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Picked up this official Apple DB9 <-> Mini-DIN8 adapter from eBay the other day, so that I can have a serial cable for my vintage Macs, in the hope of using it for TechStep diagnostics among other things.
Unfortunately, it's not wired correctly, according to the guide at https://recon-68k.github.io/#serial-adapters-and-cables. And I didn't check the pinout first because my multimeter died (see: https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco/117193190601081442) and I figured it would be fine anyway, after all it's an official part right?
But with it connected to my serial cable (this guy: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0759HSLP1) between my MacBook Pro and my Power Mac 6500, the serial cable got hot - scalding hot - needed-oven-mitts-to-unplug-it hot 🥵 Hopefully nothing got damaged.
(I'd also tried earlier with my IIfx and it did not get hot but it didn't work either)
cc: @jack68k
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I love the Mac LCIII, so let's try to save this one that someone ran a drill into. Just another normal Saturday noon stream here at the BigBadBench. #ewaste #vintagemac https://youtube.com/live/-zvet5a9AaA?feature=share
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#Christmas is the time of year for enjoying the classics. And this
Swedish computer game from the mid 90s is one those #classics.#Backpacker:
Buy a plane ticket and travel to a country. Learn about its history and culture, answer questions about it to earn more money to travel to the next destination.#retrocomputing #VintageMac #MacOS9 #Macintosh #PowerPC #PPC #ibook #ibookg3 #retrogaming
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In between writing a script (which I totally shouldn't be doing as it's officially my day off), I'm trying to get OS X 13.4 running on my XServe 2.1. It was working JUST FINE until Installed a new graphics card, and now... no luck.