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Oh brilliant! You get a gold star for that! It's not always clear what differences there are between various sources of BlueSCSI, but that does ecourage me to dig out the Classic and do some experimentation. I know the BlueSCSI itself is good.

Thanks for posting the followup - I had forgotten two things that could be important, the first being that not all microSD cards are created equal, so that I ought to experiment a bit with a few different ones, and that secondly, the v1 BlueSCSI can work with ExFAT as well as FAT32. I haven't...

I don't think it's related to your case, but I had no end of problems with a BlueSCSI v1 and my Classic. The system boots perfectly with it hanging out the back, but locks up during boot with it mounted above the floppy drive as normal. I gave up and put a 40Mb HD in instead since this was...

I like the idea of calling them out, and those beginning to collect vintage computers could easily be taken in by some sellers. I just can't see a safe way to do it when naming names, and where someone sees their income threatened as a result, there is going to be a problem at some point. My...

Laws are different everywhere, and even subtle differences in wording can have vast implications to what is or isn't a matter of legal jeopardy. However, almost everywhere that has a base of English common law (the US included) would regard a statement of suspicion, even with some supporting...

This seems like a good idea, but is a problematic legal can of worms. Part of the problem is that there is no one single set of 'rules' about what is and isn't defamation, since the site reaches legal jurisdictions such as the UK and US, where these definitions differ - sometimes widely. You...

Well... a mini PC for $71, 15-inch HDMI monitor, $69, Windows 10 (preinstalled), Basilisk II (free), MacOS 8.1 (actually turns out to be 7.5.3, but free anyway), bunch of applications.... (free), plus a lot more on macintoshgarden.org, not to mention also a whole lot of games (free). And this...

As someone who uses old computers every day, I think there's a lot of sense in this. It has always seemed silly to me when I hear some people talk about these machines as if all they're good for is paperweights and dust catchers, because 'back then' these types of systems were the backbone of...

Since the code of conduct says exactly this, and it is inclusive of everyone, it seems to do the job perfectly well without changing or expanding on it. It certainly isn't clear to me how you can improve on 'be awesome to each other' as a guiding principle of excellence. Indeed, I wish I'd...

While I do appreciate the reasons for your proposals, I wasn't so much interested in a debate with you on them, just on providing my feedback to the board and admins as to why I believe your proposals for inclusivity are less appropriate to the site here than they might potentially be in other...

I want to respond to this separately, because I find this puzzling in the context of a discussion about inclusivity. That it isn't acceptable to 'pathologize' neurodiverse people this way is clear, but it can't be considered acceptable to do so with neurotypical people either. Eulogizing work...

I understand the motivation, but I don't know where you stop once you start down the road to defining the groups, definitions and protected classes to be accounted for in a code of conduct, particularly when the people concerned may not demonstrate any of the characteristics of the class to...

Honestly, no I wouldn't. Aside from the fact the programming teams aren't aware of and often not interested in specific 'edge' case uses of the software, their purpose is to add features to make the application into a 'more uses for more users' wonder package everyone has to buy and use. When...

Affinity Photo is pretty good, but there are many alternatives, even if not all are in the App Store. GraphicsConverter is till around (and excellent), and I've used PixelStyle Photo Editor for some time too. As for Word, there are still local install copies, but I gave up on Office after 2011...

I'm not sure that you have the mentality of 'boomer-types' quite right, since we were, largely, the generation (or so) that drove adoption of microcomputing, even to the point that many of us played a significant role in development and systems engineering. It is frankly a bit alarming...

The points you make about 'perpetual kings' are entirely valid, and I would bet we can all think of internet resources 'run' by such people, where self aggrandizement and many forms of bullying and favouritisms are common. But there is also human nature, where, to somewhat misquote another: one...

While I applaud the idea of a site run by members for the sake of members, I seriously doubt it can be competently achieved with long term goals by such short term 'management', where objectives could change so frequently. To me, 3 year terms of office would be a sensible alternative, though I...

I can't help with your question, but oh man, that reminds me there's a MDD in the corner of the family room downstairs that hasn't been powered up in 15 years at least..... I wonder....

I'd never done 3D printing either, so I didn't know and left it all as default. Then discovered that infill is the density of the print - so it should be 100% otherwise you get a skeleton! I left everything else as default (except selecting ABS) and the result looks fine... though I haven't yet...

I like the 100 series PowerBooks, and have several of them. I thought this was an emotional attachment of some kind, particularly when I got a 170 (no tunnel vision issue), which is the same as the 170 I was given when I started work at university in 1992. Yet actually I rarely used that...