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    Macintosh Portable: IT LIVES!

    I was the one Charles had said was having the same issue. I thought initially it had to be the controller, because in my case, it would type the correct character, THEN type an incorrect character. Example is 'u' and 'backspace'. It would type a U, then backspace it. I and enter do the same...
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    DIY Localtalk - Ethernet converter

    OK. Totally glazed past the part where chips are available that contains the SCC built in ---- *thats* where I wanna be. With the raspberry pi being way more powerful, shouldn't we consider doing this in software (which I'm much more familiar with). I wanted to get involved in a hardware...
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    DIY Localtalk - Ethernet converter

    Haven't given up on the BTW. If someone manages to have more spare time than I do feel free to run with this lol I still need to re-cap a bunch of stuff. At the moment I seem to lack time *and* money.
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    DIY Localtalk - Ethernet converter

    Easily done with a raspberry pi. Convert the serial output to RS232, and have a service that listens to the serial pins on the r-pi and translates them to a virtual mac serial port. Done. Everything already exists at a software level --- netatalk for appletalk, the serial port driver for a real...
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    DIY Localtalk - Ethernet converter

    I'm restarting work on this. There have been plenty of implementations of this already, and the protocol is seemingly simple to bitbang. In fact, most implementations of this are essetntially bitbanging at the right speeds to perform the magic things. There's an arduino with USB host capability...
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    ADB to USB adaptor

    wow major thread neglect here on my responses. I had thought about the switchbox, but I literally lack ADB keyboards. There's a arduino already out there that implements a USB host interface and will enumerate HID devices (it's all built in). Then there's a arduino "chip" that you program...
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    XRAID

    By chance if you have any extra drive trays available please PM me. I have a G4 XServe project (liquid-cooling) that is waiting for drive trays.
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    Networking a Powerbook Duo: serial -> OS X/unix -> internet

    Just kind of stumbled on this thread...the modem-to-modem connection is definitely possible. There are two things you need to fix to enable this: First is line power -- all telephone lines provide a low amperage power to communicate/power phones/etc. this page describes the "line simulator"...
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    C++ 'vector' question - System 7

    It's talking about the 'vector template argument' -- ie you have to do a #import too
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    DIY Localtalk - Ethernet converter

    Its here :)
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    A rescued relic (Macintosh Classic)

    The E Series is da bomb! It's my work laptop now, and it's awesome (except for running some uber-locked down ultra-secure non-admin image of Win7). If you enjoy warm a warm pepsi, with all of the scanning processes going in the background, your cold pepsi from the machine turns warm in about 15...
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    DIY Localtalk - Ethernet converter

    The book has arrived --- and I'm selling off things to fund this personally. So I'll be starting on this most likely this weekend :D
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    Where are all the programmers?

    Just found this -- it's incredible and I *believe* he's a member here. https://sites.google.com/site/chuzzum/macintosh-c-programming-guide My problem wasn't that I didnt want to program for Classic MacOS (I really really really do) but there weren't enough resources/books to find ... until...
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    *best* Video card for a XServe G5

    What about this guy? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Mac-ATi-Radeon-9250-128MB-PCI-VIDEO-Card-Model-109-A27531-00-Xserve-G5-/170971841204?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item27ceb742b4 I've been watching this for quite some time now, and if it may work with CI/QE support, i'll go ahead and buy it.
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    *best* Video card for a XServe G5

    Yeah -- I got this machine for $100 so I really cant complain. It's a awesome machine, and it fits neatly under my computer desk with my other 1U equipment in my condo. mcdermd: If you happen to have more info on this --- that would be awesome. I'm not doing anything like video editing or...
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