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As part of our promise for transparency in the running of Tinker Different, here are the minutes of the very first official Tinker Different board meeting. Tinker Different Board Meeting Minutes November 13, 2021 In attendance: Bruce, Christian, Steven H., Stephen, Steven M., Erich H. Absent...

Hello all, I have a Umax Gemini secondary CPU card (604e 250MHz) but it's been through the wars and lost a few surface mount electrolytic caps. If anyone has one of these and can tell me what sort of caps I'm missing, or a picture of one that I can use as a guide, it would be greatly appreciated!

I wanted to be the first to post in this category, and I thought I would use it to mention a great feature of SheepShaver I recently discovered. SheepShaver has the ability to create self-contained virtual machines. So you can place the application, the ROM and disk image all into a single...

I'm regularly asked which adaptor to use when connecting a vintage Mac to a modern monitor using a DB15 to VGA adapter. There are so many different types of adapter around: some with 10 DIP switches, some with 8, some with 16 and some with none. Some sync on green, some do not. I would love...

I looked at the empty Lisa & Mac XL section yesterday and decided it needed some content. So I released this video.

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For those who may have missed it, this is the official Tinker Different launch promo video. Enjoy!

Age: Fifty-something Height: 5'10 First computer: Dick Smith VZ200 First Mac: Mac Classic Favourite Mac: IIci Favourite movie: The Brady Girls Get Married (1981) Skills: Coding, soldering, repairing and cooking Weaknesses: Donuts, hamburgers, white wine and beige Macs Hi there, My name's Bruce...

Does anyone know if a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter exists that would allow me to connect a PowerBook SCSI drive to a desktop vintage Mac? I would hope the process isn't too complicated. Thanks in advance, Bruce