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    Tips for removing stubborn, big PLCC chips with hot air?

    Start by adding fresh solder - low-melt solder if you have it. This way you're not battling 30 years of crust at the same time. I know you said you wicked off the old stuff, but adding solder actually helps distribute the heat among the pins.
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    Contact the WOZ? Apple affiliated members? Woz.org folks? re: SWIM Release

    That's making a big assumption. I can very much imagine they would. Besides, Woz didn't invent the SWIM as pointed out over. He could maybe be convinced to give talks that enable clean-room reimplementation of _his_ work?
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    Contact the WOZ? Apple affiliated members? Woz.org folks? re: SWIM Release

    Just musing here: I know he as a person invented a whole lot of ingenious circuitry and controllers. But he did it while on the Apple payroll. I'm not a lawyer, but I would understand that to mean that Apple owns that IP. Regardless of which Apple employee created it. Does he even have the legal...
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    retrorepro.wiki — a catalogue of modern reproduction parts for vintage computers

    Since some 3D models showed up, and the Maceffects replacement bezel is out there I added an iMac G3 page: https://retrorepro.wiki/IMac_G3 Feel free to help out with the Apple II stuff! I know next to nothing about the 8bit Apple era.
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    Color Classic analog board re-design, needs community feedback.

    FYI there was a previous effort to recreate the CC Analog Board, but it seems to have stalled. There are probably some useful information in there, nonetheless: https://github.com/pferronato/MacCCAB edit: And it's forked and slightly improved at https://github.com/maekawa-mugi/MacCCAB
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    Powermac G3 plastic part collection

    Sorry to necro this thread, but it came up again here: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/retrorepro-wiki-a-catalogue-of-modern-reproduction-parts-for-vintage-computers.5257/ Any chance we could convince you to upload them to, say, Printables?
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    retrorepro.wiki — a catalogue of modern reproduction parts for vintage computers

    This raises a bit of a conundrum: Access to these files require a registered user here on the forum. As much as I'm an active part here, the Wiki is a separate effort and aimed at being publically available. Open to suggestions.
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    retrorepro.wiki — a catalogue of modern reproduction parts for vintage computers

    Something I've been tinkering with since last year. I tried to launch during #Marchintosh but life had other plans. The idea is simple: a single place to find modern reproduction parts for vintage hardware. Reloaded logic boards, 3D-printable brackets and buttons, replacement chips, analog...
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    2UBG3: Beige G3 2U-Rackmount Build Obsession Revived!

    I love your mad 3D puzzles. That's all :D
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    Public Archives of TD - WIP

    YT videos definitely disappear, whenever the user accounts get deleted, cancelled or disabled for any number of reasons.
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    Hey

    Welcome, stranger (I have Carola on my mind now). Glad to have you! TIL about Lazarus - a Delphi-ish modern IDE for FreePascal. Sounds fun!
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    PC Chips PSKBM1 V1.6A power question

    I sew you had some replies over at Vogon, but I'll put my thoughts down here as well: That's probably an entirely custom power plug. This smells of POS machine, so there might be some industry standard but I wouldn't actually expect it to be ATX. One of those pins is probably a soft-power...
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    (2) Macintosh SE/30's - Full Restoration

    Hooray! Congrats on a working SE/30! And thank you for detailing your steps here - they're now available for everyone ever needing a sanity check for their own SE/30 issues.
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    SE/30 Simasima Repair: 6 faults fixed and a working Mac

    Congratulations on figuring everything out! And thank you very much for the writeup - this will benefit more people for sure.
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    Port of Continuum (classic mac game) to web

    Oh, wooooow! This takes me back! More specifically it takes me back to taking turns with my brothers on my dad's 512k
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    HowTo break apart and glue back plastic welded cases

    Fantastic guide and writeup! Thank you!
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    Stealth Mac Portable Case Mod

    This looks SO good. I believe I've seen bits of this project elsewhere on the 'net - Mastodon maybe? At any rate and impressive mod and a perfect use for a non-working Portable shell.
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    ofchooser - First-stage bootloader for NewWorld Macs

    Nice! Not often something new comes along for us weirdos who like tinkering with alternate OSes on these old beasts.
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    Mac SE/30 networking

    That card plugs into the PDS slot on the Macintosh SE. Correct - the SE, and not the SE/30. They look similar, but the cards aren't compatible. Installation is illustrated here: https://archive.org/details/asante-maccon/page/n31/mode/2up
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    Bourns Again - Bourns 601 Series RC Network T-Filters Replacement

    Let people know where in the world you're located - makes it easier to find out if someone is close :)