Recent content by luminescentsimian

sbp_target on Linux exists and seems to mostly work. I can share images from a fresh Debian Linux install (kernel 6.12) to a PowerBook G4 running 10.4.11 and even boot from them. Installing Tiger to a FW hard drive image fails most of the way through the installation, but it does successfully...

OMG, a "Blue1394" could be really useful for PPC era Macs. Linux looks like is has the support in the kernel to do it but the config interface isn't there. Time to dive into the PiSCSI rabbit hole....

Loading them up into a 50-disc cassette for CD library Bonus 3D printer noises and dog barking

A generic USB-IDE adapter will probably work, but you'll be stuck at horrible USB1.1 speeds. A better bet would be to commandeer a firewire to IDE board from another external drive. I'd bet that most boards from a dead external hard drive would also work with a CD burner. An example from Amazon...

I've mocked up a fork of jrouter to make it an AURP access concentrator to see if it would be possible to simplify the setup and maintenance of a GlobalTalk type setup. Instead of every user needing to know and configure every other user's IP address, they only need to configure a single cloud...

DS was very useful back in the day. I miss it. "Modern" MDM management can't match the consistency and repeatability, and is much more hassle some times.

I also have a python-based ImageWriter emulator that can export PNGs or TIFFs (for proper CMYK prints). This year I'm trying to synthesize the sounds of printing based individual impacts. I'll rig it up as a shared ImageWriter on GlobalTalk and maybe have a web page to view/hear the results.

I just verified these measurements on a working, not recapped, 7100/66. I get <1 Ohm between the grounds (5,6,7) and ~13.5 Ohm between a ground and the +5V pins (2,3,4). The other pins (1,8,9,10), are open

Yeah, the Pico W, and Pi 0w when doing the same thing with a PiSCSI, only support 2.4GHz WiFi.

Does it only see headphones plugged in when there are actually headphones plugged in? Could be the jack is stuck in headphone/bypass mode. If the headphone jack isn't misbehaving then my next suspect would be the small power amp driving the speaker. It would probably be closest to the connector...

You're looking for something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-FIDECO-Converter-5-25-Inch-DVD-ROM/dp/B077N2KK27 The usual caution about random gibberish-named companies, but most of them are probably ok. The 3.5" IDE interface is the key one for your iMac's drive. This one says it's for...

An indirect recommendation: The University library has switched their resin printers to Phrozen Mega 8K's. While the Mega 8K it way out of your budget maybe one of the smaller ones will fit your needs. They run as a retail print service with librarians and student workers, not nerdy engineering...

Congratulations, you have a super rare after market 400k drive conversion! :) My inclination for a hail Mary repair would be to butt the pieces back together and bridge the cut with copper tape, and then try and cut the gap between the traces out of the tape without making things worse. There's...

I replaced most of the caps in the in the PSU but it was still making an odd high-pitched noise before resetting. Ruh-roh, maybe there's a problem with one of ICs died. A little looking around I spotted a thin line in one of the vertical boards. Thar's your problem: I'm thinking the odds of...

How far did you get with this? I just got my hands on one of these and have a G4 I can use to poke at it. Looking at the service manual and looking up the Quantum signal generator I don't think the signal generator knew anything about DDC or any sort of bi-directional communications.