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I'd heard that 100Mbps Fast Ethernet was not the performance bump you'd think it was under classic Mac OS so I did some testing a while back to see what was what at least on a PCI Mac where 100Mbps Ethernet cards are not that hard to find. I used an AppleShare network speed testing tool I...

This should work in any Mac with a PCI slot: https://www.ebay.com/itm/183693476592 (I have one I've used in a 6500) Mac drivers here (I don't believe any of the Apple distributed Ethernet drivers (extensions) support this Ethernet chipset)...

I just found out about this company, Rome Tech Batteries, that makes new PRAM batteries for old computers, somewhat oddly (since they have ones for the 500 series, 1400, etc.) I don't see one for the 190/5300... I guess someone could ask them...

You're welcome. I have two more for you though :) It was bugging me that under the Version section Processor showed "undefined", I googled around it appears that Bookworm broke the way this was being queried under Buster. I found a different command that works on both...

I think this is the relevant section: It looks like it is trying to send a postscript job to the Imagewriter. Could likely be working (not that I know how you'd test!) # Function: Print Page (Send Real Print Job) print_page() { echo -e "${BRIGHT_CYAN}Sending Test Print to Available...

To enable the Ethernet port stats in the RPi Monitor homepage and statistics edit this file: sudo pico /etc/rpimonitor/template/network.conf Uncomment the config (remove the leading "#") from these lines: dynamic.10.name=net_received dynamic.10.source=/sys/class/net/eth0/statistics/rx_bytes...

This might be an odd question but thinking about this incredible project and my past experience replacing the IDE hard drive in a PowerBook 150 with a CF card got me thinking about the similarities. My understanding is Apple essentially implemented an IDE (ATA) controller on the 68030 bus but I...

Thank you so much for this! I have used the heck out of my MacIPRpi 5, it's essentially become the hub of all my retro computing activities on my home network since I set it up in 2021. Low power always on bridge machine/retro file server, print server, browser proxy, and even bench "PC" next to...

The Macintosh TV might appear very similar in specs to the Performa 550 but it's my understanding that they have very different logic board architectures. The Macintosh TV having more in common with the LC II, Color Classic and/or Performa 600 (16 bit data bus with lower RAM ceiling, 16MHz IO...

A Greenville/Canopus ADVC-55 would be nice for this, fairly compact, composite/s-video capture to Firewire DV out. No drivers required on your Mac. Unfortunately it looks like they aren't cheap when they come up on eBay... https://www.adc.ucsc.edu/tutorials/digital-video/advc-55

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Found this which jibes with my memory: https://appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/05/the_next_ten_years_of_apple_retail

So cool! I do remember seeing these demos in stores (Computer City, CompUSA, Sears?), as I recall there was also coordinated info signage attached to the monitors. I wonder if there are marketing CD-ROMs out there that have demos for more machines?

For what that's worth. :-P The info you documented here is super cool! Great write up!

I think it looks like that since you are using an enabler meant for a Perfoma model that would have shipped with a "P" version of System 7.1, booting up my Performa 575 with its stock System 7.1P6 installed the About This Macintosh screen looks like this: I *think* the previous "P" versions...

Perhaps the difference has to do with there being two SCSI controllers when docked. The one on the Duo logic board apparently is only used for its internal hard disk, the Duo Dock has a separate "external" SCSI controller. When docked it seems there is more going on in the ROM routines...

Hmm, could that icon be representing the Duo Dock floppy disk drive? I don't recall when machine specific floppy disk drive icons are used but I know they exist and are particularly interesting for Macs that support multiple floppy drives. Sorry if you already stated, but if you don't have a...

Apple apparently used Adobe tech to be able ship it with only 2MB of RAM, I guess HP didn't like this approach for their competing product. Apple cost savings, to get them the profit margin they wanted? From the Apple LaserWriter 4/600 PS Developer note: The LaserWriter 4/600 PS printer has...

Can you share a link? 🥳

Life has gotten in the way of me getting back to that. Hopefully soon!