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New Depths For iMac Repair
There’s not much economic sense in fixing a decade-old desktop computer, especially when it’s the fancy type with the screen integrated into the body of the computer, and the screen is the thing that’s...
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An RGB Backlight for the Nokia 5110 LCD
Hardware hackers love the Nokia 5110 LCD. Or at least, they love the clones of it. You can pick up one of these panels for a couple bucks wherever electronic bits and bobs are sold, and integrating it...
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Low-Tech Fix Saves Expensive, High-Tech TV From Junk Pile
Wiggling this connector caused the backlight to turn off and on. [Tweepy]’s TV stopped working, and the experience is a brief reminder that if a modern appliance fails, it is worth taking a look inside...
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This Expedient Microfiche Reader Illuminates Retro Datasheets
You have to be of a certain vintage to remember doing research on microfilm and microfiche. Before the age of mass digitization of public records, periodicals, and other obscure bits of history,...
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Fully Backlit AlphaSmart NEO2 Lights Up the Night
The AlphaSmart NEO and NEO2 are great little word processors for distraction-free writing anywhere you want to go, but they lack the backlight of the later Dana model. Well, [starboyk] has done what...
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Casio F-91W, Going Dark
The Casio F-91W is easily one of the most iconic and popular watches worldwide. But what’s cool about having the same exact thing as millions of other people? Not much, unless of course you modify it...
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LED Backlight Brings Vibrant Colors to Classic Palm PDAs
Back in the days before the widespread adoption of smartphones, Palm was the market leader in PDAs. If you had one of those you’ll probably remember taking notes by writing those funky “Graffiti”...
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