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Does anyone know if the heatsink of a Lombard daughterboard can be removed, and how? I've replaced the heat pad, but it's still running quite hotter than the Pismo (and at 100Mhz less… the Pismo has a decent heat sink compared to this, but still), so I wonder […]
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Mandatory photo of the signatures! 😁 Also, it doesn’t look bad at all inside? Caps look ok… no corrosion from the battery terminals that leaked a bit. Kinda wonder if this would just work if I turned it on. But I’m more interested in the board for now. #retroApple
Look! I made another loop! #imac #imacg4 #powerpc #powerpcmac #retrocomputer #retromac #fallout #thesims #thesims2 #minecraft #apple #retroapple
loops.video/v/dM3SBfLKvF
Does anyone have a video or guide on how to tear down an Apple ImageWriter? The original, not the II or LQ. #retroApple
#RetroApple peeps, do I have to do anything special when switching graphics cards on an AGP PowerMac G5? I have two cards of the exact same model (the Mac version), the original one is detected, the other is not. I don’t remember having to do anything when I managed a pool of these things but my […]
Fixed the internal drive on this bad boy. The belt was fine; cleaned the heads, rails (and applied sewing machine oil), and belt pulleys. So so very happy to have this working as it should!
#apple #retrogaming #retroapple #vintagecomputing
I just published a new version of my first publicly released app, back in 1996, ResisMeasurer, for classic Mac OS (7.0 to 9.2.2, universal binary for 68K and PowerPC), and its source code!
This app calculates resistor values based on their ring colours, calculates series and parallel resistor […]
This page was actually really useful for matching old and new API names: web.mit.edu/macdev/Development/Docum... #retroApple
So… ported this from Think C/Symantec C++ to CodeWarrior 5. Fixed all the errors caused by the, huh, modernization of toolbox API names, and all the warnings related to unused variables. Built a universal binary for 68K and PowerPC. It's almost ready! 😁
That […]
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Does anyone remember what “re-verifying format” actually meant in the context of formatting a floppy? Is it checking all sectors and marking the bad ones so the floppy can still be used? I used to know all this stuff. 😖 #RetroApple
The good news is I replaced the capacitor on the 145 floppy drive, and cleaned its heads, and it seems to be slowly coming back to life. I’m not entirely sure if the old capacitor was bad or not but it was gonna leak sooner or later, and it felt good to solder something, I hadn’t done it in a […]
Is there any mirror of Macintosh Garden for really old Macs with a very simple web site? I have the idea someone built it but can’t recall the URL. #RetroApple
Also replaced the small thermal pad between the heat sink and the CPU with new paste. Looks good! Still have to get new thermal pads to replace the ones between the heat sink and fhe shield, and between the frame and the bottom chip on the daughter card (GPU? […]
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So I replaced my Pismo failing HDD with a cheap SSD yesterday and installed Tiger and 9.2.2 from scratch. I used to have 9.2.1 on this machine. Something weird, when the graphic card drivers kick in, this happens! 9.2.1 used to be just a quick flash, 9.2.2 is […]
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I hate throwing away old hardware but since the super-recycling container that moves around the municipality happens to be at my doorstep this month, and it has a battery compartment, I think this goes. It's a PowerBook 145 battery in a very bad shape […]
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When the music is not over. Original HDD and battery. That still retains some charge, somehow. #RetroApple
BlueSCSI documentation says it's powered by the SCSI termination power. However, Powerbooks like the 145 do not provide termination power. Is this true in the Powerbook version of BlueSCSI? I can't find anywhere in the documentation mentioning this. #RetroApple
Did you ever wonder how your favourite games look in a 1-bit passive matrix display? Of course you did! #RetroApple
I should omit this but… there’s a boot sound as well. Gil Amelio saying “This is Apple. Expect the impossible”. Yes, I know. #RetroApple
Ok just got the heck of it I reconnected the old Quantum hard drive that was originally in this external case and… OMG! Yes that was my boot screen for the LC, now in 1-bit! It boots! It boots!!! All my stuff is still here! I’m giggling like a little kid. Gonna explore this! #RetroApple
Oh, a cat picture from the Norton Utilities screen test! #RetroApple
On top of this, I’m limited to what I can scavenge around here. So what we have: a Zip drive terminating the chain with a Zip disk that’s not being seen. A SCSI CD drive that was originally there just to provide termination power but it’s actually booting the […]
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SCSI chain: since the internal disk isn’t there, there is no internal termination. Therefore the chain needs to be terminated on both ends, using a pass through terminator on the cable that connects to the PowerBook (I’ll never understand how a pass through terminator actually works but it does) […]
The 6MB of RAM are working which is great news! And I had no idea this Mac could boot 7.6. Nice! #RetroApple
It booted! Not exactly the way I was expecting but it booted! I had prepared a 7.1 install “cd” in a ZIP drive, but it can’t see it. However since I had to have a CD ROM drive in the chain (more on why later) I tried a Norton Utilities CD (actually legit […]
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All right, unplugged the internal HD and we have blinking ? floppy disk Icon! 😁 Now let’s see if I can assemble a SCSI chain that boots this thing… #RetroApple
