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It's back... for now...

48MB RAM in a 520c

Frenchman living in Spain.
I collect, for fun, 8- and 16-bit computers, and often have to repair them.
I like classic Max and pizza boxes (LC...), so I often use the desoldering station to replace capacitors that smell like rotten fish ;-)

I directed some AI art. The ‘bad’ trace was supposed to have 90 degree bends…

world's darkest tan

Trayloader ticking along nicely

I was looking in the Read Me file for disk 1 for the Market Software Restoration CDs and it mentions the Apple Restoration CD User's Guide. Do you happen to have that in your collection too?

Bomb brothers

stupid

powerbook 2400c tip of the week
during startup, just after the "welcome to mac" screen… the powerbook will attempt to initialize the pc card cage, and eject any inserted cards.
if this fails for whatever reason, the computer will instantly shut down.

Awesome article about MacPaint!

It’s important to address a common misconception: there was no “LisaPaint.”

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Never say never...

I'm feeling a profound sense of unease about the world. Reading about the bile and horribleness being unloaded on anyone who isn't a) caucasian, b) male, c) straight cis d) reasonably wealthy is enough to make me want to run screaming back to bed. So I did what (I think*) I always do - I bought another computer. Then felt a bit depressed that I didn't do something worthwhile with my money.
* I might be wrong.

Open firmware

This is one hell of a letter to put in the manual for a computer that is literally internally held together with sticky tape (you'll need to click on it to read, sorry)

Hey! Milan Italy? We are neighbours!

hello, is the Classic II logicboard still available? I am in Austin but travel to Spring sometimes for business, so that might be an option.