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!
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New Laptop Portal section on Zenith Data Systems, along with updates to the Dell section.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I've added a new universal navigation bar to every page, which should help make navigation easier. This update also includes more laptop portal content for the following brands: Nan Tan, Chicony, Alpha-Top, Sunrex/Hyperdata, MicronPC/MPC, WinBook, Dell, FIC, Ergo/Brick, IBM, and ECS. There is also now a dedicated section for Epson, and the "Green Laptops" page has been split into separate sections for Alpha-Top and ECS. I've also added new capacitor reference to the library. Whew!
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Still hard at work on the Laptop Portal. 3 new brands have been added - Samsung, Chicony, and Ergo/Brick. Also, new pages and updates for the following brands: Apple, Jetta, HyperData, IBM, WinBook, NEC, and Dell.
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Another new round of additions to the Laptop Portal. HyperData and MaxTech sections have been added. New pages were also added for the following brand sections: Dell, Toshiba, Alpha-Top, IBM, Jetta, Nan Tan, and Micron.
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Laptop portal additions and updates for the following brands: Apple, NEC, IBM, Nan Tan, WinBook, Toshiba, Compaq, Alpha-Top, AST, Micron, CTX, FIC, and Veridata. Whew! I'm also getting back to updating Macintosh Portal pages to the new site styling, along with improving them as I go.
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Today's leap day update includes a motherload of new documentation on Dell laptops, along with new or updated pages on laptops from Micron, Alpha-Top, AST, and Toshiba.
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Lots of new cap reference photos added, various other things, and of course, laptop portal additions for the following brands: AST, FIC, Alpha-Top, CTX, Dell, and WinBook.
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Laptop portal additions for the following brands: FIC, Alpha-Top, NEC, and AST, along with some other minor stuff.
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The first site update of 2024! This one brings another boat-load of new content. Service Manuals for the vast majority of Apple products from the 68k and PPC era are now up on the Macintosh Portal. New PC pages added on IBM, AST, Apple and WinBook laptops. New section created for Micron laptops, and finally, various other changes and edits.
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Another large round of new content & updates for the Laptop Portal. New sections for NEC and FIC, and updates to the CTX, Jetta, Nan Tan, WinBook, Green and AST sections. There's still a lot more to come though!
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A bunch of new content has been added to the Laptop Portal. Documentation on Alpha-Top/ECS Green laptops, more WinBooks, CTX, AST, and models from misc. brands under the new "Other" page. See the site revision history for a full look at the changes.
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Documentation on Nan Tan laptops added to the Laptop Portal, Mac II pages updated, other small stuff.
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Several new pages on WinBook laptops, images added to existing ones, WinBook homepage updated to be fancier, some Mac II pages converted to the new site styling, collection page updates, other minor changes.
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CTX laptop pages nearly finished - all except for one now have pages. Also, a (late) seasonal change to the site background.
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New on MacDat: Dell and Jetta laptop pages have been greatly expanded. 14 new laptops now have pages on the site!
New pages on the PowerBook 190/5300 Series, all Compact Mac pages updated to the new site styling, collection page updates, and more.
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Many PowerBook pages (and others) converted to the new site styling, and some were also updated along the way. New capacitor reference, various minor changes, and collection page updates.
The contribution page is now also live! (See right side of this page).
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Many pages converted to the new styling guidelines, mostly collection and PowerBook pages. CTX Homepage and 800 Series pages added to the laptop portal, collection page updates and rewrites, and more.
I'm going to be doing smaller batches of "Nighttime Updates" over the next little bit, this being the first. Not going to call them Nightly since they probably won't come every night.
To avoid spamming the news feed, Nighttime Update News will be tracked here.
Latest Nighttime Update: August 2st, 2023
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Many pages updated to the new site styling, cap reference updates, other stuff.
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Welcome to the new MacDat homepage! Obviously, a lot looks different from the way it was before. For more info, read this article.
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New on MacDat: BIG Updates for the WinBook section of the site - many new pages, and an eBay archive! (Along with a couple other things).
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New on MacDat: New page on laptop CMOS battery leaks, PowerBook Duo section created, collection page updates, and more!
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New on MacDat: Yet more capacitor reference info and images, more pages on WinBook laptops, collection page updates and more!
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New on MacDat: Another large update! Quadra/Centris section on the Macintosh Portal is finished, along with new PowerBook pages as well. The Cap Reference Library UI has been updated, it's now table-based and looks a lot nicer. I've also been pushing out smaller stuff, like new WinBook pages and cap reference updates in-between releases as well.
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New on MacDat: Big updates! New home page, PC Portal is back with some changes, more cap reference info, and more WinBook pages!
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New on MacDat: More various page updates, random stuff, and brand new resources on the WinBook SLC/SX DX Systems!
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New on MacDat: Various page updates and random stuff.
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New on MacDat: 5 new macs added to the cap reference library, multiple other page updates.
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New on MacDat: 20 new PowerBooks and Portables have been added to the capacitor reference library!
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More minor updates this time around. Preparing the PC Portal for relaunch, new footer/backnav, etc.
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New on MacDat: 10 new Macs added to the Capacitor Reference Portal!
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15 new pages added to the capacitor reference library!
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New on MacDat: Many page updates, the capacitor reference library and more!
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New on MacDat: Big updates to the Important Issues section, new pages, and more!
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New on MacDat: More pages, a CPU upgrade index, a ton of fixes, and additions to my Lounge section.
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New site update: All basic PowerBook 100 series pages are now mostly finished!
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I just pushed a big update to the site - all basic pages for the entire Macintosh LC lineup are now finished, along with some other changes!
Access the new pages through the Macintosh portal. For a full changelog report, see my Revision History under extras.
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MacDat was updated this day, but the news wasn't. Updates from this day included updates to the page on SCSI SSDs, Mac LC info, and various fixes.
Today, MacDat was launched on a domain for the first time! The site is still in a very early period of developement, and just about everything is unfinished as of right now. More to come soon!
For some more info on the launch, check this page out.
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Welcome to the official MacDat 68kMLA Release Copy! This copy of the site includes the Macintosh and PC Portals, along with a few other things as well.
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