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A while back I bought a nice "complete in box" flying saucer style AirPort Base Station, the white "Dual Ethernet" model. I finally got around to trying to set it up tonight, but I'm stuck. I installed AirPort Admin Utility 2.0.4 on a PowerBook G3 running Mac OS 9.2.2, and connected the...

Super helpful, thanks @3lectr1cPPC - appreciate the detailed info! I'm gonna give it a shot, pray I don't see any magic smoke :) Huxley

Hi all! Got a pretty straightforward question: will the AC brick from my PowerBook 1400 work with a "Wallstreet"-style PowerBook G3? The barrel plug looks to be the right size and shape, but the brick itself lacks any info about power output (it's just a blank space where that sticker should...

Sounds good - I'll update here with whatever results I can get! H.

Huh, that's interesting. I haven't attempted to fix / clean mine yet, but your comment definitely has me wondering if there's a design flaw with these keyboards that makes the Shift keys prone to failing in a way that doesn't seem to apply to the other keys... Either way, thanks for confirming...

Update to the above: IT WORKS!! For anyone else who tries this: the issue with the script as it's written is that it's coded for Python2, which used the "raw_input" variable. However, the current version (Python3) has changed that to just "input" To get it working, I just edited line script so...

Okay, a quick update: Bearing in mind that I'm a total novice with Python stuff, I've just installed Python 3 on my Mac and I'm trying to run the "pt100reg.py" script I downloaded from the GitHub link above. However, when I run it, I get the following error in my Mac Terminal: Anyone here...

OMG your Google-fu is much stronger than mine! How did you find this?? I'm going to try it ASAP! Huxley

I'm using the very slick Newton app called "PT100," which is apparently abandonware at this point. There are few references to the app that I can find online, but this archived thread indicates that someone had a working Python-based serial number generator working 6-7 years ago. Unfortunately...

That's a cool idea! I'm headed out for a week of business travel, but I'll give this a shot once I'm home again. Thanks!

I might be speeding headfirst into "dumb question territory" here but whatever: Does anyone know if the Newton Keyboard requires a driver or extension to work with a Newton 2100? My keyboard 'works' but neither Shift key actually shifts - I have to use the Caps Lock key instead, which is a pain...

I'm in the East Bay (Alameda) and have a bunch of old Mac gear, and depending on how urgent your project is, I might be able to help give it a try later this summer or fall. With that said, I feel like it would be good to share some honest thoughts to set realistic expectations: Many vintage...

Hi again everyone! Thanks for the thoughts, suggestions and feedback, I really appreciate it! I went ahead and ordered an Enhancement Kit from ReactiveMicro. I like that it's just a matter of swapping three chips - I'll definitely keep the original CPU and ROM's with this machine, and if I...

I've been hard at work restoring a nice early "Revision A" Apple IIe - it's been a fantastic learning experience! I've been into the RetroComputing hobby since the early 1990's, but until now I'd never really dabbled in soldering, capacitor replacement, etc., so it's been a blast. With the...

Yeah, that's a super valid thought. I'm thinking hard to my first post-recap test, and I'm now realizing that I may have missed a super important clue: the first time I tested the drive after recapping, the Apple IIe didn't power on - it was acting dead. I thought I'd just failed to seat the...

Hi all! I'm deep into a repair + restoration project on an Apple IIe, and while I'm making great progress, I've run into a problem: I just recapped the Disk II drive, lubricated all the moving parts, etc. However, now when I power up the Apple IIe with a ‘known good’ boot disk in the drive...

This is the kind of good advice that's kept me returning to the 68kMLA for 20+ years now 😂 I'll keep that in mind! Huxley

Update: I think I jumped the gun (kinda) with this question! When I was pulling the keys off the switches, as you can see in the pics I linked above, some of the switches did come apart, with lots of little orphaned bits of broken plastic. HOWEVER! I took some time to really clean the keyboard...

As seen in this album, I'm restoring and repairing this beautiful Apple IIe computer. It's gone well so far, but the keyboard is in rough shape, with mis-matched key-switches and several broken switches too. There were apparently a pretty wide range of switches used in Apple IIe systems, and I'm...

Based on my experience working with Apple from 2004 through 2011, I can confirm that different Apple Stores (and retail partners) definitely have different "vibes" - some are more welcoming, some are more scattered / stressed, etc. That said, I can attest that bringing something vintage/cool in...