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  1. Grackle

    Dark smears across Apple Color Plus 14" Display

    I have a Macintosh IIcx with a 14" color monitor (M1787) that has some issues. When anything dark is drawn close to the left screen edge, a dark splotch runs across to the right. If nothing is there, it looks mostly fine. Any idea what might cause this?
  2. Grackle

    Homebrew microcomputers & video generation

    Hey all, I don't know if any of you remember me, but quite a while back I was interested in building my own 68k microcomputer. The best way to understand what I was shooting for is to imagine what an Apple II would be like if it had a 68k processor. Unfortunately, that path kinda petered out...
  3. Grackle

    Macintosh Memory Map

    I'm curious about how memory mapping works on the Macintosh. On reset, the 68k loads from $000000, so the ROM must be there in some way when the machine boots. Some magic happens afterwards, and then when the system is running, the ROM is present in the address range $400000 - $41FFFF. How does...
  4. Grackle

    Macintosh Programmer's Workshop on Mini vMac

    Hi folks, maybe you can help me find a solution to my problem. While I wait for my SE to arrive, I've been playing around with MPW in Mini vMac. My usual host OS is Windows 7. Unfortunately, Windows does not differentiate between the enter and return keys (in fact both carriage return and numpad...
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