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Got far enough along that the SE/30 is booting, and the shell fits, so I've posted the modified shell to clear the ROM SIMM up on Printables: https://www.printables.com/model/1774415-catmac-mini-se30-shell Not sure if it clears stuff like the ROMinator or OWC's 16MB SIMMs. Might be close. At...

I first learned C using SIOUX back in the 90s, and can confirm everything @thecloud is saying here. Looking at the ask list: * "Simple window": Not sure what this means? I see the original project supports TTY to be able to layout different parts of the game to different parts of the terminal...

I've continued to play around with a few different tweaks. I've reduced some of the need for supports in the lid model. Comparing to the less-altered tall version, it cuts total print time by around 10% (1hr) and uses a hair less material (20g). I can probably get a bit more aggressive with it...

I have a partial solution to the issues I was having with the supports: print in PETG instead. Being softer, it's easier to get an exacto knife into the SD card slot and slice away the supports, and less likely to result in me injuring myself than with PLA supports. The result is pretty clean...

Oh yeah. My father’s Mac at the time was a 7300. When I moved out I gave him my G4 upgrade from an 8600. He had to remove it when he ran into those weird issues with OrangePC and CPU upgrades.

On some level, I'd love to get my hands on a 660, but I don't think many of them ever got out in the wild. Growing up, my father had grabbed a 5xx series card so that he could do some Windows-only stuff for work without having a separate PC at home. I wound up using it for some Windows 95/98 era...

The timing of this video was spot-on. I had just got a hold of a logic board I wanted to use for this exact project around the time the video came out. Left on a long trip immediately after so I'm getting back into it. When it comes to the case parts though, I'm wondering how folks are setting...

The fish smell is one I still remember from high school. Some capacitor is failing, possibly leaking. Seems like you are on the right track, but still need to track down the failing capacitor. I'd also be checking voltage at different points in the power supply to make sure there isn't a short...

Considering how rare these are starting to get, I hope he says yes. Fingers crossed that the capacitor hasn't eaten too many traces. It looks to be in pretty good shape otherwise. This reminds me I need to make sure I have the right parts on hand to recap my own IIe card here soon.

Got a couple spools in today, and printed out a replacement power button for a 7300. Looking good. Thanks for working to make this available.

I was a bit young when Bill was having his impact at Apple, but Hypercard was still a big thing for young me. It was where I first started trying to build something with a computer rather than just playing with the computer. And much of his work on QuickDraw which I delved into during high...

The goal here is to have a high enough resistance to not conduct, but still not be seen as "open" either. The thing that the AI didn't mention is that the resistance goal is somewhere between 10^5 and 10^12 Ohms, depending on exactly what you are aiming for in terms of dissipation. So >10k and...

I missed out as well, but will be looking to pick up a spool or two once it's back in stock. Meanwhile, it looks like Ars picked up on this too? EDIT: I just rechecked and it still says in stock for me. So I placed an order. Let's see what happens...

I’ve only got a couple spares, so I use the ESD bags I got when buying upgrades off eBay. If I had more, I’d print this out. I stumbled into the thread because it did look like it might be useful a bit later for me. Since I do have a printer though, I can use some PETG-CF I have, or order some...

My one correction here is that ESD bags aren’t RF shielded, at least not intentionally. Circuits generally aren’t vulnerable to RF in the sense of getting damaged, outside of an EMP or similarly strong field. They are vulnerable to an early death if exposed to the couple-thousand volts in a...