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@muse I didn't have time to watch your linked video until now. The resolution is absolutely horrendous! :LOL: But the content was great. I was absolutely rolling at the very end when Tramiel shook the interviewer's hand and then immediately stood up and walked off the set! He was a busy...

Yes it can play really bad sampled audio, and that's why your term "crude" is 100% correct because I've heard those sampled audio sounds — especially Ghost Busters (aka, "speech busters") — and most of the time you're replaying it to figure out what was spoken. :-) When I got the 128K Mac in...

@iantm I had neither of those 8-bit computing platform in my youth, as our family's first home computer was the 16/32-bit hybrid 68000 Macintosh 128K. I only got into the Apple II series with the IIc that was donated to me by some extremely kind people in our community. What's most...

Seams like everyone loved the keyword "thunder" in those days because I have a Radius Thunder 24/GT which isn't related to the SuperMac "Thunder" series that I can see...

Exactly. But I guess it’s technically Apple’s fault for having started it with “Empty Folder” back in the MFS days and continuing it with “System Folder”. Even though the Mac was all about icons and a “graphical“ user interface, they still wanted to reinforce it with a word. Even so, it’s a...

Why were those annoying “ƒ” characters used in folder names back in the day? I never saw any logical reason for them to be used, and not every company used them.

Short video showing my first test of the Retro Proxy on my 16MHz 68000 processor Macintosh Portable running System 7.5.5 and MacTCP, 5MB RAM, with MacWeb 2.0. (I later tested in S7.1, and while the load time was the same, version 2.0c fixes the black problem mentioned in my video below.) First...

Yes, I mentioned that on the memorial page I created for Mr. Cheifet here: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/stewart-cheifet-sept-24-1938-dec-28-2025.4937/

In light of the recent passing of Computer Chronicles host, Stewart Cheifet, it’s perhaps fitting for this thread that I post the episode which focused exclusively on the Commodore 64:

OK. J19 is cut in half, as you say. That only means the two pins on that part (transistor? something else? You'd need to read its P/N to find out) are NOT tied together. Fine and well. But it means this is true... Ignore that little red wire connected to pin20 at right because that's a...

Here is the horizontally flipped version of your BROWN WIRE photo... And here is the component side (not flipped), perfectly matched to the above photo... Here are the two photos overlaid atop each other with the brown wire photo partially transparent so we can see the connections...

There is no reason to boost the voltage to 68.4V like you have when using the stock motherboard. Yes, you can leave it that way by simple making screen adjustments via the analog twistable knobs on back but it’s generating more heat for no gain whatsoever. The voltage boost is only needed when...

Love the concept. But I’m going to be honest with you. If the 3-D printed case included with the product doesn’t look like a Big Mac or Whopper, I think there’s going to be massive disappointment. ;-) Seriously, having the ability to daisychain in a single hard drive product is great. 👏

According to the following discussion, ROM firmware v2.1 is required to make the card bootable: https://groups.google.com/g/1st-powermacs/c/x5lJf6yTCsM So which is faster? The FWB Jackhammer, or the Silicon Express IV?

While not a "community member" in terms of being into the retro scene, Stewart Cheifet contributed to our hobby in a very significant way. Cheifet is familiar to anyone who has ever watched the Computer Chronicles: The series aired on PBS (in the USA) from 1984 to 2002, and 460 episodes were...

Exactly! You are just like me. I post something and then some hours later I find something I wrote that needs to be amended, and it’s usually a spelling error or maybe grammar. So I fix it. That topic is the other thing I was waiting silently to see if anyone would mention in this thread. I’m...

LOL. I’ve been lurking silently in the background, reading the recent posts over the last 24 hours, just wondering when one of you was going to mention that. And I see you did! Honestly, it’s a good idea. I’m not on the board here at Tinker Different and therefore don’t have the authority to...

I’ve been reading what other C64 Ultimate buyers have been saying, and apparently the Starlight and/or Founders edition(s) have a keyboard that flexes. Video here: https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=816529741416738 It’s not clear why that is. Some people say it’s because it’s transparent, while...

My C64 Ultimate arrived today, and here are the unboxing pics... The print quality of the spiral-bound manual is very good and the following photo doesn't do it justice... My cassette case came cracked, despite having been shrink-wrapped. Probably done at the...