#vintagemac — Public Fediverse posts
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Spent the entire day building a modern *nix ecosystem for the 12" 1.5GHz #PowerbookG4 with the new #SSD drive.
#MacPorts is such a great tool and community with archives for atleast some prebuilt packages.
Thanks!In total 266 packages installed today. Not done yet though but managed to get the essentials including:
- bash 5.3.9_0
- gcc14 14.3.0_0
- openssh 10.3p1_0
- openssl3 3.6.1_0
- python314 3.14.5_0
- zsh 5.9_3#VintageMac #PowerPC #Macintosh #Retrocomputing #PPC #Apple #OSX
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Spent the entire day building a modern *nix ecosystem for the 12" 1.5GHz #PowerbookG4 with the new #SSD drive.
#MacPorts is such a great tool and community with archives for atleast some prebuilt packages.
Thanks!In total 266 packages installed today. Not done yet though but managed to get the essentials including:
- bash 5.3.9_0
- gcc14 14.3.0_0
- openssh 10.3p1_0
- openssl3 3.6.1_0
- python314 3.14.5_0
- zsh 5.9_3#VintageMac #PowerPC #Macintosh #Retrocomputing #PPC #Apple #OSX
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Spent the entire day building a modern *nix ecosystem for the 12" 1.5GHz #PowerbookG4 with the new #SSD drive.
#MacPorts is such a great tool and community with archives for atleast some prebuilt packages.
Thanks!In total 266 packages installed today. Not done yet though but managed to get the essentials including:
- bash 5.3.9_0
- gcc14 14.3.0_0
- openssh 10.3p1_0
- openssl3 3.6.1_0
- python314 3.14.5_0
- zsh 5.9_3#VintageMac #PowerPC #Macintosh #Retrocomputing #PPC #Apple #OSX
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Spent the entire day building a modern *nix ecosystem for the 12" 1.5GHz #PowerbookG4 with the new #SSD drive.
#MacPorts is such a great tool and community with archives for atleast some prebuilt packages.
Thanks!In total 266 packages installed today. Not done yet though but managed to get the essentials including:
- bash 5.3.9_0
- gcc14 14.3.0_0
- openssh 10.3p1_0
- openssl3 3.6.1_0
- python314 3.14.5_0
- zsh 5.9_3#VintageMac #PowerPC #Macintosh #Retrocomputing #PPC #Apple #OSX
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Spent the entire day building a modern *nix ecosystem for the 12" 1.5GHz #PowerbookG4 with the new #SSD drive.
#MacPorts is such a great tool and community with archives for atleast some prebuilt packages.
Thanks!In total 266 packages installed today. Not done yet though but managed to get the essentials including:
- bash 5.3.9_0
- gcc14 14.3.0_0
- openssh 10.3p1_0
- openssl3 3.6.1_0
- python314 3.14.5_0
- zsh 5.9_3#VintageMac #PowerPC #Macintosh #Retrocomputing #PPC #Apple #OSX
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Bought an #SSD Upgrade to the #Powerbook G4 12" 1.5GHz
- chenyang mSATA Mini SATA SSD to IDE 44Pin
- Transcend MSA230 128GB mSATA SSDOpening up this computer takes some commitment. And while I was in there I also lubricated the CPU fan to fix some noise. Then booted the computer from an external #Firewire disk and restored the #Sorbert Leopard image.
#VintageMac #Retrocomputing #PPC #PowerbookG4 #G4 #msata #Macintosh #PowerPC #osx
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Bought an #SSD Upgrade to the #Powerbook G4 12" 1.5GHz
- chenyang mSATA Mini SATA SSD to IDE 44Pin
- Transcend MSA230 128GB mSATA SSDOpening up this computer takes some commitment. And while I was in there I also lubricated the CPU fan to fix some noise. Then booted the computer from an external #Firewire disk and restored the #Sorbert Leopard image.
