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    For the love of old tech + rant on all things modern

    Apple does a lot wrong these days (and knows better). But I'm still typing this on an M1 MBA because Microsoft keeps saying to hold its beer.
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    MacLynx beta 5: now with UTF-8 and even more native controls

    Hey, thanks! It's fun to work on. Once everything got ironed out in the build system, then the rest was "easy."
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    Beige PowerMac G3 Capacitor Replacement

    What were the problems? Did that fix them?
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    I Bought a Better System Board for my Octane and Need Troubleshooting Help

    D'oh!
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    MacLynx beta 5: now with UTF-8 and even more native controls

    MacLynx is an update to the original 1997 MacLynx that provides a native Lynx text browser port on A/UX 3.x, System 7.x and higher, with Mac quality-of-life improvements and support for TLS 1.3 through Crypto Ancienne (either self-hosted or on another system). Changes in this release: -...
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    Warning: Backblaze will LOCK your data.

    What happened?
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    ADB KVM Switch - Thoughts?

    I've got a push-button one like that. It multiplexes between my Lisp Machine IIci (MacIvory), my clock-chipped Q800 and my "G4" 7300. However, the 7300 uses a different rotary KVM for video since it has a Rage Orion.
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    7100 name badge removal

    I don't know about the 7100 specifically but some of these you can pop out the applique from the rear (the 1400 is like that).
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    Macintosh IIci resurrected (first time I've used one too!)

    The IIci is my favourite 68K Mac. Stackable, easy to work on, not excessively expensive as classic Macs go, 32-bit clean, not large, many expansion options.
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    I Bought a Better System Board for my Octane and Need Troubleshooting Help

    I have to say that I've always found the Octanes to be a bit of a bag of hurt (along with their contemporary the O2). There are things to dislike about the Fuel but it's relatively straightforward to work on.
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    G4 PPC Towers with Modern Monitors Adapter

    Ah, that probably explains it.
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    G4 PPC Towers with Modern Monitors Adapter

    Which video card is this? I don't have any trouble with my MDD's Radeon 9000 Pro getting 1920x1080 over DVI.
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    GOTCHAS when buying a Macintosh Portable?

    I killed one of mine (I had two originally) that way, though, so I'll argue the opposite side. My prototype Portable uses an original supply and a rebuilt battery and after its recap continues to perform perfectly except for its audio being a little quiet.
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    For the love of old tech + rant on all things modern

    I, also, like being able to fully control every aspect of the system. If I want to get into some nook or cranny, I should be able to do it without the hardware or the operating system getting in my way. Plus, there's something about the immediacy of older system that modern ones can't...
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    Macintosh Portable PSI RAM plus ??? Card

    Those all look like RAM to me.
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    Finally entered the world of PAL C64 (via a Kawari VIC-II replacement board)

    I'm promised a PAL flat 128 at some point, but I'm happy being 100% NTSC. My main system is a 128DCR with a 1541 Ultimate II. I use a ZoomFloppy with a 1571 for disk management.
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    The SCSItron with BlinkyLights

    It would be great for getting a rough idea of controller issues. I'd buy one.
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    Hacking the Interactive Television Box: it's got System 7.1 in ROM

    If you have the red ROM for the AITB (Set Top Box/STB), the one that displays on the composite outputs, you can actually hack the unusual form of System 7.1 it includes in ROM. It works great with a BMOW 2MB ROM-inator and a SIMM programmer...
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    A potato livecam using the C128 VDC and a ComputerEyes

    My wife and I had fun doing the video. It may turn up as a gag exhibit at one of the computer festivals I attend in the future. Bonus points: identify what C64 game that particular (1.3x here) arrangement of Yakety Sax came from.
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    A potato livecam using the C128 VDC and a ComputerEyes

    The Commodore 64 ComputerEyes video digitizer can't display live(ish, it's slow scan) video during capture because the VIC-II DMA interferes. So .... let's put the 128's VDC high-resolution chip into low resolution and use that. And then make the capture rate 25% faster...
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