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Specifically, i'm trying to run Macintosh ROM's through it. While it can decode snippets of functions - it dumps a lot of 'data' it thinks - it can't determine what's code and what's not. Also, the references, while they line up, seem to be scattered around, and the visual graph looks like...

Well, this just fell into my lap! Literally never really thought about getting a Plus before as it seemed kinda pointless with me having an SE...well, a few/eight SE's and SE/30's in various states of being broken... However, I told myself that if i ever found one for a non-silly price, with...

Came across this today - would be ideal for anyone looking to resurrect a dead machine without having to resort to cannibalising the ever decreasing number of working machines out there. https://monotech.fwscart.com/MOS_CPU_Replacer_(65108501)/p6083514_21591072.aspx Technically it'll replace...

This will allow the use of the PLCC ADB Transceiver in the Macintosh SE, which is the only model that uses a DIP18 part. There's not much to it other than that! @Branchus has used one of these, successfully, in a troublesome SE, iirc. The github page to the project and the gerbers, is here...

After Porchy from Jammaarcade got us across the finish line with reverse engineering the original HAL16L8, i thought the functions might be possible to replicate using discrete logic. This would of course be to benefit those that are making an SE Reloaded board, who don't want to, or can't...

What differentiates the Macintosh SE from the rest of it's forebears? Well, the fact that the PAL's of the earlier 128K, 512K & Plus machines have gone away and been replaced by a single custom ASIC. The original Macintosh was designed around a single ASIC called the IBM or 'Integrated Burrell...

While you may know that Power Macintosh G3 & G4 machines came with ZIP drives installed (as a CTO option), you can use any other ATAPI 3.5" device in that bay - it doesn't have to be a ZIP drive. In this instance, i'm going to install a Fujitsu MCE3130AP 1.3GB ATAPI Magneto Optical drive in it...

We've all got messy desks, with our tinkering hobbies - post a picture of yours! I'll go first...it's a tad...messy 😂

If you like Garlic, seriously, try this. I've seen lots of recipes lately that use a whole bulb of garlic, where you slice the top off, add a little olive oil and salt, wrap in foil and roast it in the oven. You get an amazing flavour, quite quickly. However, the garlic can start to caramelise...

I've technically had this since last year, but I didn't have the time to even unbox it. Today being the first weekend in seemingly forever where I'm not ill or in pain, I'm actually digging into my mac pile! Still looks stunning, 20 years later! This will be going along with my...

So I took a punt on an auction that included three SE/30 logic boards, two were really really badly recapped, one was battery bombed. However, these will all be donors for a Bolle SE/30 Reloaded board run! As a bonus, I got a half stripped colour classic board (although the customs are all...

Please add to this list, if you come across a supplier of vintage/retro parts. Can be an ebay seller, an independant shop or 'my cousin knows a guy'. I'll kick this off: Unicorn Electronics (aptly named): https://www.unicornelectronics.com/prod.htm Based in Pennsylvania, USA. Good selection...

If like me you're into the reverse engineering of stuff like the SPLD PAL/HAL chips used on early 68k macs, you might be interested in this - DuPAL https://github.com/DuPAL-PAL-DUmper It's not just software, it's also an open source hardware project you can build yourself. Once assembled, you...

So, most 'wedge' Amiga's use a wierd variant of the 5-pin DIN, in that it's SQUARE. These plugs, and sockets are wayyyyyy out of production and almost all new-old-stock stuff has been used up. This was originally flagged on the Retro Tinkering Discord, and reposted on our TinkerDifferent...

The Mac community seems to get the bum end of the deal when it comes to AAA gaming - in some cases for good reason, Apple seems to make it as hard as possible to develop them on the platform by refusing to support industry standards, instead preferring to go it's own way. However, thanks to...

Again, if you've ever seen an article or guide on how to use ResEdit to hack files, and wondered where to get it from, grab it from the Macintosh Garden, here: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/resedit

in case this has been forgotten to the annals of time, Tomeviewer is useful to be able to poke around inside and extract files from Apple installation tomes. Luckily, some enterprising sod has put this up on Macintosh Garden: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/tomeviewer

https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/apple-legacy-software-recovery-cd Bootable on any Mac with a 68030 or higher CPU, and 32-bit clean ROM. Contains System 7.x installers. Most of the CD's content is in Disk Copy 6.1x compressed NDIF format, requiring System Software v7.0.1 or newer (and Disk...

https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/system-6-collection Requires a Macintosh 512Ke or higher. Does not support 32-bit addressing, only 24-bit addressing, therefore limited to 8MB maximum RAM. For details on RAM and disk space requirements, please see this resource...

No matter what particular holday you celebrate at this time of year, be it Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Saturnalia, Grav-mass (or something else entirely), all of us here at the TinkerDifferent team wish you all the best for the season and for the upcoming New Year (at least for those of you on...