1994 PowerBook 520C Pro i5 Mod - running macOS Monterey
*******Note******* The keyboard needed a repair on one of the teensy connector pins, and a spacer was added to the left side. Both problems have been addressed in the short follow-up video :)
First and foremost, this project would have been impossible without Mr. Frank Adams. Frank rewrote the code I found from another individual’s website, to make it usable on my projects. I was unable to get caps to work and Frank fixed it. I’ve not received permission from the individual who wrote the original code to use his name here, or link to his site, but he was able to shove a Mac Mini 2014 into a Powerbook 180 (CORRECTION: 165c). Frank’s instructable can be found here
One thing I forgot to mention in the video is the LCD power. To power the LCD I ran the wires from a stepdown connected to the LCD driver board set to 10v, to the positive and negative inputs on the battery charger board.
In 2020, when I acquired all
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1994 PowerBook 520C Pro i5 Mod - running macOS Monterey
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