Post #2238597
2026-04-06 16:46 UTC
Close ups of the two main added boards. Left is the touchscreen controller and right is the everything board as mentioned in the previous post.
The touchscreen control board has only the one ribbon cable feeding into the everything board.
The everything board takes the keyboard and trackpad ribbons in, plus a soldered connector from the sound port, and a floppy-like connector to an interconnect board with the removable media bay. The everything board then has a ribbon cable up to the display.
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@likesoldmacs@bitbang.social 2026-04-06 16:52
This is the small board that sandwiches between the floppy bay connector, the CD ROM, the everything board, and an IR transmitter. If you recall, the removable bay for Powerbooks 5300 could only accommodate a 3.5 inch device. I once tried a 3400 CD ROM module on a disassembled 5300 and it didn't work - so they are doing some magic here to get CD and floppy out of that removable bay port.