I fixed a HUGE pile of broken vintage Mac laptops!
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I'm never working on this many broken computers at the same time ever again. Sources: Hinge fix panel and cover clip models: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4368963 USB-C PD adapters for vintage computers thread on Tinker Different: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/powerbook-1xx-usb-c-pd-adapter.3827/ USB-C board enclosure model: https://www.printables.com/model/1173988-usb-pd-trigger-card-case/files 00:00 - Introduction 01:42 - Triage 04:51 - Some of these are worse for wear 06:49 - You can skip everything before this part if you're impatient 09:06 - One down, several more to go 10:27 - Keyboard warriors, ready your weapons 15:36 - This shouldn't have been this hard 18:33 - We need more power 20:43 - The end results ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on social media! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com). Intro music by Dan Mason (https://danmason.bandcamp.com) based on elements by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).
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