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That’s a really inexpensive solution. From Digikey, a 74HC04N costs $0.70 and the 4 channel level converter (Adafruit BSS138) costs $3.96 plus the resistors $.10 x 2 (can’t determine value) plus the power connector, 40 pin female header and 4 standoffs. The most expensive part is the Raspberry...

There are other methods to reuse the case with a RPi, but typically involves removing the CRT and installing a new LCD in its place. Search the forum.

The 6360 is a very good Mac - the best of the 62xx/63xx series. It has a ComSlott II card (which will accept an Apple Ethernet card) and a PCI slot, which might be able to accept a Voodoo 1/2 card for game playing.

Ok.

FYI there are SCSI 50 pin IDC to 25 pin adapters available https://shop.rabbitholecomputing.com/products/50pin-idc-female-to-scsi-1-db25-adapter

DFW area makes sense, because that’s where the large electronics distributor Mouser is located.

DVD would need the MPEG Extension in QuickTime. I think the first PowerPC that included DVD Playback were 300 MHz and OS 8.1 and the ATI Rage128.

Again, let me apologize saying there was no video board on the Lisa. While I’ve built dozens of computers over the years - most were PC’s and in a PC, a video card typically plugged into a bus slot, had a GPU and lots of memory. The video board on a Lisa and compact Mac’s is very different. I’ve...

Sorry, my mistake. During most of Adrian’s series, the board that drove the CRT was disabled so it would not drive a CRT, and was kept connected to put a load on the computer’s power supply. Nearly all troubleshooting was done with a video converter that connected to the video connector driving...

I watched Adrian’s Digital Basement series - 9 episodes on YouTube. There is no video board in the Lisa 2/5 If you are referring to to the board with the video connector, Apple call this a motherboard - it’s a backplane. The motherboard was heavily damaged on Adrian’s machine, and he assembled...

I would look for a used HP LaserWriter somewhat newer than the one you were using, that features an Ethernet port.

FYI, in February, 2026 Apple unexpectedly released a security update for OSX Catalina to address expired security certificates. This means most Macs that were released in 2012 can still be used in 2026. Here’s a link to the article from MacUser...

Try holding the Option key down when you select the Monitors control panel, to see additional video resolutions. If that doesn’t work, I wonder if you have the correct Monitors control panel that matches your operating system version.

Ok, didn’t know how many computers had an AUI port. These must be some unique computers, as Macs typically had an AAUI port and 10baseT cards that work in PC’s are inexpensive ($10-$15) on eBay.

Here’s a link to a 10baseT hub with an AUI connector for $19.99 on eBay...