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  1. Finally got an old Mac SE booted with #BlueSCSI into 7.5.3 using a pre-installed image! ... With Extensions off🤨

    It's “fun" to remember that SCSI is NOT plug & play.

    Once in a while I get a floppy disk or a Zip disk to actually work. Some stuff is too old to work so I have to go back to 6.0.8 before Multifinder 😲😵

    #vintagecomputing #classicmacs

  2. Finally got an old Mac SE booted with #BlueSCSI into 7.5.3 using a pre-installed image! ... With Extensions off🤨

    It's “fun" to remember that SCSI is NOT plug & play.

    Once in a while I get a floppy disk or a Zip disk to actually work. Some stuff is too old to work so I have to go back to 6.0.8 before Multifinder 😲😵

    #vintagecomputing #classicmacs

  3. Finally got an old Mac SE booted with #BlueSCSI into 7.5.3 using a pre-installed image! ... With Extensions off🤨

    It's “fun" to remember that SCSI is NOT plug & play.

    Once in a while I get a floppy disk or a Zip disk to actually work. Some stuff is too old to work so I have to go back to 6.0.8 before Multifinder 😲😵

    #vintagecomputing #classicmacs

  4. Finally got an old Mac SE booted with #BlueSCSI into 7.5.3 using a pre-installed image! ... With Extensions off🤨

    It's “fun" to remember that SCSI is NOT plug & play.

    Once in a while I get a floppy disk or a Zip disk to actually work. Some stuff is too old to work so I have to go back to 6.0.8 before Multifinder 😲😵

    #vintagecomputing #classicmacs

  5. I miss the days of physical manuals, and Apple’s were really done well.

    Reading the 1988 “Macintosh Utilities User Guide”, I was struck by the CloseView chapter, the feature that allows magnifying the screen to help those with visual imparement.

    In the manual, that chapter is printed in a much larger font!

    It’s touches like that that made me fall in love with the circa-2003 Apple when I bought my first Mac — an iMac G5.

    #ClassicMacs #RetroComputing #Apple

  6. I miss the days of physical manuals, and Apple’s were really done well.

    Reading the 1988 “Macintosh Utilities User Guide”, I was struck by the CloseView chapter, the feature that allows magnifying the screen to help those with visual imparement.

    In the manual, that chapter is printed in a much larger font!

    It’s touches like that that made me fall in love with the circa-2003 Apple when I bought my first Mac — an iMac G5.

    #ClassicMacs #RetroComputing #Apple

  7. I miss the days of physical manuals, and Apple’s were really done well.

    Reading the 1988 “Macintosh Utilities User Guide”, I was struck by the CloseView chapter, the feature that allows magnifying the screen to help those with visual imparement.

    In the manual, that chapter is printed in a much larger font!

    It’s touches like that that made me fall in love with the circa-2003 Apple when I bought my first Mac — an iMac G5.

    #ClassicMacs #RetroComputing #Apple

  8. I miss the days of physical manuals, and Apple’s were really done well.

    Reading the 1988 “Macintosh Utilities User Guide”, I was struck by the CloseView chapter, the feature that allows magnifying the screen to help those with visual imparement.

    In the manual, that chapter is printed in a much larger font!

    It’s touches like that that made me fall in love with the circa-2003 Apple when I bought my first Mac — an iMac G5.

    #ClassicMacs #RetroComputing #Apple

  9. I miss the days of physical manuals, and Apple’s were really done well.

    Reading the 1988 “Macintosh Utilities User Guide”, I was struck by the CloseView chapter, the feature that allows magnifying the screen to help those with visual imparement.

    In the manual, that chapter is printed in a much larger font!

    It’s touches like that that made me fall in love with the circa-2003 Apple when I bought my first Mac — an iMac G5.

    #ClassicMacs #RetroComputing #Apple

  10. (More Classic Macintosh musings….)

    One thing that comes through when playing with that Macintosh SE is the thought and care that the people at Apple put into it.

    I miss the old Apple, the one that obsessed about every pixel of their UI. Because today, sadly, they just… don’t.

    #ClassicMacs #RetroComputing #Apple

  11. (More Classic Macintosh musings….)

    One thing that comes through when playing with that Macintosh SE is the thought and care that the people at Apple put into it.

    I miss the old Apple, the one that obsessed about every pixel of their UI. Because today, sadly, they just… don’t.

    #ClassicMacs #RetroComputing #Apple

  12. (More Classic Macintosh musings….)

    One thing that comes through when playing with that Macintosh SE is the thought and care that the people at Apple put into it.

    I miss the old Apple, the one that obsessed about every pixel of their UI. Because today, sadly, they just… don’t.

    #ClassicMacs #RetroComputing #Apple

  13. (More Classic Macintosh musings….)

    One thing that comes through when playing with that Macintosh SE is the thought and care that the people at Apple put into it.

    I miss the old Apple, the one that obsessed about every pixel of their UI. Because today, sadly, they just… don’t.

    #ClassicMacs #RetroComputing #Apple

  14. (More Classic Macintosh musings….)

    One thing that comes through when playing with that Macintosh SE is the thought and care that the people at Apple put into it.

    I miss the old Apple, the one that obsessed about every pixel of their UI. Because today, sadly, they just… don’t.

    #ClassicMacs #RetroComputing #Apple

  15. I picked up a classic Macintosh (Mac SE) at the SoCal Vintage Computer Festival that was held recently. Since I came into the Mac world about the time of OSX Panther, the earlier “System” stuff was all new to me.

    It's been a lot of fun learning about Macs of that era, and comparing them to my experiences with the Amiga, which was my first computer with a GUI.

    #RetroComputing #classicmacs

  16. I picked up a classic Macintosh (Mac SE) at the SoCal Vintage Computer Festival that was held recently. Since I came into the Mac world about the time of OSX Panther, the earlier “System” stuff was all new to me.

    It's been a lot of fun learning about Macs of that era, and comparing them to my experiences with the Amiga, which was my first computer with a GUI.

    #RetroComputing #classicmacs

  17. I picked up a classic Macintosh (Mac SE) at the SoCal Vintage Computer Festival that was held recently. Since I came into the Mac world about the time of OSX Panther, the earlier “System” stuff was all new to me.

    It's been a lot of fun learning about Macs of that era, and comparing them to my experiences with the Amiga, which was my first computer with a GUI.

    #RetroComputing #classicmacs

  18. I picked up a classic Macintosh (Mac SE) at the SoCal Vintage Computer Festival that was held recently. Since I came into the Mac world about the time of OSX Panther, the earlier “System” stuff was all new to me.

    It's been a lot of fun learning about Macs of that era, and comparing them to my experiences with the Amiga, which was my first computer with a GUI.

    #RetroComputing #classicmacs

  19. I picked up a classic Macintosh (Mac SE) at the SoCal Vintage Computer Festival that was held recently. Since I came into the Mac world about the time of OSX Panther, the earlier “System” stuff was all new to me.

    It's been a lot of fun learning about Macs of that era, and comparing them to my experiences with the Amiga, which was my first computer with a GUI.

    #RetroComputing #classicmacs

  20. I’m not a fan of self-boosting, but I realised I was remiss in not putting some hashtags on this post after it started gaining the small amount of traction it has.

    For those who boosted or liked the original, I’m not asking or expecting a repeat. I just hope with these hashtags it gets a little more traction to acknowledge the genius of #BillAtkinson, who affected so many lives through the genius work he did.

    I know he impacted many aspects of my life through the work he did on the Mac, the original System, and MacPaint, and it seems many others were similarly impacted.

    It’s been truly inspiring for me to see Mac legends talk how he put the lie to the saying “Never meet your heroes”, as he seemed to have been a hero to many, and never a disappointment in person.

    RIP, Bill. :alogo6:

    #RIPBillAtkinson #HyperCard #MystGame #Lisa #ClassicMacOS #QuickDraw #Dithering #AtkinsonDithering #ClassicMacs #ClassicMacintosh #Mac128K #MarchingAnts #MacPaint #FatBits
    social.europlus.zone/@europlus

  21. I’m not a fan of self-boosting, but I realised I was remiss in not putting some hashtags on this post after it started gaining the small amount of traction it has.

    For those who boosted or liked the original, I’m not asking or expecting a repeat. I just hope with these hashtags it gets a little more traction to acknowledge the genius of #BillAtkinson, who affected so many lives through the genius work he did.

    I know he impacted many aspects of my life through the work he did on the Mac, the original System, and MacPaint, and it seems many others were similarly impacted.

    It’s been truly inspiring for me to see Mac legends talk how he put the lie to the saying “Never meet your heroes”, as he seemed to have been a hero to many, and never a disappointment in person.

    RIP, Bill. :alogo6:

    #RIPBillAtkinson #HyperCard #MystGame #Lisa #ClassicMacOS #QuickDraw #Dithering #AtkinsonDithering #ClassicMacs #ClassicMacintosh #Mac128K #MarchingAnts #MacPaint #FatBits
    social.europlus.zone/@europlus

  22. I’m not a fan of self-boosting, but I realised I was remiss in not putting some hashtags on this post after it started gaining the small amount of traction it has.

    For those who boosted or liked the original, I’m not asking or expecting a repeat. I just hope with these hashtags it gets a little more traction to acknowledge the genius of #BillAtkinson, who affected so many lives through the genius work he did.

    I know he impacted many aspects of my life through the work he did on the Mac, the original System, and MacPaint, and it seems many others were similarly impacted.

    It’s been truly inspiring for me to see Mac legends talk how he put the lie to the saying “Never meet your heroes”, as he seemed to have been a hero to many, and never a disappointment in person.

    RIP, Bill. :alogo6:

    #RIPBillAtkinson #HyperCard #MystGame #Lisa #ClassicMacOS #QuickDraw #Dithering #AtkinsonDithering #ClassicMacs #ClassicMacintosh #Mac128K #MarchingAnts #MacPaint #FatBits
    social.europlus.zone/@europlus

  23. I’m not a fan of self-boosting, but I realised I was remiss in not putting some hashtags on this post after it started gaining the small amount of traction it has.

    For those who boosted or liked the original, I’m not asking or expecting a repeat. I just hope with these hashtags it gets a little more traction to acknowledge the genius of #BillAtkinson, who affected so many lives through the genius work he did.

    I know he impacted many aspects of my life through the work he did on the Mac, the original System, and MacPaint, and it seems many others were similarly impacted.

    It’s been truly inspiring for me to see Mac legends talk how he put the lie to the saying “Never meet your heroes”, as he seemed to have been a hero to many, and never a disappointment in person.

    RIP, Bill. :alogo6:

    #RIPBillAtkinson #HyperCard #MystGame #Lisa #ClassicMacOS #QuickDraw #Dithering #AtkinsonDithering #ClassicMacs #ClassicMacintosh #Mac128K #MarchingAnts #MacPaint #FatBits
    social.europlus.zone/@europlus

  24. I’m not a fan of self-boosting, but I realised I was remiss in not putting some hashtags on this post after it started gaining the small amount of traction it has.

    For those who boosted or liked the original, I’m not asking or expecting a repeat. I just hope with these hashtags it gets a little more traction to acknowledge the genius of #BillAtkinson, who affected so many lives through the genius work he did.

    I know he impacted many aspects of my life through the work he did on the Mac, the original System, and MacPaint, and it seems many others were similarly impacted.

    It’s been truly inspiring for me to see Mac legends talk how he put the lie to the saying “Never meet your heroes”, as he seemed to have been a hero to many, and never a disappointment in person.

    RIP, Bill. :alogo6:

    #RIPBillAtkinson #HyperCard #MystGame #Lisa #ClassicMacOS #QuickDraw #Dithering #AtkinsonDithering #ClassicMacs #ClassicMacintosh #Mac128K #MarchingAnts #MacPaint #FatBits
    social.europlus.zone/@europlus

  25. #GlobalTalk #MARCHintosh callout re: PageMaker 4.2...

    Does anyone with physical copies of PM4.2 and manuals/books have the 4.2 version of the Aldus PageMaker Script Language Guide?

    It might solve a problem for me (and @dillera).

    Thanks!

    #ClassicMacs #DTP #PageMaker

  26. #GlobalTalk #MARCHintosh callout re: PageMaker 4.2...

    Does anyone with physical copies of PM4.2 and manuals/books have the 4.2 version of the Aldus PageMaker Script Language Guide?

    It might solve a problem for me (and @dillera).

    Thanks!

    #ClassicMacs #DTP #PageMaker

  27. #GlobalTalk #MARCHintosh callout re: PageMaker 4.2...

    Does anyone with physical copies of PM4.2 and manuals/books have the 4.2 version of the Aldus PageMaker Script Language Guide?

    It might solve a problem for me (and @dillera).

    Thanks!

    #ClassicMacs #DTP #PageMaker

  28. #GlobalTalk #MARCHintosh callout re: PageMaker 4.2...

    Does anyone with physical copies of PM4.2 and manuals/books have the 4.2 version of the Aldus PageMaker Script Language Guide?

    It might solve a problem for me (and @dillera).

    Thanks!

    #ClassicMacs #DTP #PageMaker

  29. #GlobalTalk #MARCHintosh callout re: PageMaker 4.2...

    Does anyone with physical copies of PM4.2 and manuals/books have the 4.2 version of the Aldus PageMaker Script Language Guide?

    It might solve a problem for me (and @dillera).

    Thanks!

    #ClassicMacs #DTP #PageMaker

  30. Airaga base Finder has been periodically crashing/restarting today. The router, being loaded as an extension, continues to operate, but it’s weird because this has so much less installed on it than the main WOzFest HQ AIR node.

    Router Manager continues to be vaguely crashy on both, but not really disruptively so.

    I’ve done a round of minimising extensions on Airaga base today – will try a few more things in Classic Mac “move things till they improve” mode.

    #GlobalTalk #ClassicMacs

  31. Airaga base Finder has been periodically crashing/restarting today. The router, being loaded as an extension, continues to operate, but it’s weird because this has so much less installed on it than the main WOzFest HQ AIR node.

    Router Manager continues to be vaguely crashy on both, but not really disruptively so.

    I’ve done a round of minimising extensions on Airaga base today – will try a few more things in Classic Mac “move things till they improve” mode.

    #GlobalTalk #ClassicMacs

  32. Airaga base Finder has been periodically crashing/restarting today. The router, being loaded as an extension, continues to operate, but it’s weird because this has so much less installed on it than the main WOzFest HQ AIR node.

    Router Manager continues to be vaguely crashy on both, but not really disruptively so.

    I’ve done a round of minimising extensions on Airaga base today – will try a few more things in Classic Mac “move things till they improve” mode.

    #GlobalTalk #ClassicMacs

  33. Airaga base Finder has been periodically crashing/restarting today. The router, being loaded as an extension, continues to operate, but it’s weird because this has so much less installed on it than the main WOzFest HQ AIR node.

    Router Manager continues to be vaguely crashy on both, but not really disruptively so.

    I’ve done a round of minimising extensions on Airaga base today – will try a few more things in Classic Mac “move things till they improve” mode.

    #GlobalTalk #ClassicMacs

  34. Airaga base Finder has been periodically crashing/restarting today. The router, being loaded as an extension, continues to operate, but it’s weird because this has so much less installed on it than the main WOzFest HQ AIR node.

    Router Manager continues to be vaguely crashy on both, but not really disruptively so.

    I’ve done a round of minimising extensions on Airaga base today – will try a few more things in Classic Mac “move things till they improve” mode.

    #GlobalTalk #ClassicMacs

  35. #GlobalTalk #RetroMacs #ClassicMacs

    I want to be alerted if an AIR node goes down. Sort of like UpTimeRobot for GlobalTalk...

    This AIR node is emulated and can’t be pinged (slirp network on Linux).

    I’d like something simple to see if the host is running or not.

    I can’t port scan UDP as it doesn’t respond, of course.

    I was wondering if there was a simple, stable System 7.1-compatible “something” which I could either port scan, or do some other sort of “heartbeat” check on.

    1/n

  36. #GlobalTalk #RetroMacs #ClassicMacs

    I want to be alerted if an AIR node goes down. Sort of like UpTimeRobot for GlobalTalk...

    This AIR node is emulated and can’t be pinged (slirp network on Linux).

    I’d like something simple to see if the host is running or not.

    I can’t port scan UDP as it doesn’t respond, of course.

    I was wondering if there was a simple, stable System 7.1-compatible “something” which I could either port scan, or do some other sort of “heartbeat” check on.

