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Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 27 Mar 2002 : 17:35:37 LINKS PROJECT-Standard Operating Procedures: SURFING thru some of my favorite forums, I ran across an amazing link posted by someone on Fritter. From now on I'll post any interesting peripherals links (others too) that I find in this thread, and I would appreciate it if anyone else who finds something interesting would post it here for myself and the rest of the gang to share. ORGANIZATION of these links by editing them into this first message will be a priority. Suggestions for the development of some decipherable outline format that will allow easy reference and for the other mods to choose the best links to add to the website would be appreciated. We'll make up SOP as we go, but don't worry about posting something that's been done before, new recruits will be coming here for a basic peripherals course if we're lucky, repetition is to be expected and excitement displayed in the posts sharing new discoveries or in reaction to learning something new from the posts here is to be encouraged. DISCUSSION of the sites and peripheral goodies on an ongoing basis would be great if we can maintain it. I don't want anybody making fun of basic questions. In this forum it's only stupid NOT to ask 'em if you've got 'em. I'll never make fun of anybody who asks ANYTHING if it's an honest effort to gain knowledge, and anybody who ridicules someone else on my watch will think twice before repeating the offense. GOOGLING for goodies is something I've taken just a little bit too far™,and we could all use a little help when it comes to running down good information links. Go find 'em and then share 'em! If I or one of the regulars tell you to google, it means we think you're on the right track. If you've thought of a new way to string related parameters together to speed up the search process, share them. Learning to qualify the hits that are returned from an inquiry is something that I, for one, would really like to learn more about, so post the search string from google with an explanation. If you can make another search engine sit up and beg, we’ll all want to hear about it! If we compare notes and try to explain these strategies to each other, we'll all have the search engines jumping thru hoops. OVERLAP of discussions here with the software and machine specific forums will be unavoidable, so don’t worry about posting a great link to something unrelated to peripherals. If it is suggested that a discussion here should be moved, great! The author should repost the topic where the appropriate mod can make sure everyone gets the maximum benefit from the interchange, make sure to cross-link the two threads for easy navigation. After that is done, I will padlock the topic as a badge of honor, signifying great stuff to be found on the other end of the link. EXPERIMENT by trial and error is what this project is about and I'll be adapting the ground rules as we go. My next post will be the running compilation and there will be a link to this rules & regs post in some other topics that will develop. If you have a suggestion about how we can better work together in uncovering new info, this thread is the place to speak up. If it's a technical question or suggestion regarding our forums, this site or the web, post them in the website forum. INTERLINKING with other forums/posts/discussions as much as possible will allow a newcomer to jump around using these shortcuts. Pertinent info wherever it may be, in active, dormant or even locked threads, can be made easily accessible if we try to base this project on the model of the WWW. If you remember something applicable from previous discussions, track it down and post the links. If it's on another site, quote just enough to act as a short answer, credit and link to the source for more detailed info and explain what you liked about that other site. If every member contributes just a few really good links and descriptions of their favorite sites, we'll all have guided access to some of the best info on the web at our disposal. CONTENT and easy access to it are the holy grail of the web. (except for the advertising interests it seems sigh) I think we might be able to amass quite a knowledge base for the 68kMLA, I've been saying all along that it is thru the personal interactions between the members in live discussions that we learn the most and that that is the most important kind of DYNAMIC CONTENT that we have to offer. If we act as a team in trying to assemble these gems and the links to the quality information from which they were harvested, we could end up with a 68kMLA website chock full of some of the very best static content on the web. FUN is something I expect to have a lot of in this process. Don't worry about being silly or off topic, something said in jest can lead to insight, new search parameters, and ultimately, to solutions for the problems of others, let's get to it! jt™ Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 13 Apr 2002 10:28:19 Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 04 Feb 2003 21:59:15
