In the unlikely event you need to fix/clean an Alps keyswitch, here's a tip (for this model, anyway):

1) Pop off the keycap. This works best with a screwdriver from the left or right, I find
2) Gently prise up the bottom of the metal cap of the keyswitch, which enables you to see the keyswitch's contacts:


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It seems that the Macintosh Portable has just turned 20 years old. I remember getting to play with one of those when they were new! While hardly portable by modern standards, I'd love to add one to my collection. Anyone got one gathering dust ( Read more... )

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While clearing out my work bag, I thought I'd try to start a meme. I call it "The contents of my work bag" - imaginative, eh?

My amazing 12 (at last count)-pocketed bottomless cycle pannier/satchel/laptop bag (Altura Skye Workstation - a fantastic pannier, incidentally) contains, when it has been cleared of crap, such essentials as:

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Those who find old computer hardware boring may wish to pass over this Flickr set of my current collection[1]

[1] Minus the VT100, which is living downstairs at the moment, and the anglepoise and original blue iMac, and Mac Mini, ditto.

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Hello! I have just returned from Mac Expo in London, and I thought I'd jot down a few of the killer features of Aperture.

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I'll just admit defeat now, shall I?

Though I'm getting closer every day.

Here, have some photos of some of my collection, because I was feeling bored:

http://www.photonhunter.co.uk/photos/events/computers

More to follow, perhaps, when I have more time to play with the macro lens.