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feeef
Made on a Mac IIfx with with a Digitizer II tablet and Photoshop 3.0
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ClassicGuyPhilly
ClassicGuyPhilly
Thats awesome!
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feeef
I pushed the IIfx close to its limits with this drawing. It is a 1920x1440 image with 6 active layers, some with masks and composition modes. It resulted in an 8MB file using 50MB of RAM when loaded. Saving it takes about 1 minute. However, with the right workflow it remained nice to work with.
SophieRose
More POV-RAY action, this time on the 8100 110.🎨IMG_1374.jpeg
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Phipli
Phipli
Nice, I didn't realise yours was a 110MHz. You're making me want to go and find a Nubus PPC, but we have visitors staying from tomorrow and I should be putting machines away not fetching more out :LOL:
Snial
Snial
I think everyone must think that keyboard design is the biz! Massive envy. I'm assuming you basically have one area where you artfully construct a Mac setup, and later you decide to revisit another one (e.g. the IIci) so it gets substituted. Is that right?
SophieRose
SophieRose
@Snial yes I have a desk in our computer/music room that I use for different retro systems and swap n change all the time.. macs, msx, amstrad cpc etc.. but it’s mostly macs. Ps the lighting in there just happens to be perfect for photos 📷
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ClassicGuyPhilly
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Amazing visit on Wednesday at the System Source Museum outside Baltimore, MD! Thats an authentic WWII German Enigma machine, a Xerox Alto which debuted mouse and GUI, and an authentic Apple I! - https://museum.syssrc.com/
Boctor
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Finally, I can not only plug in Ethernet cables, but also get them back without surgical tools!
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joshc
I need to get one of these
finkmac
finkmac
🤯 The Power of Science is Staggering!

i usually just plug in an AUI adapter because of the recessed ports tbh...
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Boctor
Boctor
I have an AUI transceiver from before I got the RJ45 version of this daughtercard, but it's still too thick, not one of the models with the tapered end. I ended up having to get a huge cable, and then file one end down because the plug itself was still too thick. After all that, my old router would only play nice if I put it behind an old Leviton 10Mbit/s switch. Last part serves me right for using dd-wrt instead of OpenWRT.
Powerbase
At the risk of sounding like a novice, how do I scroll through a large text from within openfirmware? On a Sawtooth G4.
mkinn
Dear Mr. Chadwick
I have 2 Apple PDQ 300 Mhz Wallstreets, and would like to build new PRAM batteries for them.
Do you know a source for those PCB's for the VL2330 batteries? I found the Keystone 534-3005 holders on Mouser.
I found them on Digikey, very expensive! Thank you for your time!
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AEChadwick
i made those PCBs myself... i made them in fritzing because it was fun and fast... nowadays, i would probably use EasyEDA or something.

i am NOT convinced the boards work correctly.

the wiring is correct, it's a really simple layout, but something about the board doesn't agree with the PowerBook. Maybe the board introduces too much resistance or something? I have not had time to go back and explore that project.

here is a folder with all the information, including the Fritzing file. Let me know what you make.

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djhaloeight
Finished building a small home studio for messing with making beats. Just a little hobby. Mac Mini M4 16gb RAM 512GB SSD, with a 2TB SSD in a Satechi M4 hub. Software is Reason 13+ with Behringer RD-8 and RD-9 drum machines, TD-3 baseline synth, Focusrite interface, and a Nektar Panorama T4 keyboard controller. The Mac Mini is sweet. Tiny footprint, and powerful. It can run most of my Steam games with no issue.

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Thanks to USPS there is one less Clamshell iBook G3

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luRaichu
luRaichu
whoops! it wasn't me on my shift I promise
Juror22
Juror22
I got one of those just about a month-and-a-half ago (the machinery damage letter) - I only lost a couple of replacement floppy gears out of several that I ordered.
Boctor
I was poking at 7.1.1 Pro out of curiosity, since one of my disk images had it for some reason. (I'm already sold on 7.1 with the System Update and everything, very aware of Pro's reputation and status.) However, I noticed that the startup time is abysmal, even on zero-wait Mac II-family emulators. Even After Dark screensavers seem to hitch a bit, indicating context switches to some kind of background process. What did they stuff the System File with? Is this the true power of PowerTalk?
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Chuckdubuque
QT, PC Exchange, AppleScript add some overhead, but it's mostly PowerTalk. Almost nothing new in the system files.
Boctor
Boctor
That's what I figured from looking more closely at the resources. I think TokenTalk is even included by default.
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