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 27 Mar 2002 : 17:38:16 GAMBA! I can't believe I never put this one in here! Wherever you are, whatever you need to do, remember to google "gamba" and the best "one stop shop" for all things Macintosh will be right there on the first page! http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/ next I gotta edit the links project into my fritter sig! =8-/ Now back to our regularly scheduled nonsense: edit: 10/10/02 _________________________________________________________________ Links Listing Project: Links Project Toolkit:____________________ Site Translator Google Beta!_________ German Site with info on many computers: http://www.klg.de/compmu/lisa.html for an English translation, copy and past the url into the translate this page fieldof this link: http://translate.google.com/translate_t _______________________________________________ PowerCD (first link has AppleDesign Powered Speakere II also): http://homepage.mac.com/wtnb/powercd/powercd1.htm http://homepage.mac.com/wtnb/P-Mystic.htm http://www.geocities.com/kdjones74/Apple/apple_powercd.html http://www.applefritter.com/accessories/powercd/index.html 68kMLA PowerCD Discussion HDD Information: best i've seen for jumper settings and installation instructions: http://www.webtradecenter.de/pcdisk/ Printer Repair: Info: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_printfaq.html http://fixyourownprinter.com/printer/2/1651.html History of Computing:____________________ Links to sites: http://www.users.voicenet.com/~mwalden/topic025.htm Timeline format of the history of computer technology: http://www.accad.ohio-state.edu/~waynec/history/timeline.html Pioneers: Early Graphics - the wizards of Xerox PARC - present day this site is simply amazing. http://www.artmuseum.net/w2vr/archives/Engelbart/02_Mouse.html ____________________________________________________________________ Video Card Links This started out as links to sites with piccies of video cards and more offbeat sites, but I guess it's better to put some of the basic reference sites in here too: Video Cards on LEM: Chris Lawson is doing some great work compiling info over on Low End Mac,his info is anything but "Basic", exactly the way it should be for the basic video card reference site: http://www.lowendmac.com/video/index.html 7" Video Cards, great info for shortslotted 68ks on this 6100 site: http://www.kan.org/6100/nubus.html NuBus Video Card pics and performance tests, also an interesting Video Capture Card and Ethernet Cards. (mostly Japanese Text) http://www.medj.net/quadra/nubus/ NuBus Cards: another rogues gallery on a Japanese site (sitemap too): http://member.nifty.ne.jp/al/NuBUS/nubus.html http://www.medj.net/quadra/info/map.html <recent additions> NuBus Video Cards: more Japanese gallery goodies: http://218.44.204.147/~03040/Others%20Collection/video.card.html Other NuBus Cards: great assortment of interesting cards: http://218.44.204.147/~03040/Others%20Collection/nubus.card.html Other Cards: PDS and miscellaneous I/O goodies: http://218.44.204.147/~03040/Others%20Collection/others.card.html SCSI BASED VIDEO: for Video impaired Macs. Sigma Designs Power Portrait Platinum 15" Monochrome Monitor: http://www.netspeed.com.au/keo/sigma.htm Monitor Info Links: Griffin Monitor Database: I thought this had disappeared, there are dead links to it all over the web and I couldn't find a link to it on Griffin's site, be patient, it's a large page that's well worth the load time wait: http://www.griffintechnology.com/archive/video/mondata.html Quadra Video Architecture: straight from the source: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/hw/hw_26.html Various Video Voodoo ToDo's/Sense Pin Magic Demystified: Here's a good general mac video connector/adapter hacking info site: http://graphics.stanford.edu/~jedavis/projects/mac/monitor.html </recent additions> IDE Retrofit Implementations: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/IDE/IDE_to_SCSI/ide_to_scsi_adapter.html CompactFlash/IDE Interface for Apple // Computers for the // squad! http://dreher.net/CFforAppleII/ ThunderScan was the first scanner for desktop computers: Haven't found the perfect link yet, any suggestions? Here are interesting ThunderScan & HyperDrive blurbs, a screenshot of a ThunderScan image-software interface, and a photo of the scanner cartridge-box contents. Until someone posts a link to the definitive ThunderScan site, these links and the related 68kMLA discussion will have to do. HyperDrive: Does anyone have any knlwledge of or good links to info on the HyperDrive? Dayna MacCharlie: an IBM PC addition for the 128k Macintosh! http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/charlie.html jt - Trash80toG-4___________________________________ Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 10 Oct 2002 12:05:58 Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 31 Oct 2002 20:09:39
