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I am now working on the A/UX 2.0 ANSI C Compiler doc, but it might be worth noting that it bears some similarity to the later (1992) reorganized/updated A/UX 3.0 version that you can find on bitsavers: A/UX 3.0 Programming Languages and Tools Volume 1 - 1992 A/UX 2.0 might have historical...

See the following forum post for these A/UX resources: A/UX Development Tools 1.0b1 Install CD A/UX Development Tools Manual ANSI C Compiler Reference

@mietek @robin-fo Here is one of the 32-year-old unobtainium manuals for the A/UX Dev Tools: A/UX Development Tools 1991 PDF (226 pages) See the above post and disclaimer. The other manual is about 250 pages - I'll do it next week.

I scanned it at 300dpi/JPEG - seems to be OK. The printed quality is good. Trying to increase the resolution or make it lossless just makes the file laggy and doesn't really seem to add any major usability benefit. The raw scans were about 100mb of scan data that optimized down to 3.8mb after...

@lilliputian - Not true! The SuperSpool product was for non-LaserWriters. SuperSpool and SuperLaserSpool were not the same thing! ;)

I have started on the Development Tools doc.

I want to say that in 1988, SuperSpool was around v5.x and SuperLaserSpool was v2.x. There was also a "Multi-User" SuperLaserSpool that was, comically, just 5 copies of the single-user SLS version in the same box.

I would have to look and see. I have multiple manuals, disks, etc.

I generally agree. The original Enhance specs may have been in place before anyone realized that the address space was capped at 4Mb (or maybe there some other software trick in mind to do some extended mapping - that rings a bell, now that I think of it). I have to find my boards and fix up my...

Attached is a relatively rare document - the SuperMac Enhance Dealer Installation Manual from 1987. I doubt many of these booklets still exist out in the wild (not to mention an actual Enhance board with an E6000 PAL). It's a fun read with a fascinating protagonist, impossible situations and...

It's never to late to register your copy of SuperLaserSpool! OK...well...it might be a bit too late. :D

@AvadonDragon I don't recall ever seeing one work at 6.5Mb - only 4.5Mb with an E6000 PAL upgrade installed. I have 2 or 3 Enhance boards laying around, and I think I have one with an E6000 PAL, but I just can't find it - buried somewhere or maybe mummified in vintage anti-static bubble wrap in...

Attached is the original datasheet for the SuperMac Enhance board. This particular copy comes from London in 1987. While reading the PDF, if you listen verrry carefully, you may be able to hear an anglicized American accent. And, while the datasheet notes that 6.5Mb was the max config, I don't...

Ah - crap - it's the wrong part. I grabbed it, did all that work and just realized that it is a IIfx one, I think.

** SORRY - I GRABBED THE WRONG SWITCH - I HAVE TO LOOK AGAIN - WATCH THIS SPACE FOR AN UPDATE - I WILL ADD NEW PICS ** @Paralel @retr01 @Andy - I am home now. Attached below are the pictures of my SE Programmer's Switch after repairing it using the above-described heat gun method. Both prongs...

I posted the following historical/technical information about the SuperMac Enhance memory upgrade for the Mac 512Ke on 68kmla.org and am also posting it here to ensure that it survives in more than one location. Also, @JDW did some of the original sleuthing to find an answer. So, here it is...

Yes - as far as I can tell without destructive testing. I was able to fix and straighten mine using the above-described method, the fatigue appeared to be improved and the white/light crazing was gone. At any rate, the fatigue was not worse and the switch works after severe bending. I heated it...

You should be able to fix that issue with a heat gun. The prong will probably survive if you are careful. @retr01 's switch already shows the tell-tale plastic-fatigue-of-death stress highlights. Heating should allow you to address/reverse the fatigue.

Apple's switch design was kooky, weak, expedient and prone to user-induced failure based on design and materials, tempered by the fact that most users didn't open their cases (or use the switch in the first place). So, the scenarios that led to failure were behaviorally-limited (and may be more...

I needed a programmer's switch for my Macintosh SE/SpeedCard and looked around for a vintage one, but ended up getting a new MacEffects Clear Programmer's Switch. I decided against using a vintage switch because, even when they were new, they were somewhat brittle and lost clips under mild...