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  • Is there a way to get video out of, say, the Powerbook 170 without having to hunt down a rare 3rd party card? Maybe a modern recreation? It doesn't look very hard to make one.
    3lectr1cPPC
    3lectr1cPPC
    The only video out solutions I'm aware of for the 170 are the one that goes over SCSI, which may be able to be emulated, and then one other 3rd party mod that goes out through the left hinge cover, with a custom made part. They're both very rare though. The internal one would obviously be ideal, but you'd have to track one down to try and reverse engineer it.
    Can you use AppleScript 1.1 to make a HTTP request? And is it possible to use HTTPS in a 68k application?
    AeSix
    AeSix
    I'm going to say that HTTPS isn't going to be possible (though could technically happen) due to the length of time even an '040/40 would take to deal with the encryption. Either you'll grow old and Ryzen 5950s will be "retro" - or more than likely, the connection will timeout.

    THAT SAID... a proxy box to stream the parsed page to the mac, à la frogfind, may work.
    Idea: Use a Raspberry Pi Pico W in your BlueSCSI V2. Then modify the Pi's firmware to emulate a serial modem with a usb to serial adapter.
    J
    joshc
    Cheaper is not always better...
    Phipli
    Phipli
    Also, I'm not quite sure what you're saying, but... The Pi can already be used as an emulated PPP device... You just need a $2 Serial to UART adapter. People already do that. Is that all you mean? You can also use ESP based devices to do the same.
    luRaichu
    luRaichu
    You could use UART, but i'm sure doing it over USB is a better option in a BlueSCSI.
    Anybody have tips on how to make your site work with ancient browsers? Like the great 68k Netscape 2.02 and iCab 2.99. Specifically I'd like to know how to disable SSL for old browsers that don't support it, like what Macintosh Repository does (did?).
    LaPorta
    LaPorta
    Use PageMill 2.0 or some such for compatibility.
    Daniël
    Daniël
    I personally just don't have SSL/TLS enforced on my site, eg. if you go to HTTP, that's what you'll get. MR does something like UserAgent recognition to automatically forward to non-HTTPS, but that's not necessary for it to work.
    C
    cheesestraws
    yeah I personally wouldn't bother with per-UA redirection unless I had a good reason to.
    Do they still make Motorola 68040 processors? The 68000 seems very cheap. I’m trying to figure out how you’d go about making your own PDS upgrade cards.
    Phipli
    Phipli
    @luRaichu - might be something like because getting a product certified when someone's life depends on it is expensive. The cost of the approvals process is often many times over the cost of parts.
    Phipli
    Phipli
    Yeah, they're hundreds of dollars :


    luRaichu
    luRaichu
    Screw this crap guys, let’s found our own company, reverse engineer an old Motorola chi- nvm that’s been done already, buy silicon wafer machines, make 680x0s and sell them to the retro mac community, along with ready-made PDS cards. We will make a killing 😆
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