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Holy smokes that is an absolutely baller Cube. Congrats! :D   Huxley

I literally have nothing of value to add to this thread, other than to share my amazement and excitement that I get to follow along with the pics and (hopefully soon) the history of this insanely-cool prototype. @OldMacGuy - I've got some rare-ish items in my vintage gear collection, but this...

*BEYOND* excited for this! With some crazy good luck and timing, I was able to purchase an unused (note the original protective plastic on the display!) DataRover 840. This was (I think) the only officially-released hardware sold by General Magic (and not another company's hardware running...

I've recently resurrected my beloved old Newton 2100, and I was able to download the "UNNA Archives" which have a nearly overwhelming quantity of software, much of it with no accompanying info or context. Given this, I'm curious: what software would you guys recommend I check out? I'm...

Yeah, all four pens that were in the print-head when I received it are totally dead, so they're my first candidates for any attempt to revive / refill them. From what I'm reading in various forums, it may be possible to refill them, but the design of the original pens is very refill-resistant -...

After many years of poking around various IRL and online venues, I finally found a near-complete Panasonic Penwriter RK-P400c. This is a fantastically weird device: it's a battery-powered 'typewriter' but it uses a tiny 4-color plotter mechanism inside and features an RS232 serial input on the...

So I've recently found, cleaned and resurrected my trusty old Newton 2100. It's such a cool gadget, and makes a great companion to my Color Classic II. However, it's been ages since I spent any time really playing with a Newton, so there's some stuff I'm totally confused by. In no particular...

Hi! Just wanted to ask - did you ever test the patch? Any issues? I'm thinking about installing it onto my Newton 2100, but don't really wanna brick it... Thanks, Huxley

Love how you said this! I think I have the same thought around one of my other all-time favorite designs: the Blue & White G3. Even as a top-of-the-line machine clearly aimed at a professional audience, the B&W had such a lovely sense of whimsy in the design and aesthetics, especially if...

Ahh, that makes some sense - I'll try that strategy on my lunch break later! Thanks - I'm really grateful for the good deal + robust packing job + quick shipping you did here :-) H.

So I recently picked up a nearly-complete-in-box Apple QuickTake 150 camera from our very own @Brett B. - the kit arrived in fine shape and the camera seems to be working nicely. However, I've run into an unexpected snag: every attempt to get the required software installed and working on my...

I desperately wanted one of these "Flower Power" iMac G3's when they were new back in early 2001, but I was a broke college kid and it just never happened... until today! A local Craiglist ad popped up in a nearby area I needed to pass through anyway today, so I made a pit-stop and here we are...

I'm probably showing my bias since I was working for Apple back in the pre-iWork era (I sold many copies of Keynote when it was a 1.0 standalone retail product), but I still love and use Pages (and Keynote / Numbers) constantly. I agree that they have their quirks (esp. on iOS), but if you spend...

Thanks for the tips and suggestions! FWIW, I'm not too concerned with keeping the entire "workflow" retro - as long as the bulk of the actual content in the newsletter is created and the layout work is done on a retro machine, I'm happy leveraging modern gear and software to finish it up. This...

My wife recently had a fun idea: we should create a simple 2-page (front/back) newsletter around retrocomputing topics, as part of our promotional efforts for the Retro Roadshow (our hands-on retrocomputing event series in the San Francisco area), and we should create it on a vintage computer. I...

The Mac I was using from ~1999 through ~2003 was definitely a PowerMac 7100/80, which I eventually upgraded with a G3 running at 233MHz (IIRC). I really loved that machine - I used it for a while with three NuBus video cards + 3 14" Apple CRT's and although my poor desk was sagging under the...

Yeah, I've seen a lot of Mac internals and I don't think I've ever seen one with an internal black plastic frame like this. My first thought when I saw it was "OMG, is this a prototype?!?" but (other than the previously-mentioned patch wire which probably doesn't mean anything) I don't see any...

Here's an album with pics and info - some cool stuff in here (including a "Snow" iMac I haven't tested yet)! https://imgur.com/gallery/0sQp36q A quick TL;DR: for anyone who skims the pics without reading all the descriptions: this past weekend I was given a PowerMac 8500/150 by its original...

Hey that’s great, thanks! I’m out at a doctors appointment right now but I’ll PM you later to buy a couple sets of capacitors - given my total-novice status, I figure it’ll be smart to have a healthy supply on hand...

Oooh, great suggestion - looks like MacCaps does have a reference page for the IIci (not sure why this didn't come up via Google). Thanks! Hey @uniserver - do you / would you sell a "DIY kit" of the specific parts I'd need to attempt this?