Hello all,
I'm happy to find this forum, as 2 of my main interests are retro Apple / Mac computers, and soldering/electronics repair. I also have done a lot of arcade repair, EPROM burning, etc., over the years.
I really enjoy using old apple/mac computers for their MIDI and audio capabilities. Here are a couple videos, of my IIgs and Mac SE respectively, controlling MIDI instruments:
My computer collection, not counting more modern or Windows computers, consists of:
Apple IIe w/microdrive turbo, SuperSerial w/WiModem232, SNES MAX sockets, mockingboard, GZ80/S, FloppyEMU
Apple IIgs w/microdrive turbo, 4MB RAM, SCSI controller w/BlueSCSI, Mockingboard
(Both Apple II systems have ReActive Micro power supply replacements which I installed into the original PSU enclosures).
Macintosh SE 4MB w/MicroMac 68030 16mhz accelerator and 68882 FPU, internal SCSI2SD, external BlueSCSI, WiModem232 (I recapped the entire SE myself)
1st gen Pink iMac G3 w/IDE > SATA SSD
2x Power Macintosh 7500/100's with Sonnet CPU Upgrades to G3 (333 and 500mhz)
500MHZ G3 Pismo laptop
G4 CRT eMac currently running MorphOS if I remember correctly
Any of the machines aside from the IIe which I haven't set up for MIDI yet are able to use any of my stack of general midi modules (Roland Sound Canvas, Yamaha MU series, Akai SG01k, Korg 05R/W). The Mac SE also lets Thexder (Sierra) run, with MT-32 support. It's quite nice.
I recently got into PCB design (I have been soldering for 20+ years but never had boards designed until recently) thanks to HoustonTracker2, an audio program written for TI-83+ and other calculators. The download came with Fritzing files for a headphones amp, but it didn't have barrel connectors or a power switch, so I made revisions and ended up successfully making the updated version of the amp.
Anyway, I live in Michigan (near Grand Rapids), so on the off chance you're actually geographically close, let me know
Regardless, happy to be here and say hi.
Cheers
I'm happy to find this forum, as 2 of my main interests are retro Apple / Mac computers, and soldering/electronics repair. I also have done a lot of arcade repair, EPROM burning, etc., over the years.
I really enjoy using old apple/mac computers for their MIDI and audio capabilities. Here are a couple videos, of my IIgs and Mac SE respectively, controlling MIDI instruments:
My computer collection, not counting more modern or Windows computers, consists of:
Apple IIe w/microdrive turbo, SuperSerial w/WiModem232, SNES MAX sockets, mockingboard, GZ80/S, FloppyEMU
Apple IIgs w/microdrive turbo, 4MB RAM, SCSI controller w/BlueSCSI, Mockingboard
(Both Apple II systems have ReActive Micro power supply replacements which I installed into the original PSU enclosures).
Macintosh SE 4MB w/MicroMac 68030 16mhz accelerator and 68882 FPU, internal SCSI2SD, external BlueSCSI, WiModem232 (I recapped the entire SE myself)
1st gen Pink iMac G3 w/IDE > SATA SSD
2x Power Macintosh 7500/100's with Sonnet CPU Upgrades to G3 (333 and 500mhz)
500MHZ G3 Pismo laptop
G4 CRT eMac currently running MorphOS if I remember correctly
Any of the machines aside from the IIe which I haven't set up for MIDI yet are able to use any of my stack of general midi modules (Roland Sound Canvas, Yamaha MU series, Akai SG01k, Korg 05R/W). The Mac SE also lets Thexder (Sierra) run, with MT-32 support. It's quite nice.
I recently got into PCB design (I have been soldering for 20+ years but never had boards designed until recently) thanks to HoustonTracker2, an audio program written for TI-83+ and other calculators. The download came with Fritzing files for a headphones amp, but it didn't have barrel connectors or a power switch, so I made revisions and ended up successfully making the updated version of the amp.
Anyway, I live in Michigan (near Grand Rapids), so on the off chance you're actually geographically close, let me know
Regardless, happy to be here and say hi.Cheers