Recent content by frankc64

Perhaps for a pre-build one. But its very easy to build your own. The RPi-image can be downloaded, and the Voltage Line Inducer is very simple to put together. Only requires two simple components and 1 (or 2 if you live in Europe) 9V batteries. The hardest bit is to find a compatible USB/phone...

Yes! You get the full experience of dialing up. The DreamPi is just a phone line/ISP emulator. The modem isn't even aware that it is not dialing up on a proper phone line. To make it work I had to install MacPPP and MacTCP. My init string for the modem was ATX0, but I suppose that varies with...

Yeah, DreamPi is a pretty cool solution. It was developed by Kazade for the Sega Dreamcast community, but is in fact a cool general purpose ISP-emulator that you can dial up from any vintage computer with an old Hayes modem. I love the idea of a general-purpose retro-proxy for any old device...

I have recently succeeded in connecting my trusty old Mac SE running OS6 to the internet, using a modem connection to a RPi running DreamPi. I also installed a newsgroup client - InterNews - and now I am looking for a newsgroup service I can connect to. Preferably hosting groups about vintage...

A thank you to cmao. I got it to work from the DSK images at Macintosh Repository. My old PPC 7200 would not accept the disk images, but OS 7.6 on Basilisk would, so I transferred the contents to a .sit-file in Basilisk and transferred the sit-files to the PPC, and from there to my old SE FDHD.

Hi! I am also looking for a usable image of MacForth Plus. Could you send it to me as well, please?

But removing the diode would mean to cut power input entirely, wouldn't it? Anyway, a periodic short sounds likely, and I do think the problem is in the screen/keyboard part of the chassis. Just difficult to figure out where to start looking...

It is a diode right behind the barrel connector, the D16 (same problem as this video: ). I think it serves to prevent wrong polarization of the power input. The replacement BTW is a 1N1007 (not a 1N1004 - not that it makes a lot of difference anyway). The original D16 might be a zener, the...

Got a little further. I replaced the VL2320 with a new VL2330. The old one only measured around 1.2V, which was way too little. I can boot the machine from floppy now, and the screen looks decent. But only with the HD disconnected. As soon as I add the HD, the current draw seems to get too high...

Actually, I use a laboratory PSU, that also measures the current. It will supply up to 3A with no issues, so I don't think this is the issue. ... and BTW, the original PSU is sooo dead. Need to fix that later.

Hi This is my first post here, but I need some ideas to help me troubleshoot a PowerBook 145 I acquired. When I got it it was completely dead. After some youtube searching, I found that the diode in the power input was toast, and after replacing it with a 1N4004, the machine started Booting...