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No School Like The Old School (Literally), Enjoying the Bell and Howell!
In 48 hours, planning begins for Christmas food...
If interested my primary work is IshikiAI.com.
Just finished My Classic Reloaded...
This Laser 128k was so well used the "apple" keycap is completely deformed.
I've never identified more with an inanimate object in my life!
I've never identified more with an inanimate object in my life!
Satanic Mac Club!
Rumours of my death are greatly exaggerated...!
Today, I swapped this old clunker out of my PowerBook 180c, replacing it with a BlueSCSI. The 180c is a lot faster now!
Visited my best friend a few weeks ago. "I have a few old Macs if you want them". Me: 
After a dusty trip into his attic I have a nice haul. More details on the others coming . . .but:
My first find was a Power Mac G4 MDD Dual 1ghz with a matching Apple Studio Display
Completed: (Updated)
After a dusty trip into his attic I have a nice haul. More details on the others coming . . .but:
My first find was a Power Mac G4 MDD Dual 1ghz with a matching Apple Studio Display
Completed: (Updated)
- Power supply was dead so I sent it off to acxelectronics on eBay for an excellent and fast repair. (OK I was lazy on this one)
- Replaced the old noisy CPU fan with a new quiet, but powerful Silenx IXP-76-18 - 120x38mm 18dBA 90CFM hooked to 12V Power Supply connector
- Maxed out RAM to 2GB
- Replaced static and distorted heat damaged speaker with the OEM part found on eBay
- Replaced spinning drive with a Samsung SSD via an IDE to SATA adapter.
- Installed 10.4.11 Tiger.
- Added 2nd SSD for Carbon Copy Cloner system backup: (Due the limitation of the PATA to SATA adapter board this did not work on the 100 MHz bus as a second drive, so I put the second SSD on the 66Mhz bus)
- Period correct keyboard and mouse
- Swapped out dual G4 1GHZ processor daughterboard for dual 1.25Ghz card (modest upgrade)
- Upgrade video card (Current ATI Radeon 9000 is OK, but @Action Retro inspired me to go faster
My *Zip* IIGS is running
fast and 
cool
And the paperwork is done - I'm employed again!
And so begins the slow process of rebuilding an Apple Lisa!
Anyone want a Power Macintosh 6100/66 AV?
The Big Mess ‘O Wires Wombat is awesome. Now I can take the brilliant Unicomp mechanical keyboard with me on my classic Mac gaming. 