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stepleton replied to the thread Announcing ZuluSCSI - A file-based SCSI device emulator.The new device sounds like a well-designed product based on these technical details. It seems good to me that its name has changed... -
stepleton replied to the thread Introducing (and interest check) AirTalk: Wireless plug-and-play LocalTalk dongles.I haven't got round yet to saying: 2 or 3 for me, too, please! The pictures of the current device are a few pages back in the thread...
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stepleton replied to the thread Apple-adjacent (but still 68k!) question: does anyone know if there was a version of LOGO for NeXTSTEP?.Would it make sense to ask on the nextcomputers.org forums? Very low-traffic, good amount of attention from archive maintainers. It's...
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stepleton replied to the thread Announcing ZuluSCSI - A file-based SCSI device emulator.I have to admit having been confused too. When I saw the post title, my first thought was whether it was something with a...
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stepleton replied to the thread AppleTalk Echo Protocol."some vaporwave artist" is kinda underselling it a bit --- Floral Shoppe was the breakout "hit" that launched the vaporwave genre into...
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stepleton replied to the thread Voice synthetizer on Apple II.I used to have such a card many years ago. I think it used the same chip that was in a Speak & Spell. It came with some programming...
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stepleton replied to the thread Apple IIc and monitor.I don't think PAL vs. NTSC matters too much for monochrome monitors. I have a IIc and a Monitor IIc as well, plus the IIc PAL adapter...
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stepleton replied to the thread Suggestions for alternative OSes for 6100 and other NuBus-PPC?.I've got MkLinux running on my 6100/66, but when it's back in MacOS, what do we do about the DOS card? Well, it's running Minix-VMD, a...
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stepleton replied to the thread Macintosh Portrait Display -- low brightness and out of focus?.Does it get any better if you leave it on for a bit?
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stepleton replied to the thread Very sick Classic --- could it be a bad VIA chip?.That's my IBM 5100! APL is good fun --- you can use it to give presentations at work.
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stepleton replied to the thread Very sick Classic --- could it be a bad VIA chip?.Great news: I think the VIA replacement might have done the trick! The parts-board chip was pretty crusty --- it wasn't far from some...
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stepleton replied to the thread Very sick Classic --- could it be a bad VIA chip?.A puzzle: do I buy a replacement VIA or do I try swapping in the chip that I pulled from a very crusty badcap-blasted parts board that a...
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stepleton replied to the thread Very sick Classic --- could it be a bad VIA chip?.I did try that --- it doesn't seem to help, unfortunately! I also tried checking the connections between legs and pads (or nearby vias)...
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stepleton replied to the thread Very sick Classic --- could it be a bad VIA chip?.Also: is it easy to get your hands on an extender cable for the 14-pin connection between the logic board and the analog board? It would...
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I've had a Mac Classic (actually my first-ever computer) that's been ill for a while. Here's a report from a long time ago --- although...
