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I looked at https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/navigation/#section=Platforms&topic=macOS "White Text on Black Background" says to use srcBic. Not sure how that can be used for TEHandle text. "InvertedText" has source code that uses srcBic to draw text (but this example uses...

I was able to extract the archive using Stuffit Destinations.app and The Unarchiver.app on macOS Monterey. Destinations adds these extended attributes: kMDItemDownloadedDate and kMDItemWhereFroms Destinations sets the execution permission flags. Destinations sets group to staff and Unarchiver...

Some Apple display EDIDs include a panel ID. Try https://github.com/joevt/AllRez

Schematics at https://www.macdat.net/repair/apple_schematics.html https://tinkerdifferent.com/resources/macintosh-portable-5120-schematic.133/ but doesn't show the V1M hybrid module. For that there's this: https://github.com/ppieczul/macintosh-portable/releases

Yes you can use them. I meant to say you can't trust them. Usually the current rating is a minimum that the adapter can supply without damage to the adapter. It does not mean the adapter can't supply more current - at least for a short time. If the Mac can force an amount of current from the...

You're saying that Apple put current limiting features in the power adapter instead of inside the Mac. You can't use third party power adapters if that's true. You would have to test the adapter to verify how much current you can draw from it. What happens to the adapter when that current limit...

What version of Open Firmware does your iMac have? Output from dump-device-tree might be useful. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/question-how-powerful-of-a-graphics-card-will-work-in-a-beige-power-macintosh-g3.2303689/ Looking at Open Firmware 4.1.9f1 (for a slot loading iMac G3), it...

I don't think there's such a thing as a current rating that is too high? Voltage is controlled by the AC adapter. Current is controlled by the load (the Mac). The Mac is not going to use more than it normally uses. The power supply needs to have a current rating that matches or exceeds whatever...

Service Source for the 7300 says the DIMMs must be 5V and that fast paged DIMMs also work. http://www.applerepairmanuals.com/the_manuals_are_in_here/PM7300_7500_7600_WS7350.pdf It says you can increase the memory to 512 MB. That would require eight 64 MB DIMMs. I'm pretty sure 128 MB DIMMs...

They all have different version numbers and therefore different 3 MiB checksums and different 4 MiB checksums. They all have different Open Firmware code. Rev A and Rev B are both 2.0f1 but Rev B has some updates. Rev C and Rev D are both 2.4 but Rev D has a small change. 077d.40f2.1 "Boot...

I had some more Serial Test Manager notes at https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/new-diagnostic-tool.4593/post-39652

Does that apply to all 4 revisions of the Beige G3 firmware? Does that apply to Mac OS 9 as well? I've seen Mac OS 9 is able to see partitions beyond 128 GiB. I know that early versions of Open Firmware (e.g OF 2.4) have bugs related to detecting LBA28 and don't have code for LBA48. I think...

Was this image 2352/2048 times bigger than the partition created from disk2s1? If so, then it does contain all of the partitions. It's just in a different format than expected. Examine your disk images with this (replace path1 with paths of folders that contain disk images, separated by...

A CD has multiple "slices": diskutil list /dev/disk18 /dev/disk18 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: CD_partition_scheme *755.4 MB disk18 1: Apple_partition_scheme ⁨⁩...

My serial cable notes at #10

Old World Power Macs have a Serial Test Manager (STM) On a Power Mac G3, it has a menu and prompt like this: > *************************************** * * * Serial Test Manager * * *...

The default boot-device is disk2:aix disk2 is a devalias for /bandit/53c825@11/sd@2,0 The default diag-device is cd fd:diags which I guess is a list of devices? I'm not sure how to interpret this because cd is not a devalias. It appears that cd is a special device that initiates a search for a...

Is it the first of these? 1987-03 - 97851DB6 - MacII (800k v1) 1987-12 - 9779D2C4 - MacII (800k v2)

My suggestion of creating an Open Firmware script to patch the firmware won't work if you can't boot into Open Firmware. Startup the B&W G3 with the programmer switch held down as if you were going to perform a firmware update (read the firmware updater instructions from Apple). Let go of the...

Apple II sound is 1-bit but it's not just a square wave. There's same oscilloscope captures in this video: