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I presently use the Hakko FX-100 system. It has sped up my assembly work considerably from the previous FX-951. Generally I recommend the 400C tips for lead-free, 350 doesn't cut it with lead-free solder and ground planes. The soldering station is expensive, and the tips are really weird...

February 3, 2024 Board Meeting Attendance: Christian (fogWraith), Jacob (Androda), Justin (jdmcs), Kai Robinson, Bruce (Branchus), Eric (eric) Absent: Josh (Drake), Ron (Ron’s Computer Videos) Agenda: Item 1: Forum and Board Governance Documents Notes: There have been many situations over...

Sorry for the late response. Glad you have it resolved though. Could you post a link to the Mac PKG fixer tool for future use?

BlueSCSI design update: The DB25 model went to the gym and lost some weight, now the PCB is only as wide as the DB25 connector. This should help situations like the IIci where SCSI is right next to the display port (wide connector next to a wide adapter)...

Surprisingly, several people have messaged me recently asking for recreation cables of the Mac Portable M5120 Backlight Upgrade. I didn't think enough of them survived for it to make sense to have a product listing on my site, but here we are...

Announcing the first entry in the HIDHopper™ adapter series, HIDHopper™ ADB. This adapter allows you to use modern USB keyboards and mice on your Mac that needs ADB. Has been tested across a few generations of Macs, including the Portable, PB 180, Quadra 700, and some later PowerMacs...

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...