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    BeBox lives after 2+ years!

    Ooooh - yes, mine came like this and I've never had the caps. I've definitely daydreamed about finding a way to get replacements 3D printed. I have no personal knowledge or experience with 3D printing / modeling, but if you're willing to use yours as a model and you have some new ones made up, I...
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    BeBox lives after 2+ years!

    Ooooh - another BeBox owner?! Here's mine, also a dual-66MHz model. Mine is running well with all-original hardware, although the BlinkenLights have never worked in the (nearly) 20 years that I've owned this machine - they bounce a couple times during POST, but never bounce during actual usage...
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    I was given a trove of vintage Mac and BMUG materials

    A local friend messaged me a couple days ago to point out a post on a local community app I'd never heard of (think NextDoor, but hopefully less awful). The poster was offering to give away some vaguely-defined Mac stuff - old magazines, CD-ROM's, books, etc., along with some Berkeley Mac User...
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    Never thought I'd see the day! (Studio Display 15-inch flat panel Rev A)

    That is super cool - congrats! A school library where I used to work had one of these on a mostly-unused desk in the back of the staff area, and it bums me out that I never made an attempt to claim it. Glad that this one found a loving home! Huxley
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    I just bought a rare computer that isn't a Mac, but which looks like one for an interesting reason...

    Thank you! I'm still buzzing about it a full day later :LOL: Yeah, that place ("Urban Ore") is fascinating - a huge dusty warehouse, filled with... everything. Their inventory seems to turn over pretty frequently, but on any random day you can find old pianos, an entire bathroom, four...
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    I just bought a rare computer that isn't a Mac, but which looks like one for an interesting reason...

    My wife and I were out running some errands yesterday and on a whim we stopped into an awesome local secondhand / junk store. We had a nice time poking around and looking at tons of interesting items, and then I spotted something that made my brain twitch: a Mac-like device, but shorter and...
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    Best method for lubricating a Macintosh Portable display hinge?

    Thanks for helping make this happen! That's a really interesting idea / point. I guess I just assumed that the hinge would've shipped with some kind of industrial lubricant in there, but maybe not? I'm really curious if anyone knows one way or another... Huxley
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    Best method for lubricating a Macintosh Portable display hinge?

    Hi all! I just completed a "brain transplant" - I relocated the innards of my Macintosh Portable from the original badly-cracked bottom case to a replacement case (thanks again @ScutBoy!). The operation was a success and my Portable is looking and working beautifully now. However, the hinge...
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    What color monitor for //c ?

    Hey @RetroTheryboy - could you share any model details of that awesome NCR point-of-sale monitor you rigged up for use with your Apple IIc? It's so cool and such a nice pairing, I'd love to start hunting for one of my own... Huxley
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    Image on Apple IIc monitor "swims" horizontally. Any tips?

    Hi all! I recently bought a really nice Apple IIc kit, which I'm pretty excited about - it's a system I've always admired but never owned. When I bought it a couple weeks ago, the seller gave me a quick demo and everything seemed to be working well. I finally have some time to play with it...
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    A dumb beginner-level question about the Apple III

    Yup, that's what I'm starting to understand too. SOS is (as the name indicates) very sophisticated by the standards of the early 1980's, but it's also quite different from most other OS's, in the sense that it runs "invisibly" in the background, supporting and providing services to applications...
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    A dumb beginner-level question about the Apple III

    Yeah, SOS is quite impressive - especially if you compare it against the popular OS's of the day. That said, as a total beginner who is much more familiar with other systems, SOS is quite different and takes me a bit more effort to understand. I'm fortunate in that I already have a ready-made...
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    A dumb beginner-level question about the Apple III

    I'm happy to report that I have gotten one of my two Apple III's running smoothly! With a deep-cleaning, new Reactive Micro "Universal Power Supply," re-soldered Composite video connector, etc., this machine is running nicely. That said, while I'm far from an expert, I'm much more familiar with...
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    Apple III Floppy Emu

    Ahh got it - thank you for clarifying! I'm happy to have the adapter regardless, but it's comforting to know what its capabilities and limitations are. Appreciate the info! Huxley
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    Apple III Floppy Emu

    This is helpful info, thank you! The one detail that I can't figure out from the Github page is this: if I connect the Floppy Emu (via the adapter) to the external floppy port on the Apple III, will I be able to boot the system from a bootable disk image on the FloppyEmu, or does booting require...
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