gsteemso's latest activity
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gsteemso replied to the thread Powerbook 170 Trackball Pinout.As far as I'm aware, it is an ADB connection - they just wouldn't have bothered making the Reset connection on a device that doesn't use it. -
gsteemso replied to the thread TOPS FlashBox information.When you write MAC in all caps while discussing low-level components, I keep thinking you mean a Media Access Controller chip or...
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gsteemso replied to the thread OmniTalk WIP AIO AppleTalk Router, MacIP Gateway and AFP Server.One easy possibility could be “EveryTalk”? Luckily, English has looted unsecured vocabulary from so many root languages over the...
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gsteemso replied to the thread Recovering lost HDD space after Stuffit crash?.Sounds to me like it crashed in the middle of an HFS operation, such that the space was marked as allocated on the disk but never...
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gsteemso replied to the thread Apple LocalTalk interface box.You're right about the names. I was a bit less precise there than I meant to be. I didn't know about Sun's SMB implementation - I'd...
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gsteemso replied to the thread Apple LocalTalk interface box.The mini-DIN-8 connection (the hardware interface) is "LocalTalk". When you activate AppleTalk in the Chooser, that is a protocol stack...
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gsteemso replied to the thread Apple LocalTalk interface box.That's certainly an... interesting interpretation. What I mentioned above about continuous SYN characters is also RS-232 (what I called...
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gsteemso replied to the thread Apple LocalTalk interface box.What exactly do you mean by "synchronous", here? The term refers to communication where both ends are working from the same clock...
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gsteemso replied to the thread Repairing graphics cards.Alas, it no longer works at lower resolutions either, at least not as far as I can tell. It WAS working, at full resolution even – it...
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gsteemso replied to the thread Repairing graphics cards.In this case I can be confident that the GPU core is (probably) OK, because the secondary display output (the one with the lower maximum...
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gsteemso replied to the thread Repairing graphics cards.Eh, I'll just try each type I have on a solder-filled through-hole (there are several) until I get one that mixes properly, then I'll...
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gsteemso replied to the thread Repairing graphics cards.@Byrd, do you know whether the GeForce 6600 would have used lead-free solder? I don't want to try to apply fresh stuff to loosen the...
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gsteemso replied to the thread Repairing graphics cards.Good to know, thanks!
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gsteemso replied to the thread System 7 (and OS 8) natively boots on the Mac mini G4!.I do not posses a G4 Mini and can’t actually try it, but the developer’s notes at that Github repo do not show it doing anything...
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gsteemso replied to the thread Repairing graphics cards.Amazingly, the one GeForce 6600 that is not inaccessible due to being inside the machine seems completely pristine under the heatsink –...
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