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Yes, the ƒ was kind of an odd convention. Seemed to occur in some communities (programmers, BBSers) and not very much in others. I suppose it helped differentiate folders with custom icons from the applications themselves within the folder. Commonplace enough to recognize but not something I...

I will say, as the owner of a IIsi in 1990, the speakers on these are quite prone to losing their connection -- it's just pressure pad fingers, which can easily oxidize. If you're getting headphone audio but no speaker audio, try cleaning both the speaker assembly and the place on the...

You know, I really am happy that the codebase is being kept alive. I purchased the (2008?) App Store release, which I’m pretty sure is either 32bit only or Intel-only, so this would be a nice follow-on to that color experience. Having said that, I think the real genius of Dark Castle was the...

Well, irregardless of everything else, I think we can all agree we shouldn't be use a transformers-based token sampling model for material safety advice! 😅 At least it will apologize for misleading you as you suffer...

I have several of these systems myself, the good thing about the keyboard error is that you can use any kind of PS/2 keyboard to test whether it's that or the computer itself. Once the keyboard is working you will be able to progress further; one frustration many have with this machine is that...

Great story and writeup! (derail follows...) This reminds me that there is an encrypted StuffIt archive on a semi-commercial CD-ROM that I have from circa 1991 or so. It's in a hidden folder on the disc, and -- due to the way StuffIt works -- you can actually see what the archive contains...

Really appreciate your work on this! I have an 030 cube for testing once you reach that point.

I believe it auto switches, and defaults to twisted pair if both are connected.

I've had some experience working with slightly-later IBM-branded caddy drives, which are all Toshiba OEM. In fact a YouTuber recently detailed a repair attempt -- here's the link in case it's useful: I agree this era of optical devices is stunning in terms of complexity and complication...

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/jef-raskins-cul-de-sac-and-the-quest-for-the-humane-computer/ Some here will recognize the author :)

Yes, I picked up an ancient Dell UltraSharp from VCFWest for $5 in a bit of a gamble. Luckily it had an internal power supply (so no weird cable to lose) and and worked perfectly with sync on green for my Indy (with the right 13W3 to VGA cable). VCF bargains aside, you can save money by trying...

... ordered! :)

This is a great write up, and I appreciate you thinking through the tradeoffs and assumptions that govern video quality at any point in time. I have plans to deploy a “composite-out from Raspberry Pi to analog AV in” to enable video streaming on a Centris 660av :)

Is anyone else waiting for the iMac G3 Bezels to become available (for folks who weren't in on the Kickstarter)? I've got a Blueberry I'd love to restore but don't want it to crack into two pieces before I have a bezel on hand... :)

I'm getting slightly better resolution on those product images: (The PICT format they use is a little wonky/vintage... some stalwarts such as ImageMagick and GraphicConverter choke on them. Modern Photoshop reads them quite well, however.)

I think some folks at VCFWest were doing the same!

Kept me on the edge of my seat :) Who knew there were so many ways to inadvertently lose data, or even permanently destroy media, with tapes…

Hah, yes, Forth! :) Are you ready for something weird? Here's another Cat with the same aftermarket labels: This one also has a "F" legend, which probably fell off of mine. (I considered the possibility that this might have been my Cat before I bought it, but the video dates from...

I'm taking the opportunity to do some (gentle) retrobrighting of my Canon Cat, using the vapor method. This includes the double-shot keycaps, which exhibit a bit of yellowing on the white legends. This particular Cat has, since before I acquired it, sported additional stickers on four of the...

Great to see this thread! (Was this the one for sale up near Chico recently?) If you are interested in acquiring/documenting matching items, there’s a filing cabinet for sale in Berkeley. Never seen one of these in the wild before...