#MARCHintosh
👀 One of the new sections of my site is up. Some bugs and problems still need to be ironed out but I like it.
I also decided to make a post for what I did during #MARCHintosh and post it in the new section which can be found here: https://sinclair-speccy.github.io/The-Mainframe/Server-Rack/Other-Nerdy-Stuff/MARCHintosh.html
@billgoats It’s been a couple months since I’ve touched #Macstodon (after burning out a bit from the #MARCHintosh blitz), but I haven’t forgotten about it. There’s still an outstanding bug that needs to be fixed, and I’d also like to try adding some rudimentary Calckey support if it’s not too difficult. I’ll get back to it soon.
And an update after much time has passed! This lost Mac SE logic board now has a custom case that connects it to a modern ATX power supply and breaks the video signal out to an RGB2HDMI. With a BlueSCSI connected it now fully works as a minitower/desktop version of a Compact Mac
#VintageCOMP #mac #marchintosh (late)
Success!! 🎉
Well kinda… I had no luck with the memory, but I think there is something funky with the middle slot. It doesn’t like any of the 512MB sticks I’ve got, but it has no problem with the 128MB one. Mmmh 🤔 I think I have to call it now, not gonna play the memory lottery again 😬 1152MB is still a respectable amount for this machine, and the graphic card is a hell of an upgrade!
Yet another #Marchintosh follow-up: I’ve received a new 512MB bank and the flashed GeForce 6200. I’ve picked up the latter on eBay and from the look of it it seems like a new old stock PNY freshly flashed with Apple compatible firmware. Will try it out later🤞🏻
But I think I’ll choose one of my #MARCHintosh-drawings for the front.
It's a bit late for #MARCHintosh, I know - I mean, I only ordered the laptop bag in April - but it's all a continuation of the same story.
Just managed to fit in the laptop, the mains adapter, the floppy drive and dock adapter, the discs, and the manual.
So #MARCHintosh, #Appril2, are there already a whole calendar year's worth of these I wasn't previously aware of?
#PowerMay #June4Cube #JuLisa #AuGS/OS #SePtippin #mOctobookPro #NoveXTSTEP #DeCinemaDisplay #JanuAirTag #FebrireWire
I think these two floppy disks 💾 speak to me.
They say, #Appril2 and #MARCHintosh 🤔
#Marchintosh UPDATE:
- The SSD upgrade went smoothly (besides the fact the cable management is so tight I had to leave it dangling. #yolo
- One of the memory banks I’ve got didn’t work, so it’s “only” 1152MB until I find a working 512MB one
- the ATI 9600 doesn’t fit without relocating the VRM, and I didn’t want to do that. Instead, I ordered a flashed GeForce 6200 256MB 🤞🏻
It’s going to possibly be the most powerful fanless Cube setup, if I can pull that off.
@a2 @NeoNacho where was this for #Marchintosh?!
Look at the cutest letter I’ve received since the last one @billgoats sent!
didn't make it in time for #MARCHintosh but i got a letter from @billgoats sealed with wax, neat!
the jackintosh says hi, thanks for the button!
Now that #MARCHintosh is over and my #MacLC restore and upgrade video is posted, I can take the next few weekends off…
What?! #Appril2, you say?!
I'd better get back to work!!
#VintageApple #RetroComputing #AppleII #AppleIIGS #AppleIIForever
New Video! 👇🏻
My Apple Macintosh LC III restore video has been posted, in which I:
✅ Install a #BlueSCSI w/ Classic Mac OS 7.6.1
✅ Service a floppy drive
✅ Get an Apple IIe Card working
✅ Install an FPU chip
Here’s the talk recording! (Not too bad for not properly rehearsing ahahaha 😅)
Was searching through backups and ran across something completely lost to time - just a single reference on google and no downloads
"NDrv Man", a tool to extract the graphics driver from a Voodoo graphics card ROM in order to use it in OS X
Back in the day, I used this to get my Voodoo3 working in OS X 10.1, which otherwise was impossible
Here it is for download, ready for any shenanigans*: http://kalleboo.com/retrotech/voodoox/
*Shenanigans™ @ActionRetro
Could this be? Another release of Raiders of the Lost Icon?!?
Will #MARCHintosh never end?
