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Wonderful to hear you have it! Thanks for making an attempt to upload it. Unfortunately, I spent about a half hour in vain on your file. Stuffit Expander 5.5 under System 7.5.5 won't expand it. And Disk Doubler Pro 4.1 throws an error when using the "DD Expand" app on it... My modern...

@jibsaramnim In the USA, "Energy Star" came on the scene in 1992, and although the CC was released in '93. In those days, "low power" isn't what we consider "low" today. Most electronics draw some power when plugged into the wall, AC Adapters being the gizmos we most often forget about...

Fascinating. That is very useful info for Color Classic owners experiencing low voltage issues. Note that modern electrolytic capacitors tend to be physically smaller than those from the 80's and 90's, even though you have the same capacitance and voltage specifications. However, going higher...

Thank you for confirming that UV LEDs used indoors will work because my success outdoors in sunlight (no clouds) wasn't good, in large part because it rains a lot here in Japan and there is no way I could leave electronics outside for a month, let alone 2 weeks. I was only able to try it for a...

Last night, I was reading a book named "Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Programmers Who Shaped the Computer Industry" by Susan Lammers (1986). It contains an interview with Andy Hertzfeld. What Andy wrote about Bill Atkinson and the LISA was quite interesting, so I will share that part...

Kai, I suspect you might be thinking ill of my previous remarks, but I certainly had nothing derogatory in mind. I work with "color" on a near daily basis at work. I'm pretty meticulous about identifying even the smallest differences. If you scroll up an examine his original photo of the...

If you have experience buying on AliExpress, then you need no advice from me. But if you don't have much experience, then I will merely suggest that you seek out the most reputable seller you can find. (Even then, it's somewhat hit or miss.) I tend to look for items on want to buy there and...

It is indeed quite close... Your machine is a tiny shade lighter. Has it been Retrobrighted?

No, I had not done that because I am a terribly naughty boy. 😅 But now that I have done that, thanks to your kind advice, it's working on my M1 Max 16" MBP!

Completely forgot about this thread until today, sorry. I just downloaded CP2Mac107.zip, decompressed it, then tried to launch the app on my M1 Max 16" MBP running macOS Sequoia 15.5. It won't launch. Not surprised at all because it's WINE-based. If anything, I was trying to figure out how...

Note sure how "repairable" the IIe Card is, but mine had leaky caps and I cleaned and swapped them out and had no issues, but mine wasn't damaged like yours. No broken traces or eaten through feet on mine at all. Screen capture from my IIe Card video shows the larger XTAL (full-sized can) to...

With its 040 processor and design differences, the 575 board will draw more current than the stock motherboard. So if you have power supply issues resulting in low voltage, it would make logical sense that the stock board may work while the 575 wouldn't.

I myself have not encountered any "decaying LEDs" in optocouplers I've used in terms of them no longer working. However, because they are light-based, they do require a fair amount of current — almost always at least 5mA. The lower the current fed into them, the lower the brightness of that...

Oh my! The holy grail of Mystic BACK PANELS! Wow. To help spread the word, I added a pinned comment under my FlippyFloppy video that links to this thread. I also added a link in the REFERENCE section of my LC575 Back Panel Conversion video too. I really love you have so much usefulness in...

I myself have no idea if a corroded optocoupler would be the source of your trouble. The reason I do not know is because I have only ever owned a single Color Classic, and I didn't have much trouble with it. However, ALL THE CAPS (including the 1uF ones) were recapped when I got it, so that no...

@David Cook That was a very touching tribute to Bill Atkinson, and I wish to thank you very much for sharing that. Not understanding what you were talking about regarding "regions," I instructed ChatGPT to analyze your post, then find the source code you were referring to, and then explain a...

More specifically... For those of you who haven't seen the General Magic movie, here's the trailer: For Atkinson and Hertzfeld, the end result of their product work at General Magic was somewhat of a failure. The arrival of the internet spelled its demise. But many of the brilliant minds...

It is indeed still expensive to have molds made, and getting it done right isn’t easy either, which is why I recommended Nick speak to MacEffects for some tips. MacEffects has a lot of experience in that area with their SE and Apple II clear cases. I have no idea what will happen but the...

Folks, I never expected to be mentioning the passing of the beloved Macintosh creator, Bill Atkinson, at this early stage, but his family posted his passing today on FaceBook here. He was still a quite young 74-years-old. It goes without saying that Bill was the heart and soul of the vintage...

Welcome to TinkerDifferent, Emiel. We’re glad you opted to join us, and I look forward to interacting with you here.