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You can buy a cheap ($10) power adapter from Amazon that should do the trick. I have 2 of these... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WT32GNK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and they work fine. 7.5v 2a, centre-positive. With a power adapter, then it'll be a question of what...

Partly it’s the media being intellectually lazy when reporting on things they don’t understand all that well, but when a major event like this crashes Windows systems but not macOS or Linux, even though it’s not simply a Microsoft/Windows problem, they are not being entirely unfair in reporting...

Or.... you could run something like Basilisk II or Sheepshaver, and a pleasant MacOS 7 variant, then you could use Word 5.1 or 6 - files are directly readable in LibreOffice. You could even use DOSBox-x and put Word 5.5 for DOS on there! No hint of cloud nonsense in either of those!

I used to drool over the selection of clamshells in my local Sears when they were new, but couldn't afford one. The coolest computers around. I finally bought one a few years ago - a graphite 366 (I wish I'd have picked a Tangerine though!) - and it's a delight to use for distraction free...

Driver software for many printers is still out there, and macintoshgarden.org along with the Macintosh Repository (https://www.macintoshrepository.org/) are excellent sources for a lot of software and driver resources. For a PB 170, you'll typically need an appropriate connecting cable of...

Pretty sure that amongst us all here, we'd be able to rustle up good duplicates of a suitable set of MacOS floppies for the 170, even if those don't turn out to be suitable. The full 7.1 installer pack I have is only 11 1.4Mb floppies, and that includes the 2 'update 3.0' disks. Of course if...

I have regretted every instance where I have parted with an old system which had been of importance to me. I've not typically sold them, but given them away, and really knew I should have kept them all. That includes a PB 170, SE, LC475 and G4 iMac. On the other hand, I bought a PB1400/117 new...

Not sure about the specific set of floppies you're looking at, but the pack I have (and the 7.0.1 installer set on my FloppyEMU is the same too) boot up to an install dialog where you pick either an overall 'all systems' installation of 7.0.1 or one for a specific system. There is also an option...

I still use my IIIxe as a datebook/todo list manager, because it's always with me - and syncs with the desktop app on my Performa 630. Beats every other organizer/PIM I've tried, including Newtons (too big), Psion (needlessly complex) and CE devices like my HP Jornada (cool, but too slow). I...

I had one of the original ones, and used it for a few years in preference to many of the alternatives, including Apple Newton (still have a 130). I bought a couple of later models, but always preferred the original - and still have it in good working order. My Palm of choice was the IIIxe - I...

That's a great job, and it looks ace! I had my stairs replaced with hardwood 20 years ago - by a contractor who unlike me knew what he was doing - and I could see how tough the job was. Even slightly out-of-square creates astonishing complications. It was well worth it though - it still...

I'm not trying to 'pound' on this at all. What I'm trying to do is offer a bit of safe cover for you guys running what is an amazing excellent web site for us, and suggesting what might help to protect yourselves and the site from quite easily avoided repercussions. I think this guy deserves a...

I have found references to a Sean Lee Robinson having claimed in correspondence to be a lawyer. If anyone associated with this gets any seemingly official notification or threat from a lawyer regarding any related allegations, I would strongly suggest you request the lawyer's Bar Number. Every...

Please don't take this as questioning the veracity of the story, but to take @Mr. Fahrenheit 's interaction with this guy as an example, what is being reported in that story is problematic from the standpoint of inviting him to post it. If I read it correctly, eBay investigated what does...

I have no idea whether this person would consider going to court for libel or not, but it may be wise to remember that by all accounts, his value system, moral compass, common sense and decency don't align with ours, so assuming that with the abundance of evidence, we would not be bonkers enough...

This is my error, not your documentation. I mistakenly assumed that I needed @Androda 's documentation since that's what I used to get it up and running, and the BlueSCSI was his version. It never occurred to me that your documentation was the same. My bad, not yours.

Oh brilliant! You get a gold star for that! It's not always clear what differences there are between various sources of BlueSCSI, but that does ecourage me to dig out the Classic and do some experimentation. I know the BlueSCSI itself is good.

Thanks for posting the followup - I had forgotten two things that could be important, the first being that not all microSD cards are created equal, so that I ought to experiment a bit with a few different ones, and that secondly, the v1 BlueSCSI can work with ExFAT as well as FAT32. I haven't...

I don't think it's related to your case, but I had no end of problems with a BlueSCSI v1 and my Classic. The system boots perfectly with it hanging out the back, but locks up during boot with it mounted above the floppy drive as normal. I gave up and put a 40Mb HD in instead since this was...

I like the idea of calling them out, and those beginning to collect vintage computers could easily be taken in by some sellers. I just can't see a safe way to do it when naming names, and where someone sees their income threatened as a result, there is going to be a problem at some point. My...