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    Netatalk 4.0 - Future-proofing Apple File Sharing

    I would probably write a script to handle the conversion between the git repository and the classic macOS share. - Conversion between Mac Roman and UTF-8. Git doesn't like Mac Roman and CodeWarrior doesn't like UTF-8. - Conversion between CR and LF. Git requires LF for proper diffs and merging...
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    Connecting eMate to Mac OSX - "there was no response"

    More info: google DTE vs DCE. DTE (Data Terminal Equipment ) is computers, printers, terminals. DCE (Data Circuit-terminating Equipment or Data Communications Equipment) is modems and other data communication equipment. So the null-modem or cross over cable can connect two DTE devices without...
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    Connecting eMate to Mac OSX - "there was no response"

    Yes. A modem cable would be used to connect a modem to a Mac. A null modem cable is used to connect a Mac to a Mac. I guess an eMate would be in the Mac category. Check the continuity. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/serial-app-to-old-world-of.2429025/post-33239745
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    SuperMac Supermatch 17 monitor missing pins

    A monitor with no sense lines might appear as not connected (sense code 7, extended sense code 0x3f = 11 11 11). This might not matter if connected to a graphics controller that is not from a 68K Mac or PowerPC Mac. The sense lines are used for DDC/CI and EDID on newer displays. Maybe you need...
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    Connecting eMate to Mac OSX - "there was no response"

    Is the serial cable a null-modem cable? I think that's the same as a serial printer cable (Image Writer II) where the Rx on one end is connected to Tx on the other. It's the kind of cable you can use to connect two Macs together. After selecting the correct cable, you need to make sure both...
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    [Help Needed] My work on an Apple Studio Display M7768 (The Transparent ADC CRT)

    My AllRez project (for Mac OS X) can get VCP info. https://github.com/joevt/AllRez Maybe you can dump the info for your display and post the results here?
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    ThinkC Locate the current System Folder

    SysEnvRec sysEnv; OSErr err = SysEnvirons (1, &sysEnv); sysVRefNum of SysEnvRec is a working directory ID, not a volume reference ID or a directory reference ID. The currently running System file is always open. So you would get the file reference number (probably just kSystemResFile), and use...
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    Can You Put a White Phosphor CRT into an IBM 5155 (Portable Personal PC)?

    So the IBM 5155 has an amber CRT for displaying NTSC but it works for non-NTSC in a SE or SE30 and the SE30's CRT can do NTSC using the 5155 CRT module (which is the circuit that controls the CRT and not the CRT itself). That means there's no real difference between a CRT for composite and...
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    Unknown Card

    googled this: https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/Apple%20II%20Documentation%20Project/Interface%20Cards/Parallel/Interactive%20Structures%20PKASO/
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    Need solution for HDI-45 to DB-15 connectors for video out

    Without a diode, the only multi resolution modes available are for VGA and Multiple Scan 13" or 14". The latter requires a line from sense 2 to sense 1 in place of a diode with ground on sense 0. If you have just a ground on sense 0, then it's 640x480 67Hz only.
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    Blue and White SCSI 2 Drive Issues

    Correction: To debug multi-boot on B&W G3, use this: dev / " " encode-string " AAPL,debug-bootpathsearch" property
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    Need solution for HDI-45 to DB-15 connectors for video out

    The diagram at #31 says the spacing between rows is 3mm so 2mm plastic spacers should have fit. The fact that the plastic spacers don't fit means the spacing between rows is less than 2mm (which is obvious looking at your PCB). In that case, you could try pin headers of < 2mm, 5 pins...
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    Need solution for HDI-45 to DB-15 connectors for video out

    A diode from pin 10 (SENSE2) to pin 7 (SENSE1) with ground on pin 4 (SENSE0) is for MultiScan 21" displays. VGA uses a wire instead of a diode between SENSE2 and SENSE1 with SENSE0 not connected. #41 #42 VGA and MultiSync 21" are probably the two best choices for an...
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    Blue and White SCSI 2 Drive Issues

    You said it hangs with the cursor on a gray screen. I think that is beyond Open Firmware after a boot device has been chosen. None of the default items in no-boot is a PCI device. There's no dev aliases for the PCI slots except for screen which points to a graphics card or a child device of a...
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    Blue and White SCSI 2 Drive Issues

    The process takes a while. If you enable some debugging options (such as by using the setenv AAPL,debug-bootpathsearch command) then it might show what it's scanning during the process. Newer version of Open Firmware may have different names for the debug options or more debug options. If you...
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    Blue and White SCSI 2 Drive Issues

    B&W G3 can't boot USB or FireWire. You can invoke the text based boot picker using the multi-boot command. On later Macs, that command is graphical based, and multi-boot-menu is text based...
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    SATA? In an old world PCI Power Mac?! IMPOSSIBRU! (Updated 11/22/23)

    PCIe cards have only one notch which is near the back plate. They also have a tab nearer to the back plate to stop it from being inserted into a PCI slot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_Component_Interconnect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express
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    Performa 6400/200. How to image HD to run in emulation?

    Each file system partition of the disk should be a separate disk image for SheepShaver. Boot an external disk to make the disk images.
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    SATA? In an old world PCI Power Mac?! IMPOSSIBRU! (Updated 11/22/23)

    There might be a problem with different versions of Open Firmware. You would have to compare the ROMs to see what's different. The ROMs can be converted from fcode to Forth, modified, then tokenized back to fcode. The ROMs might have compressed parts which complicates the process. Maybe you can...
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    🛠️ Some beige PCI-based Power Macintosh Service Manuals

    Go here: https://www.macdat.net/repair_portal.html and click Service Source.