    1/n

  37. #GlobalTalk #RetroMacs #ClassicMacs

    I want to be alerted if an AIR node goes down. Sort of like UpTimeRobot for GlobalTalk...

    This AIR node is emulated and can’t be pinged (slirp network on Linux).

    I’d like something simple to see if the host is running or not.

    I can’t port scan UDP as it doesn’t respond, of course.

    I was wondering if there was a simple, stable System 7.1-compatible “something” which I could either port scan, or do some other sort of “heartbeat” check on.

    1/n

  38. #GlobalTalk #RetroMacs #ClassicMacs

    I want to be alerted if an AIR node goes down. Sort of like UpTimeRobot for GlobalTalk...

    This AIR node is emulated and can’t be pinged (slirp network on Linux).

    I’d like something simple to see if the host is running or not.

    I can’t port scan UDP as it doesn’t respond, of course.

    I was wondering if there was a simple, stable System 7.1-compatible “something” which I could either port scan, or do some other sort of “heartbeat” check on.

    1/n

  39. #GlobalTalk #RetroMacs #ClassicMacs

    I want to be alerted if an AIR node goes down. Sort of like UpTimeRobot for GlobalTalk...

    This AIR node is emulated and can’t be pinged (slirp network on Linux).

    I’d like something simple to see if the host is running or not.

    I can’t port scan UDP as it doesn’t respond, of course.

    I was wondering if there was a simple, stable System 7.1-compatible “something” which I could either port scan, or do some other sort of “heartbeat” check on.

    1/n

  40. #GlobalTalk #RetroMacs #ClassicMacs Question

    I’m trying to run Choosier v1.0 on my emulated Q800 7.1.1 and emulated PPC 9.2.2 machines.

    On both, Choosier immediately crashes with a Type 1 error in 7.1.1 and Type 2 in 9.2.2. I’ve downloaded from a different source (Macintosh Garden), same problem.

    7.1.1 has AppleTalk v58.x (Choosier requires 53).

    Anyone else having this issue?

  41. #GlobalTalk #RetroMacs #ClassicMacs Question

    I’m trying to run Choosier v1.0 on my emulated Q800 7.1.1 and emulated PPC 9.2.2 machines.

    On both, Choosier immediately crashes with a Type 1 error in 7.1.1 and Type 2 in 9.2.2. I’ve downloaded from a different source (Macintosh Garden), same problem.

    7.1.1 has AppleTalk v58.x (Choosier requires 53).

    Anyone else having this issue?

  42. #GlobalTalk #RetroMacs #ClassicMacs Question

    I’m trying to run Choosier v1.0 on my emulated Q800 7.1.1 and emulated PPC 9.2.2 machines.

    On both, Choosier immediately crashes with a Type 1 error in 7.1.1 and Type 2 in 9.2.2. I’ve downloaded from a different source (Macintosh Garden), same problem.

    7.1.1 has AppleTalk v58.x (Choosier requires 53).

    Anyone else having this issue?

  43. #GlobalTalk #RetroMacs #ClassicMacs Question

    I’m trying to run Choosier v1.0 on my emulated Q800 7.1.1 and emulated PPC 9.2.2 machines.

    On both, Choosier immediately crashes with a Type 1 error in 7.1.1 and Type 2 in 9.2.2. I’ve downloaded from a different source (Macintosh Garden), same problem.

    7.1.1 has AppleTalk v58.x (Choosier requires 53).

    Anyone else having this issue?

  44. #GlobalTalk #RetroMacs #ClassicMacs Question

    I’m trying to run Choosier v1.0 on my emulated Q800 7.1.1 and emulated PPC 9.2.2 machines.

    On both, Choosier immediately crashes with a Type 1 error in 7.1.1 and Type 2 in 9.2.2. I’ve downloaded from a different source (Macintosh Garden), same problem.

    7.1.1 has AppleTalk v58.x (Choosier requires 53).

    Anyone else having this issue?

  45. #GlobalTalk #MARCHintosh #ClassicMacs

    So today I came up against a problem with hosting old System components on Netatalk 4 - the propensity for developers to put funny characters in INIT/Extension names to get them to load before others (Extensions usually load alphabetically).

    Hidden characters played silly buggers with the ability to copy such files, so I had to put them in an archive and copy them that way.

    It’s a read-only share, so no chance of anything failing to extract, but still.

