RFI: minor repairs to v.ancient macs for not much money (in london)

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ILE massive, my VERY old laptop (powerbook 145B!!) is playing up more and more

the main problem is the switch-on switch, which is just worn down so much that you really have to squeeze it before it works, and eventually (probably quite soon) i won't be able to squeeze hard enough

also i think the floppy port (!!) has something wrong w.it as it rejects floppies which are still fine on other computers

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 5 March 2005 11:49 (twenty years ago)

i used always to go to a place called MICROMEND off holloway road but his phone number seems to be unobtainable

if worst comesto worst i will have to rescue the material on the disc, so cheap outlets for this service also helpful!!

thank you

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 5 March 2005 11:51 (twenty years ago)

Not sure what type of hard disk it is but the easiest way to rescue stuff from the disk is to get a fire wire or usb disk enclosure and plug it into your other mac.

― Ed (dali), Saturday, 5 March 2005 12:23 (twenty years ago)

but surely it can't find it if i can't turn it on!!

(also i don't think there's any firewire or usb-type ports on the laptop --- it's VERY old)

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 5 March 2005 12:31 (twenty years ago)

I'm talking about deconstructing the laptop, to get at the hard drive, this can then be put in the caddy and attached to the other mac.

― Ed (dali), Saturday, 5 March 2005 12:38 (twenty years ago)

haha ed this is me yr talkin to!!

or to rephrase my question slightly: decontructing v.ancient macs for not much money (in london), then putting the hard drive in the caddy and attaching it to the other mac

(basically i am looking for a cheap mac repair'n'fiddling place)

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 5 March 2005 13:29 (twenty years ago)

wow! i miss those old laptops.

hey mark! how are you these days? :-)

― nathalie barefoot in the head (stevie nixed), Saturday, 5 March 2005 13:53 (twenty years ago)

[bump]

(it won't turn on at all this morning)

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 6 March 2005 12:31 (twenty years ago)

hi nath!! i am not too bad

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 6 March 2005 12:31 (twenty years ago)

[insert attention-seeking post here]

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 7 March 2005 17:17 (twenty years ago)

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― Jimmy Mod Has Returned With Spices And Silks (ModJ), Monday, 7 March 2005 17:21 (twenty years ago)

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