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I have released the 3D print files and design files for my recreation of the Apple M0100 mouse shell. It's available to download from Thingiverse or to order directly from PCBWay.

I have released the 3D print files and design files for my recreation of the Apple Lisa mouse shell. It's available to download from Thingiverse or to order directly from PCBWay. If you don't already have the internal components for a Lisa mouse then you will be please to know the innards from a...

I obtained this schematic from someone else but will avoid naming them for now. I am very thankful to have obtained it; 2but honestly, it's not a very good scan. All the gray parts are very hard to read. But everything other than that is quite good, and you'll find it useful when diagnosing...

Hello, I've been asking and searching for YEARS, and the hunt continues for someone who can repair my unique NeXT MegaPixel 17" Color Display. This is the very late-released, hard to find Trinitron version & it is essentially a rebadged Sony GDM-1632 / 1634. The service manual exists online &...

Thanks to a generous short-term loan of several original bezels for the PM9600, I have been able to produce accurate 3D model reproductions of the PM9600 / G3 front bezels. Big thank you to @xenocide21 for the loaned parts! Here are the 3D models for general usage, please be sure to refer to...

I made a pristine 600dpi scan of a mint condition brochure, which I acquired from the original photographer on EBAY. To avoid moire, I did not apply sharpening, but it honestly looks sharp enough that added sharpening is not needed. For more information, please see my video here. ⬇️ DOWNLOAD...

One of the lesser-known compact Mac cooling fans is called Mac N' Frost. I found the Mac N' Frost interesting compared to the more mainstream Fanny Mac and the Kensington fans for the 128k, 512k, and Plus. Introducing the Mac N' Frost! Designed by Roy Hicks and marketed by RH Electronics in...

I was browsing the Call-A.P.P.L.E. website and came across this "Black & Bleu Version 10 with License" article about a program that comprehensively lists errors and Sad Mac codes with information and details. So, I headed over to the Macintosh Garden. I was intrigued. So, I downloaded the Black...

First Position - Status MC Fully certified and vetted XC Engineering sample Pilot production It may have bugs, according to some reports, that the software emulation for floating point in the 680LC40 does not work properly under XC status. Second Position - Type of CPU 68 Entire core of...

Hey everyone, I'm going to be travelling soon for work from Aus over to the US and visiting both LA & Las Vegas. I've seen lots of videos on the YouTube of old computer recycling stores in the US which can often have a lot of vintage computer equipment. I was wondering if anyone knew of any such...

So, you own an Apple IIe Card and have a joystick. I want to confirm joystick compatibility. So, I have questions to help us build "confirmed joystick compatibility with the Apple IIe Card" information. These may be joysticks, tablets, and other peripherals designed for the Apple II joystick or...

In the February 1987 issue of the A+ Magazine, there was a cover article about upgrading to the IIGS from the IIe with the board swap. Whether it was cost-effective for schools was also discussed in another article. The searchable PDF file of those articles is attached herein for download...

So, I learned from @Androda that there is a NewtonOs Emulator called Einstein: https://github.com/pguyot/Einstein Has anyone used it? Any thoughts and impressions? Was it challenging to install since there is no installer?

While digging up info on the LSI LOGIC chip used on the Apple IIe Card, I came across a book about LSI which provided some very interest historical info I had never read anywhere else. Amazing what could have been! One day Doug came in with a copy of EE Times. It had a photo of Steve Jobs and...

The first book in a series of four manuals for the Apple TechStep is a User's Guide. Apple TechStep User's Guide Apple TechStep Troubleshooting Guide Apple TechStep CPU Tests, Vol. 2 Troubleshooting Guide Apple TechStep CPU Tests, Vol. 3 Troubleshooting Guide NOTE: @retr01 is working with...

So, I am not sure if I want the new AirTalk thingy by Cheesestraws over at 68kmla because of the reported slow throughput and slow printing than normal. A LocalTalk card for the Imagewriter II printer is insanely priced off eBay. o_O And I don't want to go to the LocalTalk route, anyway. I'd...

I noticed something with my 12" iBook G4 that I recently picked up. It would keep forgetting the time and date every time I remove the battery. PRAM reset didn't resolve the issue. I discovered that none of the iBooks and the 12" PowerBooks have PRAM batteries. Those have PRAM capacitors...

The Apple IIe Card lets you run Apple IIe programs on a Macintosh LC or another Mac with compatible PDS. Once you've set a few options in the card's Options Panel, turning the Macintosh into an Apple Ile is as simple as double-clicking an icon on the Macintosh desktop. While in the Apple IIe...

I picked up an iBook G4 12" in great condition at 1.07 GHz, and the RAM maxed out to 1.25 GB. Yay! :D :cool: Now, I will get the 30 GB IDE ATA/100 HDD swapped out to the 128 GB SSD. This is what I am thinking...

So, I picked up a Mac Mini G4 for a good deal. It is a base 1.25 GHz model with 1 GB of DDR SDRAM, Pioneer DVD-R/CD-RW, and Samsung 128 GB SSD. The solid-state volume is divided into equal partitions for macOS 9.2.2 and OS X 10.4 Tiger. :D(y) And yes, the Mac Mini G4 can boot macOS 9 natively...