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Mac84
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Tecmar Mac Drive (10 MB) A serial hard drive?! (The first Macintosh external hard drive)
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I only took a quick peek, but it looked like copper, similar to this "clock" someone made and posted on eBay of the same model drive. :oops:
Sep 24, 2025
Mac84
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Tecmar Mac Drive (10 MB) A serial hard drive?! (The first Macintosh external hard drive)
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Thanks David, I'm currently performing a number of those steps today. I didn't think of testing the enclosure without the drive...
Sep 24, 2025
Mac84
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Tecmar Mac Drive (10 MB) A serial hard drive?! (The first Macintosh external hard drive)
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Out of curiosity, I opened up the Tecmar "Volume Manager" software (v6.0.3) in ResEdit and looked through the alert messages. This is...
Sep 24, 2025
Mac84
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Tecmar Mac Drive (10 MB) A serial hard drive?! (The first Macintosh external hard drive)
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The Hyperdrive one is neat! And yes, this is a bigggg drive. Thankfully the MacGUI article I linked to above (after you log in) has...
Sep 24, 2025
Mac84
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Tecmar Mac Drive (10 MB) A serial hard drive?! (The first Macintosh external hard drive)
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Yep! They had to use volume shenanigans to get around the maximum storage sizes of the original system software, hah! This MacGUI...
Sep 23, 2025
Mac84
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Tecmar Mac Drive (10 MB) A serial hard drive?! (The first Macintosh external hard drive)
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That's a good question! This drive I believe was also capable of working with the Mac 128K, where the HD20 needed the 512K to work. One...
Sep 23, 2025
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Add-ons, Peripherals & Networking
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Hey all, I wanted to share something neat I picked up at VCF Midwest this year, a Tecmar Mac Drive, perhaps the first external hard...
Sep 23, 2025
Mac84
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Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)
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The camera sensor? I haven't seen a source, it may be a custom part, but it also may be similar enough to find a replacement. The pinout...
Aug 23, 2025
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Using an Adaptec PowerDomain 2930 SCSI Card in Mac OS X with my Nikon LS-2000 Film Scanner
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This may help, @Ron's Computer Videos did a great video and journey of archiving a lot of Adaptec drivers, including the 29160, you can...
Aug 21, 2025
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