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 13 Apr 2002 : 10:10:11 PLAYTIME LINKS! MacModManiacMerchants of the Akibahara! OS-X on an SE/30! http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51231,00.html jt Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 10 Oct 2002 12:07:10
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 13 Apr 2002 : 14:00:00 Lisa LINKS! Lisa Directory google's (wish I'd found this one at the start!): http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Systems/Apple/Lisa/ great shots! - see pics folder http://www.ac-scanmac.dk/apple_museum/1984/historie_lisa_II.html Lisa Treasure Trove links to amazing info files: http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewoz/ http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewoz/assembly/index.html http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewoz/lisatech/index.html direct links to incredible .pdf files: http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewoz/assembly.pdf http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewoz/parts.pdf http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewoz/bootrom.pdf http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewoz/goodthings.pdf http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewoz/pictures.pdf Lisa Software LisaWorks and more on ftp site: ftp://windsor.cs.dartmouth.edu/pub/woz/ Lisa/Mac/Apple// links and a nice shot of //c+lcd! http://membres.lycos.fr/toto35/index.html Miscellaneous lisa links: http://www.xnet.com/~danjo/classic/cc000018.shtml This site has a nice set of specs for many computers, but i can't vouch for accuracy! They have the Lisa's 12" CRT listed as 14" (caveat lector!) http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/lisa/ http://home.xnet.com/~danjo/classic/master.html Lisa Landfill Incident 9/89 datereference: http://www.mackido.com/History/AppleTimeline.html jt ™. .___________________________________ Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 13 Apr 2002 15:12:17
Marchie Chaplain USA 911 Posts	Posted - 14 Apr 2002 : 13:10:13 I'm scared now... I feel that Mac-ulentity is threatened... That list of links is incredible... ~Marchie ~Chaplain Marchie Holder of the Compact Mac - -Stick of Justice, with Explodeing CRT head -Wand of Power with Shocking Flyback Transformer Tip ~~"We are all Mad here"~~
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 14 Apr 2002 : 15:46:44 quote: I'm scared now... I feel that Mac-ulentity is threatened... That list of links is incredible... yo (mac's) momma! if it doesn't work to think of the Lisa as the Mac XL, think of it as the mother of all macs! Meanwhile: Keyboard Links: Keyboard Maniacs, another wild site from Japan: http://www17.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/ka2/hitsuji/KeyboardManiacs.htm Miscellaneous Keyboard Links: http://umz.pos.to/TD/Chopin/HHK_Lite.jpg http://umz.pos.to/TD/Chopin/ http://homepage.mac.com/ilikemac/Mac/Keyboard1/Keyboard.html http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/keybow/northgate.html Alternative Keyboards http://www.uchsc.edu/atp/library/quicksheets/altkeyboards.htm Keyboard Layouts http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/hhkeyboard/kb_collection/ Ergonomic Keyboards http://www.safecomputing.com/ergokey.html Split Keyboards http://www.safecomputing.com/splitkey.html One-Handed Keyboards http://www.safecomputing.com/onehandedkey.html Contoured Keyboards http://www.safecomputing.com/contouredkey.html Black Peripherals, specialized suppliers: http://www.channelu.com/Turbo/NeXT/mousekeysound.html http://www.blackholeinc.com/specials/blackhardware.shtml KVM Switch Cables, Guide to combo cables: http://208.158.113.207/us/cable_guide.cfm Keyboard Utilities and F-Keys, incredible stuff, somebody should check the rest out: http://www.mirror.ac.uk/collections/hensa-micros/local/mac/keyboard/ Mac Ports, past and present, recognition guide: http://charm.cs.uiuc.edu/users/olawlor/ref/mac_ports/ PC Ports, past and present, recognition guide: http://charm.cs.uiuc.edu/users/olawlor/ref/pc_ports/index.html no time to annotate all of these, i'll purty up the blurbs at a later date! jt ™. . Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 01 Nov 2002 14:07:00
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 16 Apr 2002 : 19:17:08 Here's on for lots of NeXT info: http://next.z80.org/ ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit 00014 Macs liberated
