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    And now for something widely different!

    I wrote an Apple IIe emulator for linux that I opened source a few weeks back, and I wasn't happy with the UI library I've been using, so I've been busy re-writing a MacOS classic 'toolbox' for linux! It's kind of a 'flattened' OS8 theme; ie I think the grayscale didn't age too well, while the...
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    Mac Plus Alps keyboard switch, anything in the UK?

    I've got 2 broken switches. Well one is not physically broken, but won't work (looks very clean inside, but no contacts somehow). The other one is definitely broken, but not the stem, the gray 'chassis' instead. I've googled a bit and it seems the only possible replacements are in the US, which...
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    Trick to desolder thru holes?

    I've desoldered my thru hole caps, but the hole is now 'full' and no amount of heat and manual desoldering pump seems to help. Do I have to re-drill the center with one of these tiny bits? Seems some of the holes are straight onto a power plane, so they act as heatsink...
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    Mac II refurbishment..

    Hi Everyone, first post here. I used to be a Mac developer, between maybe 1986 until 2007. I still have a large collection of machines, and some prototypes, and I've been making myself a small museum in a spare bedroom, quite frankly really Apple II stuff. But then I manage to find a Mac II...
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