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    Slocket adapter

    Cool! I would like to have one of those for my Abit BH6. PS: anyone need a PIII 450?
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    USB vacuum tube amplifier!

    Agreed, I scored about 10 years of Electronics Now magazine, and one of the projects they listed was a Tube head amplifier for your CD player. If anyone wants a copy of the article, i'd be glad to scan it.
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    Dream peripherals (the return)

    There were a bunch of people posting their desire to see a universal NUBUS adapter, one that allowed the connection of many modern peripherals such as usb flash drives, parallel port devices, CF cards, ect. I had a wild idea when I took inventory of all the IC's I have lying around. What if...
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    How Many SCSI Drives?

    Thanks very much for the help guys. What I've decided to do is build 2 enclosures, the first with 1 9Gb HDD and 1 CD-RW, and the second with 4 9Gb drives, this would allow me to alter the configuration later should the need arise.
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    How Many SCSI Drives?

    What I have now, and don't like very much, is an HP SCSI SX-W hard drive array. I have used it with PC's in the past, but it weights ~80 pounds and sounds like a NASCAR race when it is operating. I wanted to replace it with a smaller, sleeker unit. It uses HD-68 pin interface, and I have a...
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    How Many SCSI Drives?

    How many SCSI drives can the Mac SCSI bus support? Is it actually all 7 devices, or is it 6 plus the host adapter? I found a source for some really cheap swapable drive trays and 9G drives but I don't want to buy too many ;) I was thinking of riviting together a form-fitting aluminium case...
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    TRS-80 Pocket Computer

    Is that anything like the pocket computer John Connor had in T2? Maybe you could hack some ATM's with it...
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    Free RAM!

    I'll tell you an even sadder story... When I was at Illinois State, the physics department had oodles of 5-flavors macs for program and simulation modeling. They replaced them with G4's and G5's, some were recycled, but more than a few got 'chucked.' Google: Morton Pumkin Chucking. We...
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    A happy old PC...

    The only thing those slot 1 processors were good for was recycling! There's a little more gold, a little more aluminium, a little more cash value.
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    IIe Scrambled Video?

    Funny! I'll do that. I am thinking about pulling one of those "screen images simulated" deals when I post it. I'll hook the monitor to the video output on my PC and display something completely impossible for the IIe. Somebody 'll get a kick out of it.
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    IIe Scrambled Video?

    I fixed it! I pulled the Apple III technical repair manuver: drop it on the desk. Now it works good as new! eBay, here it comes.
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    IIe Scrambled Video?

    Ok, no problem, I only have the disk controller and a printer interface card. I did pull the cards out for my initial test with no change in result. I'll pull the chips this coming weekend. Thanks for your suggestions
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    IIe Scrambled Video?

    I will borrow a chip extractor from work and give that a try. Should I do it for all the chips or just the Video BIOS?
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    using commodore 1541 case for scsi HD/CD-ROM enclosure

    I would use the ids50-db25 I am using one for my LC-dock project. The price is ungodly insane on your ebay link though!!! I bought my adapters (completely identical) from another company 4/$1. I just checked their site and it would appear that they have run out since two days ago. They have...
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    IIe Scrambled Video?

    I pulled out my IIe that I haven't touched in years and found the video to be scrambled when I turned it on. When you boot without an OS (no floppy drive) it should say Apple //e but in its place are some scattered pixels at the top of the screen. I've tried this with the IIe monitor and a TV...
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