#VintageMac #Retrocomputing #PPC #PowerbookG4 #G4 #msata #Macintosh #PowerPC #osx
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Bought an #SSD Upgrade to the #Powerbook G4 12" 1.5GHz
- chenyang mSATA Mini SATA SSD to IDE 44Pin
- Transcend MSA230 128GB mSATA SSDOpening up this computer takes some commitment. And while I was in there I also lubricated the CPU fan to fix some noise. Then booted the computer from an external #Firewire disk and restored the #Sorbert Leopard image.
#VintageMac #Retrocomputing #PPC #PowerbookG4 #G4 #msata #Macintosh #PowerPC #osx
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Bought an #SSD Upgrade to the #Powerbook G4 12" 1.5GHz
- chenyang mSATA Mini SATA SSD to IDE 44Pin
- Transcend MSA230 128GB mSATA SSDOpening up this computer takes some commitment. And while I was in there I also lubricated the CPU fan to fix some noise. Then booted the computer from an external #Firewire disk and restored the #Sorbert Leopard image.
#VintageMac #Retrocomputing #PPC #PowerbookG4 #G4 #msata #Macintosh #PowerPC #osx
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Bought an #SSD Upgrade to the #Powerbook G4 12" 1.5GHz
- chenyang mSATA Mini SATA SSD to IDE 44Pin
- Transcend MSA230 128GB mSATA SSDOpening up this computer takes some commitment. And while I was in there I also lubricated the CPU fan to fix some noise. Then booted the computer from an external #Firewire disk and restored the #Sorbert Leopard image.
#VintageMac #Retrocomputing #PPC #PowerbookG4 #G4 #msata #Macintosh #PowerPC #osx
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On Saturday's noon stream, we'll do some work on this lot of #vintagemac computers that I paid $200 for: a decent LC575, a juicy IIci, and a Quadra 610 that I haven't looked at yet. And we need to pick the winner of the POOci! https://youtube.com/live/exViLaaT8IY?feature=share
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Wat? Is this a thing? It's been a minute since I worked with this vintage of Pro Tools, but I don't recall anything special about the DACs in Digidesign interfaces -- especially not the 001 and LE software.
I mean, _maybe_ the 888/24 and TDM cards? Those Digital Audio G4s were pretty solid though. But $500? GTFO.
https://nh.craigslist.org/ele/d/rumney-collector-grade-complete-pro/7929967389.html
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Wat? Is this a thing? It's been a minute since I worked with this vintage of Pro Tools, but I don't recall anything special about the DACs in Digidesign interfaces -- especially not the 001 and LE software.
I mean, _maybe_ the 888/24 and TDM cards? Those Digital Audio G4s were pretty solid though. But $500? GTFO.
https://nh.craigslist.org/ele/d/rumney-collector-grade-complete-pro/7929967389.html
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The VOD of yesterday's stream is back up. I had to pull it due to me being a moron (sorry for the big blur part way through). But overall it was a fun one! #vintagemac #vintagemacintosh https://youtube.com/live/D5Vab18fW00?feature=share
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On Saturday's noon EDT stream, we're going to start work on @iiidiy 's deceptively clean SE/30 logic board. I also bought a couple microscope cameras to try to hopefully improve my microscope streaming quality. Let's do a mini camera shootout! #vintagemacintosh #vintagemac https://youtube.com/live/D5Vab18fW00?feature=share
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Today I did something fun!
On my left is my dear old 1GHz #Powerbook #G4. The best machine i've ever owned. But it's been around and seen better days.
Bought an upgrade: 1.5GHz, 1.25GB of RAM and 2x the VRAM.
Though just a CD-RW instead of a my broken DVD Burner. And the display is so much brighter, and the keys feels brand new!Ordered an #msata to de adapter and disk just in case, but don't know if i want to use it.
#PowerPC #VintageComputing #VintageMac #PPC #Macintosh #Retrocomputing
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Today I did something fun!
On my left is my dear old 1GHz #Powerbook #G4. The best machine i've ever owned. But it's been around and seen better days.
Bought an upgrade: 1.5GHz, 1.25GB of RAM and 2x the VRAM.
