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Two years ago I received for free a Quadra 630 from a family friend. Back in the day, I had a Centris 650 bought new in 1992 which I replaced with a PowerBook 5300cs purchased later in 1996. Hence, I completely missed this model and its cousins, and was completely unfamiliar with it. The...

For my final project for #MARCHintosh 2024 I installed A/UX 3.0.1 on my overclocked Centris 650. I primarily followed Eric Edge’s guide with a modification. Rather than using a burned CD and CD drive, I was successful in using a BlueSCSI version 1.1 with the CD features implemented in firmware...

For Marchintosh 2024 I’m tackling a project that has been on my list for a while: overclocking a Centris 650. The Centris 650 was the first Macintosh I purchased for home use back in the day, and at the time I was blown away by its performance relative to the Macintosh SE/30s I was using at the...

I’ve been tinkering off and on for nearly a year with Gentoo Linux on a 800 MHz iBook G4 from 2003. As you may be aware, pickings are slim for active Linux distros that support PPC. Besides the excellent Lubuntu 16.04 Remix by @wicknix, and Adelie Linux, the only other option that I found is...

Hello, fellow Tinkerers! Although real life has intruded on my tinkering over the last few months, I’ve managed to squeeze in a small project or two. One of my background projects during this low key period has been testing OpenCore Legacy Patcher (OCLP) on a variety of unsupported MacBooks in...

I recently restored a White iBook G4 (PowerBook6,3) from 2003 sporting an 800 MHz PowerPC 7457 (G4) by adding a modern SSD replacement for the missing hard drive, replacing the malfunctioning Combo CD/DVD drive, and giving it a through cleaning inside and out. The iBook G4 required almost...

For #MARCHintosh 2023 I performed the stereo mod to the analog board of my Color Classic Mystic. James Wages @JDW has an excellent tutorial on his YouTube channel. I salvaged the amplifier chip from a donor CC analog board and ordered the passives from Mouser. I also salvaged a matching 16...

I recently restored a Black MacBook2,1 Mid 2007 sporting a 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo chip. Back in the day, this is the MacBook I really wanted, but since I had a White MacBook1,1 from 2006, I didn’t satisfy my urges back then. Now, I have a near mint condition Black MacBook that I...

My recent restoration projects have focused on the Macintosh II line, several of which I used in the early days of my NASA career. I wrote about previous restorations of a Macintosh IIci and Macintosh IIsi on TinkerDifferent. Today’s story is about my personal Holy Grail machine, one that I...

I recently came into possession of a Macintosh IIsi for $30 from Yahoo! Japan Auction via the Buyee proxy service, and I thought it would make for an excellent restoration project. As is often common for items on Yahoo! Japan Auction, the IIsi was marked as “junk”. I figured it was worth a...

Hey all - I recently acquired a Mac IIci. Although it is not the IIfx on my Holy Grail list, it is a close second. While I was running skiprope simulations on my IIfx in the early 90s, many of my NASA colleagues were doing work on the IIci. As you can see, it was a little rough looking. Very...

In my collection of 68k Macs, I’ve acquired a series of Apple ADB keyboards: Apple Extended Keyboard M0115 from 1988 Apple Extended Keyboard II M3501 from 1989 and 1990 Apple Keyboard II M0487 from 1990 and 1991 AppleDesign Keyboard M2980 from 1994 I’m sure there are others I don’t have. I...

Hey all, I just got done with some partial experimentation that is leading me to a question. The experiment consisted of an internal BlueSCSI and an external BlueSCSI. All of my original drive images were formatted with Lido, since I started with it a long time ago before folks noted the...

Hey all, i thought I would share my "Mac Racks" and perhaps get a few others to do the same. The first shot is my main Mac Rack in my home office that serves as a background whenever I am on a Teams conference from home. You can see an SE/30, SE, and a pair of Color Classics on the bottom row...

I recently came into possession of a Classic II from a friend, and thought I'd share a few successes and oopses I've had so far. Cosmetically, it was in OK shape except for a big crack in the case. I figured a little retrobriting and acetone would work. Well. the retrobrite went fine, but...

I recently came into possession of a Quadra 630 with an Apple 15” Multiple Sync display with a tilt/swivel base. Restoration is underway on both. I have a question about the tilt/swivel base that isn’t covered in the service source document, nor could I find anything about my question online. I...

Hi everyone! I’ve been lurking in the background for a few weeks, contributing here and there, and decide it is time I introduce myself. I also frequent the vintage Macintosh forums on FaceBook, and you’ll also see me in the chat in a few YouTube channels, which I’ll talk about later. By day...