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| Macintosh Portable screen cable | |
| Posted by: bibilit on 2016-10-31 05:54:20 Anyone has found a suitable cable to rebuilt the non-backlit Macintosh Portable screen one ? | |
| Posted by: BadGoldEagle on 2016-10-31 07:47:43 Techknight borrowed a non-backlit to backlit adapter to reverse engineer it and hopefully make a new cable as there are no other alternatives. The backlight won't work on mine because the cable is torn. | |
| Posted by: unity on 2016-10-31 07:58:03 Confused. So you need a cable for a backlit or non-backlit model? | |
Posted by: bibilit on 2016-10-31 08:12:41non-backlit modelThe simple one, i have a torn cable. | |
| Posted by: unity on 2016-10-31 08:20:47 Well any ribbon cable will do. Just decouple the ends, insert new cable. One from a floppy drive would work. | |
| Posted by: bibilit on 2016-10-31 09:06:25 Ok, the floppy one seems wider than the original one ? | |
| Posted by: techknight on 2016-10-31 11:31:08 nope. You need an Ultra-ATA IDE cable. I rebuilt several so far. You can tear/cut that cable to the correct length and number of pairs you need, and then CAREFULLY un-crimp the crimp fittings, position the replacement cable and re-crimp. Done. | |
| Posted by: unity on 2016-10-31 17:19:49 Godo to know, floppy ribbon too thick maybe? | |
| Posted by: bibilit on 2016-11-01 00:23:07 Ok, thanks. | |
| Posted by: techknight on 2016-11-01 10:36:48 UATA cables have twice the density per inch than a floppy cable, and smaller wires. | |
| Posted by: bibilit on 2016-11-01 11:02:29 Thanks techKnight, yes perfect fit. Before   After  Tested ok. | |
Posted by: bibilit on 2016-11-02 02:30:39 | |
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