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Ever since I got the pile of compacts without keyboards or mice, I've been on the lookout for keyboards. Most of the keyboards I see available are going for about as much as the whole machine, so I haven't picked any up. Finally, I gave up and decided to make an adapter that allows using a PS2...

Stemming from previous discussions I've got a pretty usable Serial Disk driver. It currently uses a program on a linux, osx, or other posixy type system to serve up disk images over the serial link. I've got several versions to work from System 7.6.1 (and probably later) all the way back to...

25 compacts of varying configurations from stock 512k's through Plus, including several 512k's with SCSI and one with what I'll assume is an external display adapter of some sort. None are in all that great of condition, no keyboards or mice. I'm thinking I first need to do some nifty...

Kind of an oddball question, but has anyone tried or thought about attempting to use either additive (printer) or subtractive (milling) 3D printing methods for reproducing hard to find plastics or frequently broken bezels on older machines? I'm thinking of things like the front LCD panel on the...

The subject of SCSI-IDE-CF and other alternatives to aging SCSI HDD's gets brought up regularly, and inevitably performance is discussed. Tests are performed, posted, and conclusions are drawn perhaps without an understanding of what exactly is happening between the benchmark app and hardware...

Well, I've got a working HTTP block device driver. Woohoo. Basically, it's a block device driver that takes a file on an HTTP server, and presents it as a disk to macos. Access to the "disk" is translated to ranged HTTP GET/PUTs. I've put a 500MB minivmac disk image on my apache web server...

I finally got copies of Designing Cards and Drivers for the Macintosh Family and Guide to the Macintosh Family Hardware today. Armed with the information these contain, I'd eventually like to experiment with declroms by replacing the ROMs in any old nubus cards. Most ethernet cards have a...

I've got a pb100 with a screen that comes on, the backlight comes on, and it looks like all the pixels come on and stay black. Brightness and contrast knobs do not seem to affect anything. After power on, it chimes and attempts to access the (dead) hdd. I started with the usual, leave it on...

/ Split from: Official XMAS Wish List 2011 - Bunsen / My wish list is a bit unorthodox, but as long as we're wishing... Wish list: - A SCSI target - iSCSI initiator dongle, either wired for performance or wireless for mobility would be nice. - WebDAV file system implementation (either FST or...

I've been experimenting with 68k driver development with codewarrior and the results so far are a very simplistic, but apparently functional ramdisk driver. It's not at all useful on its own, but represents lots of information collected into a somewhat usable form. Hopefully it can be useful...

Just an FYI for other folks, this CardBus USB2 adapter for <$8 works out of the box on OSX (currently running with 10.5 on a tibook). I have not tried it with OS9. I'm using an EDIMAX EW-7811Un adapter with it, which is cheap, has OSX drivers, and small so it doesn't get in the way. So, if...

I've recently gone through and cleaned up 3 400k drives. The mechanics were all cleaned up according to http://www.vintagemacworld.com/400kflop.html, which is great. None of them had the click of death described here http://lowendmac.com/tech/400k.html, but all of them needed the head spacing...

The perennial problem of retrocomputing seems to be: more machines than space to have a fully functioning setup, available for immediate use. Because if they aren't setup, they'll probably sit on the shelf indefinitely. So, what peripherals have you used to help address this problem? In my...

Has anyone experimented with ethernet to wifi bridges/gaming adapters on laptops with builtin ethernet but not wifi? I've been looking at http://www.netgear.com/landing/wnce2001.aspx for possibly making a powerbook 540c a little more mobile without the difficult to obtain PCMCIA card cage. I...

The MAE patch 2.0.2 was distributed on ftp.support.apple.com and http://www.mae.apple.com, but obviously these are now offline. Does anyone here still have a copy of the solaris update by any chance? How to get the patch: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA34992 which isn't really applicable any...

For those interested, I've put most of what I've compiled for A/UX 3.1.1 on my public iDisk: http://public.me.com/robbraun/m68k-apple-aux3/ All packages are built with their own prefix into /usr/local/(pkg)-(vers), and the archives contain the full path. They're intended to be extracted from...

I like playing the old multiplayer appletalk games, like http://macintoshgarden.org/games/nettrek. The problem is they are limited to local appletalk networks, and I couldn't find a good solution for getting these working over the internet. There's some information out there using netatalk to...

I've got an SE with a really noisy fan I'd like to replace. Unfortunately, the SE uses an odd paddlewheel style fan instead of the fans you typically find in systems since that time. Does anyone know an equivalent part, a conversion to a modern fan system, or another solution?

Having several modern CCFL backlit LCDs that have gone dim, I'm wondering how well the 68k portables' LCDs hold up to age. What are some of the common problems, and what should one look for when shopping for a 68k portable these days?

Both LEM (http://lowendmac.com/quadra/lc-630-ram-expansion.html) and AppleFritter (http://www.applefritter.com/node/24415) refer to the solder pads on some versions of the Quadra/Performa/LC 630 logic board as taking another 72pin SIMM slot. On my board, I see the solder pads, but there are...