Site News

October 12th, 2024

A little bit (or a lot) of everything - New/improved Macintosh pages, new/improved cap reference, new/improved laptop pages and more. Plenty of new content to explore, and more to come soon.

- 3lectr1c


For a complete changelog, please see this page.


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September 15th, 2024

Here's another large content update. MPC and Lenovo sections have been added to the laptop portal, along with new pages in the Compal, HyperData, Twinhead, Toshiba, Chicony, NEC, Compaq, Jetta, WinBook, Nan Tan/Kapok, Dell, and Zenith sections. I have also updated and improved many existing laptop pages. There are new schematics and capacitor reference pages in the Repair Portal, and some new content in the Macintosh Portal as well.

- 3lectr1c


August 17th, 2024

This update adds a whole bunch of new content to the Laptop Portal (new Twinhead section, new pages on Dell, Gateway, IBM, Alpha-Top, FIC, Nan Tan, and Compaq laptops), but also heavily updates existing pages in the sections for Dell, PowerBook, Compaq, WinBook, Jetta and more. This comes along with many minor updates throughout the site. MUCH more to come soon!

- 3lectr1c


July 13th, 2024

New Laptop Portal section on Zenith Data Systems, along with updates to the Dell section.

- 3lectr1c


June 23rd, 2024

Two new brands are now covered under the Laptop Portal: Compaq and Compal. In addition to this, the sections on Alpha-Top and Chicony have received new content. I also finally started work on the Power Macintosh section inside the Macintosh Portal.

- 3lectr1c


June 6th, 2024

Today's update includes more new Laptop Portal content. The Nan Tan page has been expanded to include Kapok laptops, along with Clevo soon. Beyond that "new" section, existing sections for CTX, NEC, WinBook, Dell, Toshiba, AST, and ECS have been expanded with new content.

- 3lectr1c


May 22th, 2024

Introducing the new Repair Portal! This section combines the Capacitor Reference Library, "Important Issues" section (now renamed to the knowledge base), and the Apple Service Source page all into one convenient place. Along with that, the Repair Portal contains an archive of all available Macintosh schematics. There were also a few new pages added to the laptop portal. More to come soon.

- 3lectr1c




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Hello! Thanks for visiting. MacDat aims to collect important vintage hardware reference and repair information from around the web into one central place. The site currently has over 1300 pages and counting!




What's the focus?

MacDat's two main areas of focus currently are vintage Macintosh hardware (in general), and vintage PC laptop hardware. I've picked laptops in particular for the PC side of things because there really aren't many good resources for them on the web, especially for the more obscure brands. I also provide capacitor reference info, mainly for Macintosh systems at the moment.





Want to help?

If you have any information, cap reference, images that I could use, or any suggestions for the site, or if you've found an error somewhere, see this page for info on how to reach me, and what exactly could help me out.




FAQ



Why does this website look so out of date?

For a few reasons. First, I'm just not too good at HTML/CSS. That aside though, I honestly prefer the more retro feel either way. The new web all feels generic, like every site was made by the same person, and I just don't like that very much.



When is the next site update coming?

I generally work on the site pretty regularly, but I usually only push changes live once I have a good number of them built up. My goal is two every month, however, this really depends on my general motivation to work on it. This is just a hobby for me after all.





Nav Bar Guide

Macintosh Portal - For information about vintage Apple/Mac hardware, this is the place to go.


Laptop Portal - Information on vintage laptop hardware.


Repair Portal - The web's largest collection of Apple capacitor reference, service manuals, schematics, and other repair information.


3lectr1c's Collection - My personal database of information on my computer collection.


Extras - The dumping ground for anything that doesn't fit anywhere else.




Page last updated (MM/DD/YYYY): 09/15/2024
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