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  1. JDW

    Crucible for the SMC ROM SIMM

    After reading what @dougg3 wrote, I went back through my old emails from August 2023 (when I made my ROM SIMM video), and found that I did test what Doug suggests... I used the Kero's Mac Mods "Crucible" app to create a bootable System 6.0.7 DSK image, then I used the app to generate the 4...
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    Crucible for the SMC ROM SIMM

    Colin, I cannot speak for Crucible v1.1 or a future v1.2 version that may add the functionality, but Downtown Doug Brown's SIMM Programmer 2.0 app allows you to do either, as I demonstrate here. The app works on all ROM SIMMs from all vendors, and I confirmed it to work perfectly with the...
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    BlueSCSI v2 Pico - Low cost, open hardware, fast SCSI device!

    I see from the Pico2 product page, it offers "a higher core clock speed, double the memory, more powerful Arm cores, optional RISC‑V cores, new security features, and upgraded interfacing capabilities," plus it is backward compatible. I assume that to the end user, a BSv2 using a Pico2 would...
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    Software-only OVERCLOCK for LC475, LC575, Quadra 605

    @phipli Incredibly informative and helpful post, thank you! And kudos to you on the amazing work you’ve done in bringing Mustermann’s overclocking work to the masses. 👏
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    Software-only OVERCLOCK for LC475, LC575, Quadra 605

    @Garrett Because I have not yet done the software overclock, and because I don’t own a 475, I’m not equipped to answer your question. However, I keyword-searched all pages in the other forum’s thread for “SCSI“ and I found the following post from @Bolle ...
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    Software-only OVERCLOCK for LC475, LC575, Quadra 605

    Folks, @Mr. Fahrenheit very kindly alerted me to a very surprising discussion at the other forum which introduces a groundbreaking discovery by Mustermann. Apparently, you can now overclock an LC 475, CC Mystic and other machines by software alone, without even using Spicy O'Clock, from @Kay...
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    Welcome to our newest board member

    Colin will certainly be an awesome addition to the board. 👏
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    Building my own 68k Performa / LC / Color Classic Test Bench

    He may not have had time, or maybe he decided against it due to issues presented by "the CORRECT way" method (i.e., "Apple prototype" method) mentioned in his 68kMLA thread. "What issues," you ask? Please read all of the posts by dkjones96 on page 7 of the thread, starting here...
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    Help loading GR, HGR, DGR AND DHGR image files in the Apple II

    Gerard Putter (creator of the Virtual ][ emulator) wrote me back to say this: What could help is using the inspector. Double resolution involves 0xC05E (to switch it on) and 0xC05F (switch off). By setting an I/O breakpoints on those addresses you can determine whether they are triggered. So...
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    Decoder Ring - a keygen for games released by Ambrosia Software

    Thank you for alerting us to this amazing app, @eric ! Here's the complete list in text form, thanks to ChatGPT reading the screenshot I made of the popup menu (I've updated the Macintosh Garden page with this list): Aki** Apeiron Apeiron X** Aquaria** Ares! Avara Barrack Bubble Trouble Bubble...
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    Help loading GR, HGR, DGR AND DHGR image files in the Apple II

    I am by no means an expert on A2D, but based on the text description of it here, A2D appears to use DHGR graphics. Even so, it is not clear if A2D is switching graphics mode depending on the graphic you double-click within the A2D environment. Because I was unable to get the Virtual ][...
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    Macintosh can't enter system

    If the machine won't boot, how did you make a real floppy disk? I will assume for now that you have another vintage Mac which works, which you used to create a boot floppy. If that is the case, there still could be issues that prevent your SE from booting from that floppy. We don't know if...
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    BlueSCSI v2 - DaynaPORT WiFi!

    The title of this thread is “BlueSCSI v2 - DaynaPORT WiFi!” If by “emulator” you mean Mini vMac or Basilisk II, please consider staring a new thread. Daynaport WIFI does include topics like transferring files, but it seems you want help with a specific emulator, which isn’t something directly...
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    Help loading GR, HGR, DGR AND DHGR image files in the Apple II

    Have you used the Virtual ][ emulator? I ask because I have a real Apple IIc and whatever I see in Virtual ][ (when using IIc emulation) always very closely matches what I see on my Apple IIc when connected to my DELL 17” display connected via Apple IIc to VGA adapter. That adapter is super...
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    Help loading GR, HGR, DGR AND DHGR image files in the Apple II

    I was playing around with Buckshot today, even before I discovered this thread. I was Googling about how to get the exported graphics to display, and it was then I found this thread. Funny that I missed seeing it back in April. Anyway, I am finding A2Desktop to be the drop-dead easiest means...
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    Question: Best Alternative To DiskWarrior For The M3 Mac?

    I wrote email after email to Alsoft regarding DiskWarrior over the years. They refused to tell me when the app would be updated. But it has been so many years that it is 100% clear the company must have gone broke and cannot afford to pay somebody to update it. It's now defunct software...
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    Macintosh SE with more and more problems

    @Highsheep Based on what you wrote on the 68kMLA here and in this thread too, it seems your problems began after you starting using BlueSCSI, so I will let @eric share his speculations about that. @jibsaramnim asked you about capacitor replacement, which is exactly what I told you by PM too...
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    ROM-inator Resurrections

    I was really hoping someone would comment on that, so thank you! You are the first to have noticed and commented about it, so far. I really do think he did fantastic work, and it was just by happenstance I even came across his music in the first place. It certainly added a lot to the video, I...
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    Get this TAM while its overpriced

    Oh, certainly, Colin. Helping one's mother in need is always paramount. I applaud Sean for making an excellent decision to do that. But of course, the decision was probably logical too. 🖖 When pondering one's vintage Mac collection, it's hard to find a model that sells for as much as a TAM...
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    TashRecorder: a Farallon MacRecorder compatible clone

    I would agree that $150 would be a dealbreaker for many people. Once you’re paying that amount, you might as well search for the real deal and even if it cost more you could still say you got the Farallon product. $50 would probably be the sweet spot that would capture the interest of a wider...