  46. #GlobalTalk #MARCHintosh #ClassicMacs

    So today I came up against a problem with hosting old System components on Netatalk 4 - the propensity for developers to put funny characters in INIT/Extension names to get them to load before others (Extensions usually load alphabetically).

    Hidden characters played silly buggers with the ability to copy such files, so I had to put them in an archive and copy them that way.

    It’s a read-only share, so no chance of anything failing to extract, but still.

  47. #GlobalTalk #MARCHintosh #ClassicMacs

    So today I came up against a problem with hosting old System components on Netatalk 4 - the propensity for developers to put funny characters in INIT/Extension names to get them to load before others (Extensions usually load alphabetically).

    Hidden characters played silly buggers with the ability to copy such files, so I had to put them in an archive and copy them that way.

    It’s a read-only share, so no chance of anything failing to extract, but still.

  48. #GlobalTalk #MARCHintosh #ClassicMacs

    So today I came up against a problem with hosting old System components on Netatalk 4 - the propensity for developers to put funny characters in INIT/Extension names to get them to load before others (Extensions usually load alphabetically).

    Hidden characters played silly buggers with the ability to copy such files, so I had to put them in an archive and copy them that way.

    It’s a read-only share, so no chance of anything failing to extract, but still.

  49. #GlobalTalk #MARCHintosh #ClassicMacs

    So today I came up against a problem with hosting old System components on Netatalk 4 - the propensity for developers to put funny characters in INIT/Extension names to get them to load before others (Extensions usually load alphabetically).

    Hidden characters played silly buggers with the ability to copy such files, so I had to put them in an archive and copy them that way.

    It’s a read-only share, so no chance of anything failing to extract, but still.

  50. Hey #ClassicMacintosh officionados!

    Does anyone remember the name of (or have a photo of) the cooler addon for #ClassicMacs (128, 512, Plus) that inserted a fan in the handle slot to suck air up and out of the passively-cooled macs?

    I remember seeing one at university circa 1992, but I can't find any pictures of it.

    I'm trying to find it for @libreivan, who wants to develop the equivalent for the iMac G3

    #AskFedi #ClassicMac #Macintosh

    cc: @NanoRaptor @DosFox

  51. Hey officionados!

    Does anyone remember the name of (or have a photo of) the cooler addon for (128, 512, Plus) that inserted a fan in the handle slot to suck air up and out of the passively-cooled macs?

    I remember seeing one at university circa 1992, but I can't find any pictures of it.

    I'm trying to find it for @[email protected], who wants to develop the equivalent for the iMac G3

    cc: @NanoRaptor @DosFox

  52. Hey #ClassicMacintosh officionados!

    Does anyone remember the name of (or have a photo of) the cooler addon for #ClassicMacs (128, 512, Plus) that inserted a fan in the handle slot to suck air up and out of the passively-cooled macs?

    I remember seeing one at university circa 1992, but I can't find any pictures of it.

    I'm trying to find it for @libreivan, who wants to develop the equivalent for the iMac G3

    #AskFedi #ClassicMac #Macintosh

    cc: @NanoRaptor @DosFox

  53. Hey #ClassicMacintosh officionados!

    Does anyone remember the name of (or have a photo of) the cooler addon for #ClassicMacs (128, 512, Plus) that inserted a fan in the handle slot to suck air up and out of the passively-cooled macs?

    I remember seeing one at university circa 1992, but I can't find any pictures of it.

    I'm trying to find it for @libreivan, who wants to develop the equivalent for the iMac G3

    #AskFedi #ClassicMac #Macintosh

    cc: @NanoRaptor @DosFox

  54. Hey #ClassicMacintosh officionados!

    Does anyone remember the name of (or have a photo of) the cooler addon for #ClassicMacs (128, 512, Plus) that inserted a fan in the handle slot to suck air up and out of the passively-cooled macs?

    I remember seeing one at university circa 1992, but I can't find any pictures of it.

    I'm trying to find it for @libreivan, who wants to develop the equivalent for the iMac G3

    #AskFedi #ClassicMac #Macintosh

    cc: @NanoRaptor @DosFox

  55. Mac Plus up and running with System 6.0.4 installed from the original media to BlueSCSI. #retrocomputing #classicmacs