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Yes, folks, it's the Dark Side come to steal your hearts and minds with the newly released Matte Black Case & Keyboard Combo from Mark Jozaitis of MacEffects, and designed by Joe Strosnider of Joe's Computer Museum, Javier Rivera of 8BitTees / 8BitStuff / Javmaster, and Apple II legend "Plamen"...

@max1zzz first mentioned his work on a Radius Rocket prototype here. I was informed about his MLA thread on the subject today. Specifically, it seems he now has a working board: I have an original Radius Rocket 33 with a full FPU 040, installed in my IIci. Here are some pics: Max, is...

After a bit of asking around, and with subsequent upload assistance from @fogWraith and GuiBer (on the Garden), I'm pleased to announce we now have functional copies of the floppy drive diagnostic utility, DriveTech on Macintosh Garden: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/drivetech Functionality...

My first Apple II was acquired in October 2023. Being a Mac guy since 1984, I was accustomed to "good audio." There was nothing about any Macintosh I ever used that made me think, "Wow, this audio is bad!" But when I first tested the IIc with music and gaming apps, I was really quite shocked...

Making this video was a learning experience. Despite asking many people for advice and watching YouTube videos on the subject, I still had trouble with the Speaker install, but ultimately I got it locked-in with hot glue. I love using IIc Drop-to-Open technique that Javier Rivera taught me...

My Apple IIc has a 342-0033-B "MON" ROM (aka "ROM 0"). I asked several people how it differs from the 342-0033-A, but nobody knew. I was advised to READ out the content with my T48 universal programmer, so I did. I then downloaded the 342-0033-A ROM from an online archive and compared both in...

@MacEffects always comes out with some of the most incredible case recreation and this new one is no exception. This was originally a Kick Starter, and now that Mark has stock, the IIc clear cases being sent out supporters. I received one last night and made a video sharing my thoughts...

I made a quick and dirty 4K iPhone video showing a nifty graphics utility that Rob Kim, creator of the IIc "Tangy Pack" HDMI/VGA Adapter, made available on his Github page: DOWNLOAD: https://github.com/rowokii/A2C_TangyPack/blob/main/Software/A2_Graphics.dsk I first spotted his software...

You'd be wrong about that. Through the years I've read many people talk about what things they THINK need recapping and what they don't. Most of that goes beyond their own personal machine usage experience and also ties in with what they read online, or more accurately, what they DON'T read...

I've known about this Nested Volume Manager article (by Mike Schuster of Adobe, April 1986) since 2007. I've always thought it was a neat concept, which I will summarize thusly: Format a HDD like the Apple HD20 (serial interface) and then use the special Desk Accessory (DA) and driver...

If you're drooling over those pixelated vintage Mac themed wallpapers but not wanting to install macOS Sequoia, here's the place to download them: https://basicappleguy.com/haberdashery/macintoshwallpapers

I've spent the last two months working like mad on a comparison of the new (July 2024) Baby Face Electronics Power Supply, comparing it to my stock recapped SONY PSU and also to the SEASONIC PSU that I've been using since 2018. I also successfully tried the 16AWG wire recommendation by...

I was browsing through some very old posts in another forum last night, revisiting the past, when I stumbled across the post below by Jag. jag Starting Member 22 Posts Posted - 14 Aug 2003 Readers of my site have seen dozens of my posts re: buying old Macs cheap. Here in Austin you can...

Folks, which of the following two wire harnesses have a thicker wire gauge? (I know the answer already, BTW.)

Question for those of you into YouTube, like @This Does Not Compute , @Mac84 and @Branchus (and others)... Some of my videos have recently been getting an influx of unusual comments like this: They didn't come all at once, and I got an email notification for each. At first, I thought it was...

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...

Folks, if any of you happen to be owners of a GCC HyperDrive, I would appreciate hearing your thoughts. Mine is a 10MB drive mechanism installed in a Macintosh 512K with 64K Rev.B ROMs, and has an internal 400K floppy drive. I made 3 videos about my setup in the past so by watching those you...

SE/30 owners, if you have a BlueSCSI v2, could you please run MacBench 3.0 "All Disk Tests" and post your scores? (Please use only MacBench and only version 3.0.) I'm seeing seriously sluggish BSv2 performance in MacBench 3.0 on my SE/30 (with or without accelerators), despite the fact that...

We previously only had the French version of MacTest 2.0 on the Garden. And while I certainly have nothing against that language, it's not my native tongue, so I prodded the gang over on FaceBook and one kind soul whipped it out of his collection and uploaded it today. It's DL#3 here...

I deyellowed my Mac Portable's spacebar using this: • 3% H2O2 (normal drug store kind) • 1 teaspoon Oxiclean (boosts the H2O2 slightly) • Small transparent plastic container. • SaranWrap (as a cover to prevent evaporation) • Aluminum Foil (place shiny side up, under the container) • Two angled...