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Sound Driver reference values for musical notesUse this excel spreadsheet to understand how the values needed for the old Mac Sound Driver works
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Convert any Video to work on Classic Macs using the xvid/divx pluginClassic Max XVID/DIVX conversion via Terminal
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Sideburn wrote on 🌈NiziMac's profile.
Hey it’s tavis with the micro Mac project. Let me know what you need and I’ll get them together. There’s an lcd mounting bracket and then I have some other various mounts I made for my other boards and speaker and stuff.
Long time, no post and a Happy New Year to all!
Greetings from my slightly cranky PowerBook 180 the typical exploding hinges included!
Thank goodness for 3D printers!
Greetings from my slightly cranky PowerBook 180 the typical exploding hinges included!
Thank goodness for 3D printers!
Getting back into a hobby I absolutely loved and regretfully stepped away from. A Mac owner since 1989.