… - No friends!? I'll be your friend.
Dig the site, brother
- At 4:49pm on December 16, 2007,
Wholly Mindless said… - Yo Slacker! At least James should be your friend... Unless of course James is still mad at you for getting him mixed up in this "Podcast" thing.
- At 6:06pm on December 17, 2007,
HeathBar W. said… - Thanks! If you want the story behind it, I posted a comment on James's page.
- At 8:32pm on December 17, 2007, Wholly Mindless said…
- Say it, "Mac Slacker" fast enough and it almost sounds rude!
- At 8:56pm on December 17, 2007, Wholly Mindless said…
- Sounds like something you'd say about your bartender when you've had too much.
- At 1:52pm on December 18, 2007,
Ken said… - I was unaware that Magritte was a big fan of the Mac platform.
- At 6:12pm on December 23, 2007, Ken said…
- Merry UltraWisconsin Christmas to you.
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