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    How do you pronounce “LIDO?”

    Is it pronounced LIDO or LIDO? Mac84 has some opinions.
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    Member Bio - Ron McAdams (Ron's Computer Videos)

    Hey everyone! My name is Ron, and I got back into this retro computing hobby a few years back when a friend of mine reached out to me about some old Macs, Apple II, and PC machines he was looking to rehome.... and it's been all downhill since then. LOL I focus a lot on beige Macs on my...
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    Quadra 610 “stuck” at 832 x 624 resolution.

    I have a Quadra 610 that for whatever reason is stuck at 832 x 624 resolution when using a DB19 to VGA adaptor. I have wiped the PRAM, and tried different VGA adapters… but even when set to 640 x 480, I still, from power on, and stuck at this higher resolution. Any thoughts on what might be...
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    Voodoo 3 / 3000 AGP… BX chipset?

    Is there some fundamental compatibility issue with BX chipset boards and the Voodoo 3 / 3000 AGP video card? I was going to do a build for the recent slot one build off, but absolutely COULD NOT get video card drivers to install in Win98. :( I tied the original driver CD off archive.org, as...
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    Q & A Time!

    Please don't misunderstand. I'm just saying that it was shocking to see a giant emoji head outta nowhere. :)
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    Happy Thursday to me!

    New-to-me Laser 128!
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    Macchimey?

    Thank you, kind sir!
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    Macchimey?

    Maybe my question got lost in the shuffle... heh. What is the angle of rise leading from the top of the Mac to the beginning of the chimney?
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    Q & A Time!

    Congratulations, it was very terrifying.
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    Official promo video

    The giant animated avatar was the exact jump scare a Halloween go-live for the forum needed!
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    Q & A Time!

    If you set a reminder for the stream on YouTube, it should automatically convert the time of the stream to your local time.
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    Q & A Time!

    Watching the site trailer, I had no idea that this was the Halloween jump-scare I had been waiting for my whole retrocomputing life. ;)
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    MAC-O-LANTERN Livestream #2 - Classic Macintosh Horror Gaming (YET MORE Spooky Entertainment!)

    I mean you don't HAVE TO. But if you wanted to join in, you could, I suppose ;)
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    MAC-O-LANTERN Livestream #2 - Classic Macintosh Horror Gaming (YET MORE Spooky Entertainment!)

    Join me this Friday at 8pm Central for the second of my MAC-O-LANTERN livestreams exploring Macintosh horror gaming. This time we'll be playing William C. Appleton's horror trilogy! SEE YOU SCARE (again, sorry)! youtu.be/VVWR8-gHFr8
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    Macchimey?

    What is the angle of rise leading from the top of the Mac to the beginning of the chimney?
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    QuickTake 150… black photos

    Any tips of getting one open?
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    QuickTake 150… black photos

    The power switch for the Quicktake 100/150 is the lens cover. So... of course.
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    QuickTake 150… black photos

    I recently picked up a QuickTake 150 and it only takes black photos. If you zoom in on the photos, they all have inform compression noise… as if the sensor is just not actually capturing anything. Any advice?
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    MAC-O-LANTERN Livestream #1 - Classic Macintosh Horror Gaming (For Your Spooky Enjoyment!)

    It's that time of year again... where the days shorten, the nights grow gray and dark, and home improvement stores puts out all their Christmas decorations - seriously, what is up with that?!? Join me on Sunday, October 24th at 8am Central for an evening of ghouls and ghosties as we explore...