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 17 Apr 2002 : 11:32:13 Mac as Newton Peripheral?!!!! Entering text into a PDA via the serial port! and other cool tricks! quote: Keyboard2Serial is a system extension that copies the keys typed on the keyboard to the serial port of your Macintosh. The user can control which serial port is used and the connection parameters of that port. Keyboard2Serial outputs the keystrokes that occur in ANY program even the Finder. Keyboard2Serial works with desktop and PowerBook computers. Uses for Keyboard2Serial Capturing the text you type in an AOL chat room for.... ..control custom serial devices w/oterminal emulation program Entering text into a PDA via the serial port Monitoring of experiments Monitoring of users' actions Simple chatting between two computers I condensed the blurb from this page, there are a couple of other interesting utilities there too: http://www.polar-orbit.com/ i can think of a couple of other uses for this shareware gem! download link: http://www.polar-orbit.com/downloads/keyboard2serial.sit.hqx jt ™. . Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 17 Apr 2002 11:43:09
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 17 Apr 2002 : 18:37:49 Didn't you know that? I suppose it's better than running everything through terminal programs, tho! ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit 00014 Macs liberated
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 18 Apr 2002 : 16:03:59 quote: Didn't you know that? I suppose it's better than running everything through terminal programs, tho! huh? i knew the interface software did it on the application level, right??? but i thought a system level pipe from keyboard to newton (etc.) was pretty cool! ____________________________________________ anyhoo! links for the day: ____________________________________________ i just put links to a few interesting MacWorld Articles that i ran across into a list: DEAD LINK WARNING! edit: GRRR!!!!! Macworld seems to have dumped all articles from before the 2002 archive off their site. I'm leaving these dead links in place as they give the dates of the issues and headings where the articles appeared. Apple's All-in-One Office Tool Prototype Merges Mac, Scanner, Copier, Printer: http://www.macworld.com/1994/09/news/1607.html Upgrading Your PowerBook: http://www.macworld.com/1995/02/opinion/308.html Charting the PowerBook's Progress: http://www.macworld.com/1995/09/opinion/1225.html Special Report: First Add-Ons to New PowerPC PowerBooks: http://www.macworld.com/1995/11/news/1330.html PowerBook Repairs: http://www.macworld.com/1995/04/secrets/605.html The State of the Power Book: http://www.macworld.com/1997/04/features/3383.html just a listing of all of cary lu's columns alone would be a nice thing to have! he was a real standout on an editorial staff that was much weaker, on technical issues, than the competitions! MacUser rocked! jt . . Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 31 May 2003 14:00:52
Wonkothesane Full Member USA 506 Posts	Posted - 19 Apr 2002 : 15:44:07 Macworld also ran a series called "Old Macs, New Tricks". I found some of the articles here: http://www.macworld.com/subject/oldmac Wonko The Sane Engineer-in-training 3 Macs Liberated "You can't possibly be a scientist if you mind people thinking that you're a fool."- Wonko The Sane
shaktiman Senior Member United Kingdom 1226 Posts	Posted - 29 Apr 2002 : 13:24:55 http://www.application-systems.de/magicmac/ I have just had to type this link out!!!! I have a couple of others but am unsure how to copy them(I am using pc aka poorly computer) I will find a way. can I just copy......................... no it wont allow me to copy my favourites into here. I'll be back shaktiman
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 09 May 2002 : 08:43:39 have we had this link posted yet: http://www.comcarry.net/~shamada/fullmac/repairEng.html i gotta put the other compact mac-cracking link in here too! jt ™. . found it! here's the link to the MLA discussion: Compact Mac Cracking 101 topic.asp.TOPIC_ID=1363.html Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 11 May 2002 19:33:12
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 09 May 2002 : 09:29:55 Good one, JT, I think someone was looking for just that sort of walkthrough a few days ago, too! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 Regular Disappear! eastereggnog Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 20 Aug 2002 18:19:38
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 09 May 2002 : 09:49:45 quote: Good one, JT, I think someone was looking for just that sort of walkthrough a few days ago, too! thank Jon over at fritter! i just pass 'em on. (once in a while i do hit on a gem or two googling myself, tho!) jt ™. .