Though just a CD-RW instead of a my broken DVD Burner. And the display is so much brighter, and the keys feels brand new!Ordered an #msata to de adapter and disk just in case, but don't know if i want to use it.
#PowerPC #VintageComputing #VintageMac #PPC #Macintosh #Retrocomputing
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Today I did something fun!
On my left is my dear old 1GHz #Powerbook #G4. The best machine i've ever owned. But it's been around and seen better days.
Bought an upgrade: 1.5GHz, 1.25GB of RAM and 2x the VRAM.
Though just a CD-RW instead of a my broken DVD Burner. And the display is so much brighter, and the keys feels brand new!Ordered an #msata to de adapter and disk just in case, but don't know if i want to use it.
#PowerPC #VintageComputing #VintageMac #PPC #Macintosh #Retrocomputing
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Today I did something fun!
On my left is my dear old 1GHz #Powerbook #G4. The best machine i've ever owned. But it's been around and seen better days.
Bought an upgrade: 1.5GHz, 1.25GB of RAM and 2x the VRAM.
Though just a CD-RW instead of a my broken DVD Burner. And the display is so much brighter, and the keys feels brand new!Ordered an #msata to de adapter and disk just in case, but don't know if i want to use it.
#PowerPC #VintageComputing #VintageMac #PPC #Macintosh #Retrocomputing
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Today I did something fun!
On my left is my dear old 1GHz #Powerbook #G4. The best machine i've ever owned. But it's been around and seen better days.
Bought an upgrade: 1.5GHz, 1.25GB of RAM and 2x the VRAM.
Though just a CD-RW instead of a my broken DVD Burner. And the display is so much brighter, and the keys feels brand new!Ordered an #msata to de adapter and disk just in case, but don't know if i want to use it.
#PowerPC #VintageComputing #VintageMac #PPC #Macintosh #Retrocomputing
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Belated #MARCHintosh project #1 completed (mostly): I made a CatMac SE!
The motherboard is my spare/parts SE board - I cannibalized the ROM chips a while back to swap with my other SE in order to use a SuperDrive, so this one's got the original ROMs in it. It's also missing a battery and a speaker. But otherwise, the electronic bits all work great. I'm using the PicoPSU and SE-Combo board that I purchased from Joe's Computer Museum a couple months ago.
The case itself is a 7/10 for me. It's decent, but flimsy in places. That's not so much a problem with the model itself as what I used to print it - basic & matte PLA on a Bambu X1C. I'd probably use PETG if I were to do it again. Removing the supports from inside the drive slots was an absolute nightmare, even when using a dedicated support filament. And when I close it up, the BlueSCSI SD card slot is a bit askew, so right now I have to have the cover off to insert/remove the SD card - going to see if I can use a wad of tape or paper to adjust the positioning.
But other than those relatively minor complaints, it's a beautiful design reminiscent of the Apple's 80's frogdesign aesthetic. I opted for a black case, blue LED & translucent light pipe and red reset/interrupt buttons to give a bit of a retro-futuristic touch (and it'll match my Amiga 500’s new case). And it's completely quiet, just like my IIfx.
So I think what I'm going to do is swap out the motherboard with the one from my other SE, so this one will get the recapped board with the 030 accelerator on it. I'll move the floppy drive over to this machine as well, and then it'll move over to my Tower of Power. Since the BlueSCSI V2 on this machine also supports Wifi, it means I can put away the Asante EN/SC and save even more space (and power outlets) on the Tower.
As for the other SE, I think I'll give the case a good cleaning and then move it to my living room where it will become a "working" display piece (like my 30's Minerva radio).
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The Macintosh POOci has cleaned up pretty nicely. Aside from the startup circuit area, the logic board looks good. On Saturday's noon EDT stream, we're going to recap the board and PSU and announce its giveaway. (We might need to do a little work on the cache card) #vintagemac #vintagemacintosh https://youtube.com/live/alMlDvB1r9o?feature=share
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#VintageMac I picked up this Macintosh IIci to do a giveaway for hitting 2048 subscribers. But when we opened it, it was mouse-bombed. YT short showing the mess and beginning of cleanup: https://youtube.com/shorts/ShWveHI-jeU?si=hygENrd_4jIpTm9p
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March 14, 1984, Susan Kare demonstrates the Macintosh user interface on an episode of The Computer Chronicles. I love how she says “Mac,” not “the Mac.” #vintageMac #classicMac #Apple #Macintosh
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@vkc shares some BlueSCSI love in this video - installing LinuxPPC on a 9600 (one of my favorite Macs!)
