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The biggest problem was the network stack, which was written in a week because it was required for a demo, and it was in userland (net_server). It was later replaced with a much better in-kernel one called BONE (BeOS Network Environment, IIRC), except it never shipped in an official release as...

In theory it should be possible to build NetSurf, but I stopped maintaining C89 support on their codebase…

We were discussing different AT and ATX converters and addons on Discord so I though it'd be useful to collect them: ATX2AT Smart Converter: convert from ATX to AT, adding -5V. hkzlab's ATXm5v: an ATX -5V injector ATX -5V Adapter Board and modified adapter cable ATX Power for Retro Computers...

And we have a nice SDK to write in C: OSDK, although I still haven't finished the Linux port.

You may also check http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/

I remember researching the partitioning scheme and filesystem for the NeXT when trying looking at the Haiku port… The NetBSD sources are quite interesting in this regard. Oh, I extracted the info from the NeXTstep headers it seems. At one point I wanted to add support for those in Linux tools...

Just wondering if others here had an ORIC machine… I have 3 Atmos and 1 ORIC-1, Jasmin 1 and Jasmin 2, and two MCP-40.

I'm trying to repair a friend's Lynx II that is stuck on "insert game". I replaced U9 (74HC164) which was hot and seemed to be shorting out some pins, but still get the message on power-on. Tracing the signals, I see repeated attempts at resetting the 4040 on MOTORON, but the chip selects from...

Scheduled power-on I guess?

Or maybe try some PeerTube instance?

I'm more of the cross-compiling type, being used to git and other niceties, although there are possibilities to run git on older OSes too… How about Retro68 (GCC based) as a compiler? Haven't tried it yet. Also, the NetSurf team has a collection of toolchains for their CI that we might want to...

I salvaged two Apollo 300 workstations from the university the other day, one I gave to a friend, but both lack the keyboard too. I'm thinking about making a converter based on something like this maybe… (we should probably split this topic out)

Loads https://www.diybookscanner.org/en/intro.html here, except no pictures… 🤔

You need a DIY Book Scanner :)

Some hackerspaces or fablabs might have a DIY Book Scanner, or help you build one, which takes some space but works quite well for large volumes.

I was going for "rEGRET" :LOL:

As I said I might have possible compatible candidates with just some more RAM, but I haven't had the time to try yet.

Indeed, cool I thought it was unobtainium!

According to the bomarc schematics, -5V is on J13-B pin 2, the first pin on the underside next to the power section. But it's only used for the serial port.

You can also search for a hackerspace or a fablab near you, you can usually use the machines by the hour after some learning.