Search results

@nekogahora280 Forum member @jmacz does incredible restoration work, as you can see from his BEFORE/AFTER photos below: image source Here are more details about how he accomplished the above. He might have some tips for you about restoring your own severely damaged plastic case. That would...

@Nycturne How do you store your RAM/ROM/VRAM SIMMs, currently?

You have what appears to be a very unique and rare item! It is all the more a tragedy that the previous owner(s) allowed the machine to be crushed into pieces. Your machine's logo area... Normal Mac Plus logo area... I cannot say why the case would be smooth unless it was sanded and...

Oh, of course. I was simply taking an educated guess (based on my own observations over time) that a majority of vintage computing hobbyists probably don't have 3D printers of their own, hence my previous posts were not merely in consideration of myself alone, but those folks as well. And...

But here’s the crux… Not all of us have around 3-D printer, and therefore our filament choices are limited to whatever 3-D printing service we need to use. In my case, that is JLCPCB.

Very sad. That damage is severe. It looks almost like someone dropped that poor Mac, kicked it, or even tried to destroy it. That sort of strong shock could have damaged the motherboard. You might want to check the solder side of the motherboard with a magnifying glass for possible cracks...

Very interesting. Well, I don't own a Macintosh Plus, nor have I ever used that accelerator board. But I did find some info you can investigate. Please open the web page below and then search the page for these keywords: Levco Prodigy 4...

Yikes! Looks like he was dropped! Also, were the chips wet or did something splash on them in the past? I am taking note of this...

Most of the bags sold as being "anti-static" are mostly made of polyethylene or polypropylene, but they also have other ingredients that contribute to their being anti-static, thereby protecting sensitive electronics inside. Those kind of bags are special in that they won't hold a charge. For...

@Mu0n Just to confirm, you were hoping to have all the Archon game icons extracted?

@OneGeekArmy seems to be saying that his Raiders of the Lost Icon software requires Catalina or newer. So long as he doesn't up the minimum OS requirement, that means you could get yourself a late 2012 Mac Mini (Catalina compatible) for under a hundred bucks on EBAY, then just connect your own...

Just found this thread today because I was Googling for anti-static bags sized for 30pin RAM SIMMs and ROM SIMMs but couldn't find anything the right size. I then thought about 3D printing and found a few designs on Printables, but then I asked ChatGPT to search more, and it amusingly found...

Not sure if it is just me or just my Mac, but when I clicked the Archon link to Macintosh Garden in the previous post, I got a 403 error. I then clicked it a second time and it worked. I then tried to download DL#1 and got another 403 error. I went back and clicked the same DL#1 link again...

The creator of Pico Mac Nano, Nick Gillard, made this short video showing off his creation...

Yes, my bad for having worded in a way that kind of sounded bad. 🫢 Sorry about that, Kai. It was not my intention to insinuate that. But in regards to your being almost out of the retro scene, I’m both happy and sad. Sad because you have been an incredible FRIEND to the community. You are a...

Here's a video I just made just now which gives a detailed overview of what I've said in this thread and what the actual problems are. I also covered the recent Github discussion about the GBSC and 1024x768 resolution.

Some don't fault Mouser for that but I do. It's maddening. Console5 is an alternative for some people because kits are always in stock and there are no out-of-stock capacitor games to play, but they don't have every kit needed, and it's not easy to figure out the part numbers and specs of...

The issue now is OUTPUT RESOLUTION. My unmodified GBS-8200 can output to VGA in 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768, but if you mod the GBS with the EPS8266 (making it into a GBSC), 1024x768 resolution is not supported, which is an issue because my EYOYO display's native resolution is 1024x768. I...

Found several articles about the little guy, starting with this one here: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Nick-Gillard-unveils-pico-mac-nano-A-62mm-tall-Macintosh-Classic-built-using-a-WaveShare-Pico-Zero-Raspberry-Pi-board.1025525.0.html Says that 480x342 pixels were chosen for the tiny display...

It's good to hear MacEffects will be restocked with Reloaded boards. Thanks for the update, Kai! (y) Now, in regards to what @callanbrown wrote on 4/2/2025, I can only suggest that we ALL should prepare for what will happen when we pass away. Hopefully, that won't happen for many more decades...