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gsteemso replied to the thread Macintosh BBS Software.Where are you getting FORTRAN from? He mentioned Forth, not FORTRAN. -
gsteemso replied to the thread Sony GDM-1602 - anyone get one working?.Assuming square pixels, 1024 x 864 gives a 32:27 (≈1.19:1) aspect ratio! That IS unusual. The traditional ratios – 4:3 and 16:9 – are...
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gsteemso replied to the thread Repairing graphics cards.Well, the warnings about massive power/ground planes inside the cards were spot on. I couldn't get the blasted thing hot enough to...
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gsteemso replied to the thread kind of had it with CRT's....Honestly, I would agree in many cases – but CRTs get _bulky_, and I just can’t justify the space one takes up if a converter that...
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gsteemso replied to the thread Radius Rocket QuickDraw Acceleration and Bus Mastering.The original Apple dev-support sample code was called “ShowInitIcon”, so yes, is a historical reference.
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gsteemso replied to the thread IIfx Memory.@trag, do you have gerbers, part lists, etc for this alternate design?
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gsteemso replied to the thread TashTalk USB.Alas, I cannot immediately test the fix out, as all of my LocalTalk-capable Macs are inoperable at the moment (which is why I had to do...
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gsteemso replied to the thread TashTalk USB.I did type it in manually. I’m so used to the shell automatically expanding tilde notation that it didn’t even occur to me I might want...
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gsteemso replied to the thread TashTalk USB.I can indeed send you the log and the pcap! Because of obsessive completism, I had left the pcap running during the entire session...
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gsteemso replied to the thread TashTalk USB.Well, I finally had a chance to try it out... and I think there may be an issue or two with the (Mac release of the?) software. Trying...
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gsteemso replied to the thread Modern G4 Cube PSU replacement?.Home wiring is AC - you have a hot lead and a neutral return lead, and the ground is mostly just there for safety. Computer equipment...
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gsteemso replied to the thread System Picker.My memory is showing its holes here. System Picker became less relevant once the Startup Disk control panel became a thing, becoming...
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gsteemso replied to the thread TashTalk USB.My TashTalk USB board arrived the other day (very prompt!), and one of our fine colleagues in the Seattle Retro-Computing Society kindly...
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gsteemso replied to the thread upgrading the ibook clamshell's L2 cache to 1MB.I'm not likely to ever be in a position to find out first hand, but is it theoretically possible to directly swap the 7455 in one of...
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gsteemso replied to the thread 68kMLA Classic Interface.*boggle* I’ve used the web regularly from 1995 onwards and I somehow never ran across that one. …I think I’m glad, honestly.