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    Macintosh 128K screen trebling

    Try re-soldering the yoke plug on the A/B... that is, completely remove the old solder and add new. You could also try re-soldering the flyback while you are in there. Those are the first two things I would check before capacitors, etc.
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    Which Mac was the last that could run 9.22?

    I'm pretty sure there's no iBook G4 that will run OS 9, at least in a supported manner. I've got the original 12" 800 MHz, and I've managed to use the various "unsupported G4" install discs. You can get a booting system. But graphics drivers and wifi drivers are lacking, making the thing pretty...
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    MCL Redistribution Kit

    I've had my eyes on Dylan for a bit ... maybe it's time to hack around with it a bit and get a feel for it ;)
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    MCL Redistribution Kit

    Lisp isn't dead. Maybe it's not used in industry much anymore (at least Common Lisp), as many students only ever learn the semicolon languages (C/C++, Java, Python, Ruby, etc.) But there's still the occasional hacker who re-discovers the ancient arts of Lisp: I think there's a lot of people...
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    MCL Redistribution Kit

    Well, he did not have it. So if anyone else encounters this thread and happens to have it sitting around, still looking! :) Jack
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    MCL Redistribution Kit

    I dropped him an email ... we will see what happens! Thanks guys ;) Jack
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    MCL Redistribution Kit

    Has anyone on here any experience with Macintosh Common Lisp? I downloaded and messed with it, it seems like quite the powerful development tool... The manual seems to make mention of a redistribution kit used to package Lisp programs for others to use in an optimized manner. Anyone got a copy...
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    Any good Monospaced fonts for System 6-9?

    I'm fairly certain you'll have unicode support in Mac OS >=8.5 http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/fonts_mac.html As for if fonts containing unicode will work on 7.0 - 8.1, not sure. Why not give it a try?
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    Any good Monospaced fonts for System 6-9?

    I think TTF support came with System 7, which may (probably) not be the system of choice for compact macs. As far as bitmapped fonts go (which is all you get on System <7, IIRC), terminus looks pretty good on a CRT. You might want to give it a shot.
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    Lightweight browser

    ...or write a browser. You'd make a lot of people happy :)
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    Studio Display and 9.2.2

    So I did a bit of fiddling: For me, it's definitely not software related. I tested on Mac OS X (on another QS), and it worked fine. Then, I went back to test it on the 9.2.2 machine, and it worked. Briefly. The brightness would occasionally disappear out of the control panel, and USB devices...
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    Studio Display and 9.2.2

    Yeah, ADC connector plugged right into the card. Nothing in-between. I have another QS with Mac OS X on it. I'll have to give the display a shot there to make sure there's nothing wrong with the display itself.
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    Studio Display and 9.2.2

    I'm running 9.2.2 on a QS G4 with a Studio Display. The display functions fine, but I'm not able to control brightness or use the USB on the rear. Is there some sort of special software I need to make this work?
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    Browsy - A browser for System 6

    Cool beans! Belongs in software section?
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    Thinking about a Beige G3 - Questions

    Gorgonops: you could merge the two threads? Put this one with the one in the Trading Post?
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