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  1. Stephen

    SuperDrive (floppy) maintenance

    Thanks for linking, @alxlab. For anyone in North America, @Drake may have a few left from his 3D printing test; they came out in amazing quality: Left is my design from Drake's 3D printer, right is the original Apple gear. The gears from Shapeways work just fine but they are not as high...
  2. Stephen

    Reverse PAL / GAL Truth Tables

    A few of members are already familiar with truth tables and reversing PAL / GAL chips. If you're among the less familiar, these are chips with several inputs and several outputs. The output is dependent on the combination of input signals to individual pins — all of which can be customized. This...
  3. Stephen

    Compact Mac's feet project

    Very nice! A small bench-top injection mold machine might be sufficient in combination with a small custom mold (could be 3D printed): I've done similar small batch production for Garmin mounts using RTV silicone molds.
  4. Stephen

    Good TFT for a 512K case ?

    I can't speak for the quality of the Thingiverse you linked to, I have never printed it. But I can guarantee this one will fit perfect — I spent 5 years working on it off and on.
  5. Stephen

    Mini Mac Plus Pi Case

    @dogcow would say... Here's a link to this great article he wrote about upgrading the 128k and the history of it.
  6. Stephen

    Good TFT for a 512K case ?

    It just occurs to me, if you're using a 512k logic board then @Bolkonksij may be able to use one of the compact mac video adapters I posted about recently.
  7. Stephen

    MacLO - New 68k game & source

    I think it's amazing that Jon made the source available. I feel like, even if there isn't an immediate reaction, this sort of material has a lot of value for years to come!
  8. Stephen

    Good TFT for a 512K case ?

    RGBtoHDMI + iPad Retina display + CRT2LCD adapter
  9. Stephen

    What are your vintage grail items?

    Just a frigging Mac 128k in good condition. Is that really so much to ask for? (They're really hard to get!)
  10. Stephen

    Mac Plus repair with the ROM-inator Resurrections

    I hope this means JDW will be providing translation for an English version of Doping Mac.
  11. Stephen

    Mac Plus repair with the ROM-inator Resurrections

    Nice work, Kay! Another happy mac :)
  12. Stephen

    Can’t make this up

    "I am _NOT_ doing another Thanksgiving dinner. I can't take this anymore! Peace out." — your oven
  13. Stephen

    Color Classic Mystic Upgrade

    I love how in the span of 3 posts it goes from opposing modifications to literal sparking cutting wheel. 😅
  14. Stephen

    Macintosh LC 575 “Mystic” logic board recap, install into Color Classic II chassis

    I'm excited, I hope there's a Kay cameo — at this point he's like a mysterious shadowy figure!
  15. Stephen

    Macintosh LC 575 “Mystic” logic board recap, install into Color Classic II chassis

    Khajiit has wares... or more specifically, I work on many projects! You can find the meowTOAST on github, which also lists the meowTWOast (meowTOAST v2). The board we discussed ended up being a bit too short in the first revision — I'm not really satisfied with the idea until JLC can provide an...
  16. Stephen

    Compact Mac Video Adapter

    I believe a CGA monitor would accept the signal but it would also depend on the frequencies supported by the individual displays.
  17. Stephen

    Compact Mac Video Adapter

    Good find! It definitely looks like a similar in part to Larry Pina's schematic.
  18. Stephen

    Compact Mac Video Adapter

    Some time in 1988, a small company created a video output adapter for early compact macs with the model number 2702. There are other models, but the focus of my post is on this adapter. I can only assume they were a small company with a handful of employees because later the following year they...
  19. Stephen

    Reproduction RAM cards for Mac Portable

    You, uh... collect SRAM or something?
  20. Stephen

    Sparcstation 2 feet

    I don't have any insight to offer, but I have to admit I have a morbid curiosity to see photos 😇