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  1. Kai Robinson

    Operational Cost Overview [2023]

    Currently the admins and founders have all chipped in, which is enough to keep us going, there's no mad scramble for funding just yet. However, we are due to discuss the matter of funding and donations at our next board meeting, hopefully we'll be able to report back with a more concrete plan...
  2. Kai Robinson

    DuPAL - A dedicated toolset for reverse engineering PAL/HAL SPLD's

    Amended the title to better reflect the toolset :)
  3. Kai Robinson

    iMac G5 wont chime anymore

    Yes, RS always say there are plenty, but the moment you look in the basket, they're backordered to hell.
  4. Kai Robinson

    Installing Mac OS X Leopard on the Apple TV (1st generation)

    @fogWraith could this go on the garden?
  5. Kai Robinson

    iMac G5 wont chime anymore

    That assumes you can get hold of any - most of the ones i have are stockpiled, anything from Mouser that's a tantalum is about 2 years backordered (!)...
  6. Kai Robinson

    Installing Mac OS X Leopard on the Apple TV (1st generation)

    My bad then, i thought it was still based on a G4 for some reason!
  7. Kai Robinson

    120GB SSDs in G4 Cube

    I bought a startech one, hoping to use this in my G4
  8. Kai Robinson

    Installing Mac OS X Leopard on the Apple TV (1st generation)

    Snow leopard will never run on PowerPC, the best that might be possible, will be Sorbet Leopard, but i think @z970 would have to do a bit more work to make it work with this hardware.
  9. Kai Robinson

    Retro & Vintage component suppliers list

    TVSAT Electronics: https://shop.tvsat.com.pl/en_GB/index Based in Poland I've bought whole tubes of 74 series logic off these guys, it's all good stuff, new-old-stock. Threre's very little they don't stock, and the prices are fantastic - definitely come recommended!
  10. Kai Robinson

    Retro & Vintage component suppliers list

    Silicon-Ark Electronics: https://www.silicon-ark.co.uk/ Based in Peterborough, UK These guys are the only people i know of that sell the bourns R/C network DIP-20's used in the Macintosh SE & SE/30, for just £1 each (New-old-stock) instead of Mouser's £5+ each! They hold a lot of ex-military...
  11. Kai Robinson

    Retro & Vintage component suppliers list

    Please add to this list, if you come across a supplier of vintage/retro parts. Can be an ebay seller, an independant shop or 'my cousin knows a guy'. I'll kick this off: Unicorn Electronics (aptly named): https://www.unicornelectronics.com/prod.htm Based in Pennsylvania, USA. Good selection...
  12. Kai Robinson

    DuPAL - A dedicated toolset for reverse engineering PAL/HAL SPLD's

    If like me you're into the reverse engineering of stuff like the SPLD PAL/HAL chips used on early 68k macs, you might be interested in this - DuPAL https://github.com/DuPAL-PAL-DUmper It's not just software, it's also an open source hardware project you can build yourself. Once assembled, you...
  13. Kai Robinson

    Adelie help: rage 128 + Xorg = display initialization failed

    Same place as all Linux - /etc/X11/xorg :)
  14. Kai Robinson

    Question re. buying and selling in Scandinavia

    For now, i'd say post in the EU section, as iirc you're still part of the single market which means cross border shipping shouldn't be as much of an issue as it would be for say, someone in the UK now outside the single market, looking in through the shop window of things that are now...
  15. Kai Robinson

    Adelie help: rage 128 + Xorg = display initialization failed

    The way i remember it, is you should be able to login via text mode console and edit it that way, if the X server doesn't run.
  16. Kai Robinson

    Adelie help: rage 128 + Xorg = display initialization failed

    You can disable it in the xorg.conf file - there should be a line for HW Accel that you can comment out.
  17. Kai Robinson

    Adelie help: rage 128 + Xorg = display initialization failed

    What driver are you using? @Action Retro had to disable hardware acceleration to get Rage 128 working in Linux using the r128 driver, iirc.
  18. Kai Robinson

    Adelie help: rage 128 + Xorg = display initialization failed

    @Alf Torp is having similar issues with his G4 Cube :)
  19. Kai Robinson

    Cube G4 450 running Adélie? Nah. OpenBSD maybe?

    @Action Retro might be able to help out, or @thejsa :)