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    Using an Adaptec PowerDomain 2930 SCSI Card in Mac OS X with my Nikon LS-2000 Film Scanner

    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 check it out here: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/adaptec-powerdomain-scsi-card-firmware It looks like it may have something similar to what you need. Note...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    I misunderstood. I guess I was confused that there was an image of a 3D model… and assumed it could be downloaded
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    You posted a photo of the 3D model you modified to fit the camera mount. Can you please upload the 3D model printable file (STL, Step, etc) that you created so I may print it and use it on my Kodak digitizer too? You can attach the 3D print file to a reply post to upload it. Thanks 👍
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Although it's likely possible to remove the plastic hood for the camera without taking apart the whole unit... it's way easier to do it once the device has been taken apart. As the piece is very firmly in place, in my experience. Be careful, there's a lot of small ribbon cables in the device...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    The original Kodak lens has a dab of string glue on it. I removed mine with a hot air gun set to low, unsure if a hair dryer may work. You want to be careful not to melt anything. Once removed the lens is on a spiral mount, so you can rotate it one way or the other to get better focus. At least...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Thanks for the revised 3D model. Can you please share it by attaching it to a post here? I'd like to see if it solves the issue I have of things not being in focus on the left side of things.
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Sadly Kodak no longer has any firmware updates on their website. 😥 This is where the original serial number matrix / data was pulled from to estimate the version numbers. Without more information the crude lookup tool I made cannot be updated... unless someone decodes the serial numbers further...
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    Is there a way to extract contents from VISE / StuffIt InstallMaker installers?

    Long story short - I bought another LaserJet 600N ethernet adapter cheap, and it did the same thing. Then someone suggested I factory reset the printer. And you know what? That did it - factory resetting the printer resets the name of the network card too, so it reset the name of the network...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    The Kodak devices can only use FAT32 formatted SD cards when flashing firmware to the device. I believe this is posted in the instructions. Otherwise, the system just ignores the firmware update. ExFAT formatted cards will typically work fine when recording content from the Kodak device. I've...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Super awesome find!! 👏 It might be too far fetched... but I remember when I learned how to dump the ROM I found similar chips that had more capacity with the same footprint. However, I assume that perhaps the firmware isn't designed to run with more space available and probably wouldn't...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Since your machine differs than the ones in this thread, I suggest making another thread so your requests aren't buried under 25 pages of Kodak-related chat. :) Sadly, the underlying software or chipset don't seem to be the same - so I don't have any ideas.
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Would you please be able to provide the exact product code for the lens you ordered? I know you may have mentioned it earlier, but I'd like to order one myself and would love to grab the right one. (The site has a lot of 12mm lenses listed 😅) Do I need any specific ribbon cable adapters, or...
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    Repairing my Apple Tape Backup 40SC Drive and Rescuing Apple History from 36 year old data tapes!

    First steps with PLA I knew PLA would likely be too tough and ordered some flexable TPU but it wouldn't arrive for another day or two, so I proceeded to experiment just for to explore sizing. I got the inner spoke size pretty spot on. Since there was some sticky residue from the deteriorated...
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    Repairing my Apple Tape Backup 40SC Drive and Rescuing Apple History from 36 year old data tapes!

    About five years ago I acquired an Apple Tape Backup 40SC drive, an external SCSI drive from 1987 that matches the lovely design of Apple's CD-ROM and external hard drive offerings at the time. The tape drive can take DC2000/QIC-40/80 mini cartridge type tapes, which have a capacity of about...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Yes, but keep in mind the live preview of the image before you record is different from the results of the recording. With the live preview there isn’t as much compression or images to video processing going on, so it tends to look sharper. There is a “webcam” mode of the device that you can...