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I am inclined to suggest that we declare the voting closed. This poll was posted on December 30th 2023, so it has been up for 15+ days. This is more than enough time for the active users that wish to participate in the poll to cast their vote. As of now (January 16, 2024 at around 13:20 UTC)...

Sorry about the slow response. I'll put it on my list of things to make this week.

On the question of when we close this poll and "count the results", there are about 75 to 80 daily active users on the forum. We posted a notice about this poll in Discord 10 days ago. And there's been a banner at the top of the forum since the 7th. Based on these daily active user numbers...

I am wondering to some degree what kind of things people are expecting the Board to be doing. Tinker Different is a forum. Unless there are community needs, governing decisions to be made, problems to be addressed, or similar concerns, what is there for the Board to do? We're not trying to...

As a pre-emptive statement, I am a member of the current (2023) Board of Directors but not speaking in any official capacity for the Board as a whole. My opinions as posted here are mine and mine alone, and so on. Generally speaking, my opinion is that the members of this forum are here...

Hello everyone, we in the current Board have a proposal for the community. First, the proposal. And then the reasoning will follow: * We would like to extend the length of the current Board's term to 3 years. A more detailed post on reasoning from Kai will follow (Kai is ill right now, and...

The PowerBook 1x0 series (other than original 100) uses a friction fit system for the SCSI drive. That's why the bracket has tall side walls - it's held down by the metal bracket and a peg which extends from the bottom case through one of the drive mount holes. If the friction fit seems too...

Replying to a question from your blog post here: --------------------- First, I noticed the BlueSCSI has fewer pins than the old hard drive and the connector. I want to figure out the pin-out, or how to properly install the BlueSCSI in the connector, before I accidentally fry something or kill...

After firmware has been flashed to the Pico stick, you should see a "blink code" from the green LED on the Pico. If it blinks once, that means it has read the SD card and is ready for use. Anything other than one blink is an error code, and those can be found here. You may need to remove USB...

December 16, 2023 Board Meeting Attendance: Christian (fogWraith), Jacob (Androda), Justin (jdmcs), Kai Robinson, Bruce (Branchus) Absent: Eric (eric), Josh (Drake), Ron (Ron’s Computer Videos) Agenda: Item 1: Board Terms Notes: We are basically at the end of the 2023 Board Term, and there...

I'm glad the ribbon cable works for you. Was your 165's original cable a "630-6271-A / 821-0104-A" like mine? This screw issue is really strange. Almost sounds like the mounts moved when you were re-gluing them.

Perhaps a dumb question, but do you mean "long sleeved t-shirt" or "sweatshirt" (which usually have long sleeves) ? Also: I've added a short sleeve t-shirt option to the store.

In line with the announcement of the Tinker Different Merch Store, here's a thread for feedback.

Announcing the Tinker Different Merch Store! The store URL is: https://shop.tinkerdifferent.com Here you will find: The Tinker Different 2024 Calendar, in two different form factors Hoodies with the Tinker Different logo Mugs emblazoned with the Tinker Different logo Mouse Pads with the SE...

Hot on the heels of the HD68 to 50 adapter is this HD50 to 50 adapter. Super low stock availability, these connectors are a mess to get ahold of. Also, the Mac Portable to BlueSCSI adapter is now restocked including for 2023_10a. https://androda.work/product/hd50-to-desktop-50-pin-scsi-adapter/

Correct, this does not make BlueSCSI into a proper wide SCSI device. Just makes it possible to more easily use on a 16 bit bus.

Did the screen cable replacement function? I'm not going to be any help on the hinge issue, mostly curious if the display works.

New product: The HD68 to Desktop 50 Adapter. Plugs straight into a BlueSCSI or other 50 pin internal Desktop drive and connects to the HD68 bus. Includes a high-byte terminator for situations where that matters. Low stock availability, these connectors are expensive and I don't want to order...

Agreed. @MICHAENTOSH please create a debugging thread for this sad mac issue over in the Mac Portable Subforum. Based on the picture, those are the original capacitors. Even if they did not visibly create a pool of fluid on the motherboard, they can fail invisibly or cause corrosion directly...

It could be related. There are leaking capacitors in the 12v generator circuit, and I believe both the original hard drive and floppy drive require 12 volts. Might only be able to power one at a time with the leakage. Low or improper capacitance on the boost driver (boosting from battery...