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Hooray, congrats on a fantastic ending to this story! I've had zero hands-on experience with NeXT machines* but I did wonder: as a Unix(ish) machine, would it have been possible to connect to it via Serial and access it via a boot monitor or something like that? I did this for my SGI Indigo2...

Daydreaming today about building THE ULTIMATE SE/30 got me wondering: is there any combination of upgrades and add-ons for the SE/30 which would result in having a CPU upgrade + internal greyscale + internal Ethernet? I feel like many upgraded SE/30's have one or (sometimes) two of those, but is...

Hi guys!  I'm having a blast getting my 'new' Performa 575 kitted out and running smoothly. I was up late last night getting my new external SCSI2SD configured - took a few tries but I've now got it partitioned with System 7.6 installed from CD, which is great. I've also installed an Ethernet...

Haha, that's totally fair - I couldn't help referencing this stupid meme that I keep chuckling at whenever I see it... OMG, now I need to do this! Quick, away to the Trading Post, to see if I can secure one of these goofy little modem gadgets!! Hahahaha dammit, now I have a totally-practical...

The eagle-eyed among us may notice that there's a small but meaningful difference between the two pics I posted up above: the Monkey Island pic was taken first (note that the case is pretty dirty, as I hadn't really cleaned it up yet), and the side-by-side pic was taken after I did a quick...

Kinda have to agree. The design / style elements clearly share a lot of DNA, but the Color Classic is so elegant and refined, and the Performa 575 looks weirdly... mutated? Like a Color Classic that took a LOT of roids and skipped leg day for years... :D  

Meme titles aside, I could not be more excited to now own a Performa 575! This happened last week, as a result of an astonishing act of generosity by @JRL (who donated the 'body' of the Performa, which was in good shape but lacking a motherboard), and an excellent transaction with...

WOOHOO! Congrats, that's a fantastic update! Love seeing a Color Classic coming back to life  :) Huxley

This is super cool. I have no horse in this race, can't really picture a use-case for this in my world, and I'm still beyond psyched to read about the concept and progress here, and if it ever turned into a commercial offering I'd almost certainly snap one up just for the cool-factor. Nice work...

Badass machine! Really cool to see such a high-clockspeed CPU upgrade in there - congrats :-)  

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.