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Excerpts from Bill Atkinson’s last interview, with David Pogue. The bit about “loser-friendly” software made me laugh. What a brilliant and kind soul he was. #vintageMac #classicMac #Macintosh #Apple
https://pogueman.substack.com/p/bill-atkinsons-last-interview
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By happenstance, I found this Sterlite gasketed plastic storage bin that is pretty perfect for a retrobrite experiment (vapor process), but also for safe basement storage of the SE and similar form factors. Might need to get more. #vintagemac #retrocomputing #marchintosh
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Look, I made another loop for #loops! #powermac #powermacg4 #powerpc #vintagemac #retromac #retrocomputer #retrocomputing #retropc #vintageapple #retroapple #oldcomputer #oldmac #mac #apple #tiktok
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Working on UI tweaks to my VOID adventure game. I’ve been adjusting some icons based on feedback and would love to hear your opinions on a few variations!
Take a peek:
https://ko-fi.com/post/Icon-Experiments-H2H71WEJAU#MARCHintosh #HyperCard #retrocomputing #retrogaming #classicmac #macintosh #vintagemac
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My #MARCHintosh is not complete without at least some level of corroded trace repair, even if it’s just a Classic! Will of course hook it up to #GlobalTalk for final testing. #leavenomacbehind #vintagemac
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Apple bags from the mid '80s and mid '90s respectively, when its products were sold by authorized dealers. In the '00s, the bags lost all their color and the apple logo turned gray.
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Last time I printed to my LaserWriter II printer, it made a horrible noise: lots of repeated clacking.
Tonight I figured out why. A gear broke on the fuser assembly which caused the paper delivery to fail and the page got stuck inside. I swapped it with a gear from an old fuser assembly and we're back in business!
I really like the print quality of this printer. With the IIg card, it does an amazing job. Just a tad on the slow side. 🐢
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Also related: anyone have an internal SCSI drive flat cable from the inside of a PowerBook Duo 230 or perhaps a dead Duo 230? I'd love to convert this to a BlueSCSI and get WiFi (the current drive and cable inside is IDE).
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My current theory is capacitor problems affecting two specific connection areas determined by this diagram of the LCD flipping the display to match the rear.
But I reaaaallly don't want to break this LCD by trying to lift this board away and having those thin flex cables break.
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One year later, the PowerBook 2300c display has exactly the same problem in the same area. So I tore it down again and swabbed all of the column pads on the LCD again, but maybe not as thoroughly as I did previously. Much to my surprise, it looks ok again.
The display is a Toshiba LTM09C035L.
So, the question is: was this leaking capacitor related or maybe a janky LCD flat cable?
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Today on the bench is the PowerBook 2300c. When I got it last year, the display had problems: two large vertical stripes were glitching.
I opened it and used alcohol swabs on the display columns which may have had cap fluid leaking onto them. The visible caps were on separate boards.
I suspected that there's caps on the other side but I was terrified to take that board out for fear of breaking the tiny flat ribbon connectors on those columns.
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Real widgets, also looking pretty.
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Stitching together these two threads from my Apple Scanner (updated to an Abaton 300/GS scanner with motherboard swap) with info on printing a carriage gear to replace a broken one.
That's two 3D printable parts for this scanner now. 😎
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It's #MARCHintosh, so I decided to post an update on my interactive fiction #HyperCard project.
Because I always have multiple projects in development, progress has been slow but steady—including the user interface, text parser, and other foundational under-the-hood development. The proof-of-concept UI is attached!
