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    Amiga: the fastest 68k Mac

    I love both Mac and Amiga but for completely different reasons. From the user standpoint, my completely unscientific opinion about why Mac squeezed out Amiga is that the Mac UI was much easier to learn and teach than the Amiga UI. I'm not saying one is better than the other, just that the...
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    MacBook Air 11”

    I think it does. Everything works remarkably well considering the processing power is extremely low compared to other and/or newer Macs. It wakes and sleeps perfectly and there are no graphics issues (as long as root patching is done, just follow the prompts). I started using this MacBook Air...
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    MacBook Air 11”

    Nice find. I've got a 2015 13" i5 and it performs nicely with OCLP. Boot times are slow, but once that's done it runs Sequoia far better than I ever would have expected.
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    Bluetooth EDR + PowerPC = ?

    Perhaps the alien implant in my skull is emitting a frequency that is competing with Mac Bluetooth audio connections. Jokes aside, I wonder if this is caused by the "Low Energy" features in Bluetooth 4+ client devices communicating older Bluetooth that doesn't fully support newer features...
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    Bluetooth EDR + PowerPC = ?

    I had disappointing experiences with Bluetooth audio on all Macs PPC and Intel. They would pair but inevitably lose the connection and have difficulty pairing again. This spans all of the Macs and different Bluetooth audio devices I've owned from 2006 until now. I've rarely had issues with...
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    Modern display into Powerbook 190

    Assuming the video signals from the motherboard are understood, a RGB2HDMI might work. It has helped a lot of other people get video signals from vintage gear onto LCD displays.
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    Aquafox - new web browser for G4 running OS X Tiger

    According to the Github repository, version 1.0 was released on August 25. https://github.com/BlackBirdLC/Aquafox/
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    MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5

    ^ Thanks for the explanation.
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    MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5

    Sorry, but I can't imagine why. Could you please explain this reasoning? I've been using ARM SBCs for emulation since the RPi1 was released and I've appreciated the upgrades with each generation because it allows the emulation, networking, storage, and video output to perform better. The CPU...
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    Stapler: I remade a 32 year old classic Macintosh app

    Opps, duplicate post.
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    Stapler: I remade a 32 year old classic Macintosh app

    Very cool. I'm going to play with this later!
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    Netatalk 2.4.0 available

    (y) Excellent work!
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    Coolest 68k Powerbooks to own?

    That's a really good point: I wouldn't be particularly happy with my 68K PowerBooks if I didn't have a 3D printer to make replacement mounts as I have yet to encounter one that doesn't have at least a few of those broken. And epoxy skills, and...
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    Coolest 68k Powerbooks to own?

    My recommendations: 140, 145, or 170 for System 6 compatibility and because they're good B&W PowerBooks. 165c or 180c for 68030 color and System 7 variations. These have video out with a dongle so they can be used with an external monitor. 520c, 540c, or 550c for the top end of the 68K line...
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    Netatalk 2.3.0 available

    I've setup a "new" RPi3 server running RPi OS Lite with Netatalk 2.3.x. Just a heads up for anyone else trying to use the Webmin module... An additional dependency needs to be installed: sudo apt install libcgi-session-perl -y The Netatalk Webmin module will work, but the module configuration...
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    BMOW Floppy Emu update: StuffIt file support, SCSI and CD-ROM image support

    Has anyone used one of these with a 68K PowerBook?
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    PowerBook 500 Series full 040 CPU swap

    I'm sure you all know this, but back in the day there was plenty of pro software that required a FPU. 3D, CAD, animation, statistics and analysis, scientific, I'm sure there's stuff I'm forgetting. A lot of the software wouldn't run without a FPU and using a soft FPU (when that worked) was...
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    PowerBook 140 restoration

    ^ Looks great! I've got a 140 I'm doing the exact same work on.
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    PowerBook 1xx Case Screw Replacements

    ^ Thank you for the kind offer but I just purchased a bag of them earlier this morning and they will arrive tomorrow. I also bought some plastic weld and epoxy to fix the broken standoff, then a bunch of replacement caps from Digikey. Both machines still work and there are no signs of cap...
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    PowerBook 1xx Case Screw Replacements

    ^ Thank you!
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