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  1. Kai Robinson

    Retro & Vintage component suppliers list

    Found another one for the UK: https://microdream.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=apple+powermac
  2. Kai Robinson

    Macintosh LC 475 ..... need a little help

    That looks very much like a speed doubler - or L2 cache, as @Fizzbinn mentioned. You can get it out of the socket by gently wiggling it and pulling on it, or you can lever it with a plastic spudger?
  3. Kai Robinson

    MOS CPU Replacer for C64

    Came across this today - would be ideal for anyone looking to resurrect a dead machine without having to resort to cannibalising the ever decreasing number of working machines out there. https://monotech.fwscart.com/MOS_CPU_Replacer_(65108501)/p6083514_21591072.aspx Technically it'll replace...
  4. Kai Robinson

    IBM 5170 main board components

    FB, in PCB Silkscreen nomenclature, stands for Ferrite Bead - they're just wire links with a ferrite surrounding them - used for noise suppression - any cheap ferrite bead from eBay would do the job :)
  5. Kai Robinson

    WarpSE: 25 MHz 68HC000-based accelerator for Mac SE

    Honestly i'd be really interested to see what would be possible with the Apollo '080 core that's used in the Vampire series of Amiga accelerators.
  6. Kai Robinson

    Macintosh SE - PLCC ADB Adapter board

    This will allow the use of the PLCC ADB Transceiver in the Macintosh SE, which is the only model that uses a DIP18 part. There's not much to it other than that! @Branchus has used one of these, successfully, in a troublesome SE, iirc. The github page to the project and the gerbers, is here...
  7. Kai Robinson

    WarpSE: 25 MHz 68HC000-based accelerator for Mac SE

    @AlexCL did something to a Mac, using a PiStorm, iirc, if that's the thing you're referring to?
  8. Kai Robinson

    So....Dual 7457's...overclocked to 1.2GHz @ 1.3v by the infamous herd - will shortly be headed...

    So....Dual 7457's...overclocked to 1.2GHz @ 1.3v by the infamous herd - will shortly be headed my way for my QS board ;)
  9. Kai Robinson

    Apple 1 Clone, Build log

    The test was not a failure - it was an alternative working mode! It proves that there's LIFE, JIM!
  10. Kai Robinson

    FileMaker Pro IWP (database publishing on the web)

    @JDW My previous employer was a firm called iSOS. Despite the horror stories from that place, they DID have a few very talented FileMaker guys employed there - who could certainly help - even an initial email conversation with them might be worth it. Filemaker Pro 12 is very, very old, I was...
  11. Kai Robinson

    WarpSE: 25 MHz 68HC000-based accelerator for Mac SE

    A 16MHz '000 is half the speed of the '030 at 16MHz - the '030 has some L1 cache at least, and it does more work, per cycle.
  12. Kai Robinson

    VIC 20 Start up Screen

    I do hope that's not a professional modification! 😂 I can imagine the sales man giving it the smooth spiel - "Yeah, we make VIC-20's for schools, specially modified - juuuuust sign here on the dotted line for your order...we only ask for double the listing price" And when the purchasing...
  13. Kai Robinson

    Rare Indian BBC Micro clone surfaces on Twitter

    ...yikes! Someone attack it with a damp sponge! :D Were there any differences from the BBC other than presumably, the ROM?
  14. Kai Robinson

    Looks like i'm definitely heading to Cyprus for a week's R&R - where I plan to do as little as...

    Looks like i'm definitely heading to Cyprus for a week's R&R - where I plan to do as little as humanly possible...and enjoy every second!
  15. Kai Robinson

    Macintosh SE - Discrete logic GLU replacement

    @Melkhior Excellent question, i wondered that myself - but then i saw that IRQ is fed in by the 53C80 SCSI chip to GLU PIN 3 - i now realised i made a boo-boo by naming that one /IRQ or _IRQ in KiCAD. should just be IRQ, with the /IRQ being purely internal between gates...see, this is helping...
  16. Kai Robinson

    Dune II campaign done (Harkonnen playthrough) - attempt at video capture

    I never played Dune II, i was never really into the Dune universe until recently (thanks to Denis Villeneuve for that). What i'm grateful for though, is that Westwood went on to create Command & Conquer with that engine, iirc :)
  17. Kai Robinson

    Other vintage computers - Spectrum and others

    Hey dude - sorry for the delayed response on this. Things like categories are still 'in flux' and are open to being tweaked. I'm the one responsible for the intial layout of the categories, so the blame/praise can land on my head! :D Initially, my though was this - I wanted a place that was...
  18. Kai Robinson

    HELP: USB SCSI adapter

    @Mac84 IIRC had one or two of these - maybe he might know? :)
  19. Kai Robinson

    Logic Board - Macintosh Classic Reloaded

    Hi! The Classic Reloaded is not available to the wider world quite yet - although, if you're based in the UK, I can send you a near final revision board that needs a trace cutting and two tiny bodge wires adding, then it works 100% fine - it's pre-populated with most of the passives on the...
  20. Kai Robinson

    PowerPC G4's - MPC7410RX500LE

    As long as the firmware is updated, yes. Attached the firmware update :D