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You should make sure you have a copy of the full developer version of hypercard version 2.x (preferably 2.4). Apple bundled a hypercard reader with the operating system, but to make new stacks you had to buy the developer version. There were a lot of books written, but this was mostly before...

looks very cool. Have you thought about using HyperCard? It was used for this kind of thing in it's tIme, and late versions had good QuickTime support.

MacTCP used the standard device driver calls (Open, Close, Control, etc) to control a driver. There was an SDK called the MacTCP Developer Kit, which I think might still be available from Apple's ftp server (try http://mirrors.vanadac.com/ftp.apple.com/developer/Development_Kits/). I suggest...

I think most of the time the problem with the Aztec power supply can be cured, as described here: www.shobaffum.com/iici/trickle.pdf I have two Aztec PSUs that both work great (after the fix) after years of use.

Inspired by the working disk image obtained from jimbauwens, and by an old usenet post from 1992 on this subject by Jay Lieske, I did some experiments. My approach was to find the minimum set of resources from the Japanese system required to make the regular English version of System 6.0.8...

I am looking at a PB170 LCD. The only capacitors on the board are surface mount. Did you replace the surface mount capacitors? If so, what is the procedure for removing the old ones?

Everything is MPW. It is remarkable that almost all the code is 68k assembly. A few things are in c or pascal. All make files are in MPW, and some of them are pretty complicated, so switching away from MPW would be a lot of work. There are also a lot of Rez files and pre-compiled resource...

The best organized and most straightforward part of it is the ROM code. If somebody wanted to build a custom ROM, I think that would not be too difficult. I have been working on thoroughly understanding the boot sequence. The boot code is all there. The process manager is all there as far...

I can think of at least two reasons to care. One is just knowledge and understanding. The source files reveal the working of the operating system much better than anything can. The change history at the top of many of them start in 1980, with entries by Andy Hertzfeld or Bud Tribble. If you...

There are key things missing from the leak. It's possible to build some complete drivers, a lot (maybe all?) of the ROM, and some critical pieces of the system, like the boot code and DA Handler. But source for some other parts, including the 68k interpreter and the virtual memory system are...

Having a working IIfx would be awesome though.

I rest my case. IIci is the one to have.

Can't speak for anybody else, but my own attraction to the IIci is because it is a color video-supporting 68030 that can boot into both System 6 and System 7. Are there any others?

I'm pretty sure that the font used for menus and window titles on the Lisa is modern bold 12 pt. The Lisa had two standard fonts, modern and classic. Modern was sans serif.

Here is a useful link on replacing the PB 180 screen. This is one of the easiest PB surgeries, so take heart. The trickiest part is getting the thin ribbon connector to let go of the ribbon, and getting the ribbon properly latched in the new screen. Take a few minutes to figure out how the...

Dialog -15904, the General Control panel dialog still has the KanjiTalk name.

Worked like a charm in my PB170. Very cool that you left the Japanese Welcome to Macintosh message in place. I guess I knew it couldn't work in my PB180, but I had to try. No luck. Thanks much for that.

would definitely like to have that too.

Thanks for the information and advice. I swapped screens with a dead 180 (killed by leaky battery), and this one looks perfect. It's been on for almost an hour with no sign of darkening at the corners. I think the screen is a lot sharper too.

Just after shutting down, when the backlighting should be off, I can still see the darkening at the edges. Does this make sense?