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		vitovito 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Any info on dock connector of the original Apple i... Not a docking connector: charging contacts. See page 29 of the service manual here: http://www.applerepairmanuals.com/the_manuals_are_in_here/iB... (No third-party charger that used them was ever released AFAICT.)

Ecco 4 months ago [–]

Amazing, thanks for that link! Do you have any idea how I could figure out what voltage to provide?

vitovito 4 months ago | [–]

I don't see that anyone's ever done the work. Disassemble it, trace the contacts, apply increasing amounts of current?

In the underside photo here, it's CP1 and CP2: https://davidigreen.com/blog/ibook-g3-clamshell-logic-board-...

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