This Does Not Compute | I restored the WORST laptop Apple ever made @ThisDoesNotCompute | Uploaded February 2024 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
The PowerBook 150 sucks, ask me how I know.
Sources and links:
PowerBook 150 display repair pieces: printables.com/model/769361-macintosh-powerbook-150-repair-brackets
CNC Kitchen threaded insert soldering iron tips: https://cnckitchen.store/collections/soldering-tips-and-sets
BlueSCSI: bluescsi.com
Replacing the Internal Disk of a Powerbook 150 with a CompactFlash Card: csse.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/hardware/pb150/PB150_and_CompactFlash.html
"Macintosh: File System Specifications & Terms," web.archive.org/web/19990429190101/til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n8647
"Apple cuts cost with latest PowerBook," InfoWorld, July 18, 1994.
"PowerBook Adds to Bottom Line," MacUser, September 1994.
"Macintosh PowerBooks 100, 140, and 170," Macworld, December 1991.
PowerBook 150 manufactured by Acer: archive.org/details/apple-t-shirts
Sigma Seven Systems' PB Serial Adapter: sigmasevensystemsltd.weeblysite.com/product/powerbook-serial-adapter/1
Adding an ADB port to the PowerBook 150: web.archive.org/web/20040702050830/applefritter.com/thefritter/18/adb.html
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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com) and Dan Mason (ghostenterprise.bandcamp.com/album/new-age-emotion-deluxe-edition).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).
The PowerBook 150 sucks, ask me how I know.
Sources and links:
PowerBook 150 display repair pieces: printables.com/model/769361-macintosh-powerbook-150-repair-brackets
CNC Kitchen threaded insert soldering iron tips: https://cnckitchen.store/collections/soldering-tips-and-sets
BlueSCSI: bluescsi.com
Replacing the Internal Disk of a Powerbook 150 with a CompactFlash Card: csse.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/hardware/pb150/PB150_and_CompactFlash.html
"Macintosh: File System Specifications & Terms," web.archive.org/web/19990429190101/til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n8647
"Apple cuts cost with latest PowerBook," InfoWorld, July 18, 1994.
"PowerBook Adds to Bottom Line," MacUser, September 1994.
"Macintosh PowerBooks 100, 140, and 170," Macworld, December 1991.
PowerBook 150 manufactured by Acer: archive.org/details/apple-t-shirts
Sigma Seven Systems' PB Serial Adapter: sigmasevensystemsltd.weeblysite.com/product/powerbook-serial-adapter/1
Adding an ADB port to the PowerBook 150: web.archive.org/web/20040702050830/applefritter.com/thefritter/18/adb.html
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Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute
Follow me on social media! @thisdoesnotcomp
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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com) and Dan Mason (ghostenterprise.bandcamp.com/album/new-age-emotion-deluxe-edition).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).
