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  • luRaichu
    Best WWW browser for Mac Plus?
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    A24A
    You may want to try a web search for an old 68000-mac-faq-2002-12 file which has information about software (including browsers) for 68000 Macs like the Plus.
    Snial
    Snial
    @croissantking, I used MacWeb and/or MacWWW on a Mac SE in the late 1990s - in fact the Mac SE that's currently still not fixed due to a missing logic board to Analog board cable! As 28.8K modems & dial-up were the norm, sites were simple and though sluggish, vaguely usable.
    HardwareHacker
    HardwareHacker
    luRaichu
    What chip programmer do you recommend for minting custom Mac Plus ROMs? A ROMinator is overkill.
    Snial
    Snial
    You could rig up an Arduino to do it: a Mega 256 has so many IO pins, it'd be fine.
    demik
    demik
    Xgecu TL866 II / T48
    luRaichu
    Do I need a SCSI terminator for the Apple HD SC if it is the only device on the SCSI bus, and the Mac Plus it is connected to has the termination power diode installed?
    luRaichu
    Is it possible to install a Sony MP-F75W (SuperDrive) circuit board in a MP-F51W (800k) drive? (to convert 800k drive to a SuperDrive.) Since I have a SuperDrive with bent heads & a working 800k drive
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    nyef
    AIUI, each step in supported drive density involves a smaller head, which is why disks written in a higher density drive can't be read properly in lower density drives.
    luRaichu
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    luRaichu
    Are there mechanical SCSI drives that don't go bad? I want one in my IIcx just for the clicking sounds
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    max1zzz
    You can always use "modern" server drives with the appropriate adapter, being newer they should be more reliable but then even "modern" server drives will be the best part of 20 years old now.... Other option if you just want clicky sounds is i'm pretty sure both BlueSCSI and ZuluSCSI have addons that make clicky noises with a little speaker (Never used them though, just pretty sure I have seen them)
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    dv-
    IIRC there are relay "noisemakers" you can attach to an activity light on an SSD or SCSI2SD type device, which make pretty similar sounds to the r/w head activity.

    For the constant whir I guess just add a quiet fan?
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    Snial
    Snial
    Surely you can just add a tiny speaker rather than a fan and output white noise? It'd last longer wouldn't it? Even better, fit a BlueSCSI & SSD + speaker and maybe some BlueSCSI plug-in firmware all inside an original 3.5" SCSI HD to emulate one fairly completely!
    luRaichu
    Could I use a PowerBook with the internal modem as a regular phone on the analog phone system? Probably not...?
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    luRaichu
    luRaichu
    What about the PowerBook 180?
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    halkyardo
    I don't think any of the 100-series modems supported voice, no - they have an audio output to the speaker for line monitoring, but no audio input capability.
    luRaichu
    luRaichu
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    From the PowerBook 160/180 developer note. It looks like you can send and receive analog audio on the line if you have an SPI modem. So you can probably use it as a phone
    luRaichu
    Does anyone have a wiring diagram for a direct Raspberry Pi Zero GPIO -> Classic Mac serial connection? (UARTs differ between multiple Pi models)
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    Phipli
    Phipli
    That isn't a thing, one is UART and the other is RS422. One is TTL, the other is differential pairs.

    At the very least you'd need to make some kind of adapter circuit.
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    cheesestraws
    You don't need to speak differential signalling into the Mac's serial ports. I think you ground RXD+ and the port goes into RS232 mode. So all you need is an RS232 driver and the right wiring. You still need some hardware, but nothing as scary as differential signalling.
    luRaichu
    luRaichu
    my brain hurts
    luRaichu
    What's a cheap, easy, and super compact way to step down a 5v signal to 3.3v without a logic level converter? I'm not doing serial or any complicated communication protocol, it's just an on/off switch basically. and I only need one-way functionality
    luRaichu
    Is there a 68k image manipulation software (other than Photoshop) that has basic support for layers and layer transparency?
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    joshc
    GraphicConverter might although I’m not sure about layers. The current version does but I’m not sure about the old ones.

    There were some Photoshop alternatives back then. CorelPaint I think was around in the 68k days.

    Photoshop was king though - version 3 runs well on 68k machines and was the first version with layers.
    Powerbase
    Powerbase
    Yeah, this was way before pre-prescription evil-Adobe days. I think Photoshop was actually pretty good back then. I know of Corel PhotoPaint (as already mentioned) but I don't know if that stretches back to the 68K era.
    luRaichu
    How do I set my PowerBook 180's external video as the primary monitor? I'd like to get the Apple menu up on the VGA TFT and use it like a desktop
    luRaichu
    @Brooklyn Thanks for the PowerBook 180, I'm really enjoying itIMG_5706.JPG
    luRaichu
    Any way to split a file in half for transfer over Mac floppies & reassembly on the target machine?
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    Phipli
    Phipli
    I think DropStuff does it if you look in preferences.
    luRaichu
    luRaichu
    I used Split & Join to copy over Netscape. It works fine.
    What's that program you use to set a large image as your wallpaper? I use 7.1.1
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    finkmac
    finkmac
    there's a few tools you can use. deskpicture was integrated into later macOS I think. Décor is commonly used...
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