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 11 May 2002 : 19:25:39 PowerBook Duo Cracking 101: http://home.att.net/~JBDUOFAQ/inshd.pdf Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 11 May 2002 19:34:40
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 12 May 2002 : 20:22:26 Macintosh-IBM Comparison Sheet http://www.csuhayward.edu/ics/faqs/macibmfaq.html now that data cries out for graphic expression in a time line format! jt ™. .
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 22 May 2002 : 15:38:21 Macintosh I/O Icons: http://www.betweenborders.com/io_icons/index.html jt ™. .
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 22 May 2002 : 15:58:32 I love sites like this! Operating System Technical Comparison: http://www.osdata.com/system/ jt ™. .
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 13 Jul 2002 : 18:28:13 Info, Mac Collectable Pics and Gadgets Galore: this site has great Mac, Palm and Visor info and even robotics controlled by PDA's! The serial port and other cabling and connector pages are beautifully done: http://www.bpesolutions.com/gadgets.ws/gtech.html Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 13 Jul 2002 18:31:56
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 13 Jul 2002 : 18:31:15 The Macintosh Office: Check out the info here on the earliest Macintosh Networking implementations: http://www.mac512.com/moffice.htm Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 13 Jul 2002 18:32:20
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 21 Aug 2002 : 08:04:28 Jargon File/The New Hacker's Dictionary, great lexicon of tech terms and fascinating background info on the origins of tech jargon: http://www.jargon.8hz.com/jargon_toc.html jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
Marchie Chaplain USA 911 Posts	Posted - 30 Oct 2002 : 11:03:24 SCSI Chip information, ala Apple Technote http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=12315 ~Marchie
macaka New Member France 88 Posts	Posted - 01 Nov 2002 : 17:50:21 FUN ON YOURS MACS http://www.modarchive.com It's the war....
macaka New Member France 88 Posts	Posted - 01 Nov 2002 : 18:24:43 PLAYERS FOR MODS K FILES. http://www.utu.fi/~jariuppa/ http://www.amug.org/~demos/MacMikMod It's the war....
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 07 Dec 2002 : 17:30:56 I haven't read thru this one yet, but it looks interesting. The History of SuperMac Technology: http://home.earthlink.net/~supermac_insider/history/ jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 07 Dec 2002 : 17:32:01 Here's a great list of links, the source of the SuperMac history site. Pointers to Classic Mac Sites: http://njcc.com/~hjohnson/m_point.html Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 07 Dec 2002 17:38:47
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 23 Jan 2003 : 15:38:21 Ran across an intriguing site and thought I'd post a link and resurrect this ancient thread. The subpages contain very long lists of specific problems/issues/solutions. It looks like the site's creator mined a newsgroup and chunked/organized the postings. The formatting is a little raw & funky on most of the items and its not been edited or filtered, but it is a useful resource. Also, only a fraction of this material is 68k specific, but its better than a stick in the eye. http://www.interactivepages.com/macfreak/index1.html Valuable Subpages: http://www.interactivepages.com/macfreak/MachineSpecificProblems.html http://www.interactivepages.com/macfreak/PowerbooksandDous.html http://www.interactivepages.com/macfreak/Networking.html http://www.interactivepages.com/macfreak/Printers.html http://www.interactivepages.com/macfreak/Drivesandperipherals.html http://www.interactivepages.com/macfreak/ProgramQuestions.html http://www.interactivepages.com/macfreak/SystemProblems.html http://www.interactivepages.com/macfreak/OS8.html http://www.interactivepages.com/macfreak/InternetandAOL.html http://www.interactivepages.com/macfreak/ToolsforWizards.html http://www.interactivepages.com/macfreak/Utilitiesandfixers.html Cheers, G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent & User of the Hockey Puck Mouse of Radial Symmetry Edited by - g4from128k on 23 Jan 2003 15:40:40
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 21 Jun 2003 : 05:32:35 If you need pinouts for all the standard Mac ports, see: http://www.apple.com.pl/infotech/varia/Ports/Ports_Pinouts.pdf Its a 2 MB PDF, but its worth it. It also has a set of figures showing which ports are on the backs of most pre-G3 macs. G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent

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