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  1. alxlab

    Community project? NuBus-to-SPI interface... aiming toward ESP32-based WiFi card

    Was thinking of plugging directly to the back of the card like: But yeah. Just did a quick check of the physical size of the connector with relation to the card and don't think it would even fit with the USB, micro sd and HD44 connector side by side. With a normal Nubus bracket you only have...
  2. alxlab

    Community project? NuBus-to-SPI interface... aiming toward ESP32-based WiFi card

    How many pins of the esp32 module would you need to use? I'd still be tempted to design it with the module on a dongle or daughter board and use a connector like this: Logic being that the card won't have anything sticking out besides connectors when installing into the computer. More...
  3. alxlab

    PDS DOS Compatibility Card Extender

    I was able to get in contact with tomytronics and he offered to send over the design files since they aren't hosted anywhere. I asked him if he was ok if I hosted the files on github with a CC license. Will keep you peeps posted.
  4. alxlab

    Attic dropped soffit air sealing

    I actually live in Canada but it's very similar to the construction in the northern US. Yeah the US and Canada have no lack of cheap wood (used to be cheap before covid lol) so that's what's being used mainly. Also it has a lot less older type building which were traditionally masonry like in...
  5. alxlab

    Attic dropped soffit air sealing

    Yeah my basement is unfinished. If it was finished I'd be looking into alternatives like powerline networking or wifi. Wifi at 5Ghz is pretty good since microwave won't interfere with it but usually need to put a few repeaters. Wifi 802.11ax / Wifi 6 looks really nice though. Especially the 8 x...
  6. alxlab

    PDS DOS Compatibility Card Extender

    Yeah was planning to use a paint program if all else fails but I'd rather have measurement's with calipers if possible. Using callipers I got 101.5mm from my DOS card so 101.7mm is right in the ballpark :)
  7. alxlab

    Attic dropped soffit air sealing

    Probably gonna do Cat6 at my house at some point but gonna try from the basement since the ceiling is gone already. It will be easier from there since all the walls have fire blocking which would need to be drilled through if I went from above. Dunno if it's standard for your area but my...
  8. alxlab

    PDS DOS Compatibility Card Extender

    Nice! Yeah tried messaging tomytronics on reddit to ask if the schematics were available. If not will need to redo the design in Kicad. The original Reply extender looks like it's either more that two layer design or they just attach all the ground pins to the ground plane on one side. I don't...
  9. alxlab

    PDS DOS Compatibility Card Extender

    Yeah exactly why I thinking can probably put two db 15 connectors on the extender. I understand why they put the HD-26 connector on the extender since it's expected that if you got the card then you would have the cable as well. As time goes on though the cables are thrown away and just the...
  10. alxlab

    PDS DOS Compatibility Card Extender

    Does anyone have one of these Reply DOS compatibility card extenders? I'd like to make a clone and possible one with 2 normal DB15 connectors for the joystick and monitor if they will fit. Want to know the PCB dimensions. tomytronics on reddit seems to have made a clone but I don't see any...
  11. alxlab

    New BlueSCSI PDS Card slot bracket for Macintosh SE and SE/30

    Yeah Thingiverse actually had a security breach so I think everyone had to change their passwords.
  12. alxlab

    Attic dropped soffit air sealing

    Yeah my house is like Pandora's box. The house looked ok when I bought it. Once I started checking what was hidden behind the walls all hell broke loose lol
  13. alxlab

    Macintosh connector part numbers

    Here ya go. It's actually the same thing as the J11 speaker connector on the logic board. Macintosh SE J11: Molex 0022232021
  14. alxlab

    Documentation for DB15 to VGA adapters

    Yeah actually working on replicating the MacView / UNIMAC 82D that @Drake showed me:
  15. alxlab

    Macintosh connector part numbers

    Macintosh Portable: Q14, Q15, Q16, Q20 Vishay IRF9Z30PBF Q16, Q20 Heatsink (exact): Aavid 7140DG Q16, Q20 Heatsink (alternative): Aavid 6237BG F1: Littelfuse 251007
  16. alxlab

    Macintosh connector part numbers

    Yeah just double checked and the footprint definitely seems to match.
  17. alxlab

    Period-accurate benchmarking tools?

    Here's a few that I've used: Speedometer 4.0.2 MacBench 4.0 Apple Personal Diagnostic v1.1.1 - 1.1.3 Norton Utilities 3.1.x Traditionally I've used Speedometer for benchmarking since it's small I've saved records from doing benchmarks from many different computers. I like the Apple Personal...
  18. alxlab

    Attic dropped soffit air sealing

    This used to be a plastic vapor barrier and the paper backing of the soffit's drywall. Now it's just a crumbly and moldy mess. Mmmmm roof sand, bird feed, mouse poop and mouse nests. Nice. Had to clean up all that mess, patch the ceiling and paint it to give some kind of protection...
  19. alxlab

    Community project? NuBus-to-SPI interface... aiming toward ESP32-based WiFi card

    Regarding card dimensions: There's more computer specific dimensions and clearances given in the Designing Cards and Drivers for the Macintosh Family by Apple Computer, Inc. I looked at the IIsi developer docs since I consider it a smaller Mac and it mentions "Any size NuBus card specified...
  20. alxlab

    HTTP proxy and transcoder for vintage browsers

    Yeah not sure how that could be done transparently. Off the top of my head I could see the proxy downloading the image, converting them with image magick or the like, hosting it locally in directory path named to uniquely identify the page and image for current/future use and then...