http://blog.xcski.com/2007/07/07/what-im-up-to-these-days Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:42:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/07/07/what-im-up-to-these-days#comment-35631 David Parsons Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:07:58 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/07/07/what-im-up-to-these-days#comment-35631 I'd be interested in buying the ibook, if the price was right (I don't know what the prices are of older mac stuff that's newer than first generation mac portables); if I could force it back to life that would be a second portable Unix machine with a functional UI around the house. I’d be interested in buying the ibook, if the price was right (I don’t know what the prices are of older mac stuff that’s newer than first generation mac portables); if I could force it back to life that would be a second portable Unix machine with a functional UI around the house.

]]> http://blog.xcski.com/2007/07/07/what-im-up-to-these-days#comment-35337 Bill Bradford Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:16:46 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/07/07/what-im-up-to-these-days#comment-35337 Definitely sell the iBook in pieces - the Airport cards are bringing MORE than the original sale price nowdays as the supply slowly dries up. Definitely sell the iBook in pieces - the Airport cards are bringing MORE than the original sale price nowdays as the supply slowly dries up.

]]> http://blog.xcski.com/2007/07/07/what-im-up-to-these-days#comment-35333 James Sat, 07 Jul 2007 08:11:13 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/07/07/what-im-up-to-these-days#comment-35333 Various people have resoldered the chip on the cheap - with <a href="http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/726/diy-obsolete-ibook-logic-board-repair" rel="nofollow">alcohol in a tealight</a> and <a href="http://forums.macnn.com/66/macbook-and-ibook/210232/diy-ibook-dual-usb-logic-board" rel="nofollow">a heat gun or propane torch</a>. Various people have resoldered the chip on the cheap - with alcohol in a tealight and a heat gun or propane torch.

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