Please help with this project by offering your feedback, suggestions, and support:
https://ko-fi.com/post/VOID-Progress-V7V81VMLWGThe original post announcing the project is here:
https://ko-fi.com/post/aetas-nova-VOID-E1E81N2GJL#retrocomputing #retrogaming #classicmac #macintosh #vintagemac
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Did you know that a slut can always be found in every HyperCard stack?
It's the last word of the hidden phrase "Nu är det slut…" (which means "That is the end…" in Swedish.) The phrase is used to mark the very end of the file. A hex editor will reveal it. Wild stuff!
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On my classic Macs with DB25 SCSI ports, is there any reason why I'd NOT settle on just using the DB25 #BlueSCSI over the internal versions? With easy access to the SD, the Pico WiFi being outside and no I/O performance hit... it just seems advantageous, no?
I added a right angle DB25 adapter so the BlueSCSI is upright and parallel to the back of the case to reduce rear clearance, too (helpful on my display shelves).
Curious for opinions! #vintagemac #retrocomputing
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#Netatalk experts: any idea why, as of late, my AFP #GlobalTalk shares have been showing up with generic document icons on Mac OS 7.x? But the icons look just fine on Mac OS 9?
This started happening around the time I migrated my shares from my NAS over to a Raspberry Pi, and upgraded to Netatalk 4.3.2.
I've confirmed that the share folder permissions are the same on both systems, as well as the permissions on the hidden “.Icon$\r” files at the root of the shares. However the Finder does not allow me to change the icons via the Get Info screen (on both Mac OS 7 and 9), which seems to imply that there _is_ a permissions issue of some kind. Yet, folks can read and write to the shares just fine.
I tried deleting the hidden icon files, which made no difference (other than causing the default Netatalk icon to show on Mac OS 9, since I removed the custom icon). Changing the "legacy icon" option in the Netatalk config also makes no difference, other than making a different Netatalk icon show on Mac OS 9.
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Now, I'm all about vintage computers -- vintage Apple's above most others, in fact. And I have a cadre of mechanical keyboards here on hand.
However ...
https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-vintage-computer-aluminum-alloy-artisan-keycap
#WTF #keycaps #keyboards #Macintosh #vintagemac #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #nostalgia #toofar #didntstoptothinkiftheyshould #funny #tech #geek #boards
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Now, I'm all about vintage computers -- vintage Apple's above most others, in fact. And I have a cadre of mechanical keyboards here on hand.
However ...
https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-vintage-computer-aluminum-alloy-artisan-keycap
#WTF #keycaps #keyboards #Macintosh #vintagemac #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #nostalgia #toofar #didntstoptothinkiftheyshould #funny #tech #geek #boards
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Now, I'm all about vintage computers -- vintage Apple's above most others, in fact. And I have a cadre of mechanical keyboards here on hand.
However ...
https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-vintage-computer-aluminum-alloy-artisan-keycap
#WTF #keycaps #keyboards #Macintosh #vintagemac #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #nostalgia #toofar #didntstoptothinkiftheyshould #funny #tech #geek #boards
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Now, I'm all about vintage computers -- vintage Apple's above most others, in fact. And I have a cadre of mechanical keyboards here on hand.
However ...
https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-vintage-computer-aluminum-alloy-artisan-keycap
#WTF #keycaps #keyboards #Macintosh #vintagemac #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #nostalgia #toofar #didntstoptothinkiftheyshould #funny #tech #geek #boards
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Now, I'm all about vintage computers -- vintage Apple's above most others, in fact. And I have a cadre of mechanical keyboards here on hand.
However ...
https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-vintage-computer-aluminum-alloy-artisan-keycap
#WTF #keycaps #keyboards #Macintosh #vintagemac #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #nostalgia #toofar #didntstoptothinkiftheyshould #funny #tech #geek #boards
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A while back I bought two of those Maclocks with the intention of modding one into a tiny Mac. After seeing the success of @WiteWulf I decided to give it a go.
Opening the case is definitely the hardest part. Gary said to use guitar picks to start, so I began on the bottom and opened a gap to get a stronger metal spudger inside to lift up the rear case to release the six clips (circled in third pic) from the front. We're inside!