Some quality of life improvements: you can now navigate the giant collection of icons with your keyboard (with Pg Up, Pg Down, Home and End) and the bookmarks file has disappeared!
RotLI now keeps track of your bookmarks automatically for you. If you have an existing bookmarks file, drag it to the window and RotLI will merge it in the new functionality. Less hassle!
Suddenly feeling a strong desire to download the Chicago font and set it as my system font in Sway
Probably #nostalgia from all the cool #MARCHintosh screenshots I’ve been seeing
I’ve enjoyed #MARCHintosh and found a lot of Mac geeks there, but it just reminds me of throwing away so much! I worked in a newspaper company, it was all Mac (the Mac had the market back then) but when we inevitably moved to PC, I remember throwing dozens of Mac SE’s, Mac Classic II, Quadras, SE/30s, IIcx, LCs, iMacs (colour ones) and eMacs, into the back of a recycling van. And there were probably lots of other ones I can’t even remember. If I was doing it now, I’d take so many home!
Icon friends! #MARCHintosh may be behind us, but Raiders of the Lost Icon keeps receiving updates!
This time, it has learned how to export your icons as DAE (Collada) files for 3D modeling.
You can now also add a coordinates overlay to your images (thanks for the suggestion, @billgoats !).
This should simplify the task of turning icons into knitting projects, tiles for your patio or LEGO models!
Nab it here:
https://rotli.onegeekarmy.eu
@1Bit this was my favorite video of #marchintosh
#MARCHintosh etiquette question… how late does a Mac LC III restore video have to be before it needs to be held until next year. Asking for a friend…😬
Now that the 2023 #MARCHintosh is over, is it time to start negociations for a #MARCHcrosoft 2024?
(See its genesis here: https://youtu.be/JdVWlx6J9vo )
Don't forget @RRRoundup starting at 8pm EST. https://youtube.com/watch?v=6xQtxN3Z4RA
#MARCHintosh
Ok, now my #MARCHintosh project is officially done - all four serial ports of my CSI Hurdler II 4-port NuBus Card are now fully working! Despite this being NOS, it was DOA. After cleaning and reseating the IC's, recapping it and installing a new voltage regulator, and reflowing almost all the solder joints, it works! The version of Hermes II BBS that I'm running is unregistered and will only run for one month, so get on The Crow's Nest BBS while you can - crowsnestbbs.ddns.net ports 6400-6505.
Still 8 minutes (from the time this was posted) to enter for your chance to win a signed #MARCHintosh poster!
Enter here:
https://youtu.be/Y03nfwazevw
Then watch the drawing here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE2PXmZuYBg
#Marchintosh question (yes, I know it's April). Is an A1312 (27" iMac from 2011) enclosure with just the screen and power supply useful for anything?
Since @dave_vintage will be out of town, @technobabblet will be taking over the Sunday stream!
11e/10c/9m/8p
https://www.youtube.com/live/JHDjy0w4WqE
Then at 2pm central, open a second browser tab and watch me giveaway three #MARCHintosh banners!
My last hurrah for #MARCHintosh, I found another cursed boot diskette (#02!)
watch what happens - https://youtu.be/JdVWlx6J9vo
if you want to try what I coded as the INIT that I used, go here: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/init-fakes-a-ms-dos-33-startup
So anyway—
To cap off #MARCHintosh, here's a rotating .gif of our favourite #dogcow (#moof)
A #MARCHintosh Public Service Announcement
https://youtube.com/shorts/_jtgmSUUxus?feature=share
@splorp in your basement everyday is #MARCHintosh
here is my (very late) contribution for #MARCHintosh !!!
back in October 2022, I got a Macintosh LC III that was fully recapped for a fairly good deal. a couple of months and three DB15 to VGA adapters later, I've finally been able to properly use this computer and it has been really fun to use for sure!!
i wrote a blog post/article about it and the sort of "backstory' about this computer on my website, if you're interested: https://alextuckey.github.io/blog/full/2023-03_marchintosh.html
To wrap up #MARCHintosh I've got one final video for the month! Here is Part 2 of the "Smoke Machine" Performa 580CD series! https://youtu.be/TQMVZXpzpmA
This second Performa has quite a nasty surprise, but there's some silver lining.
Thank you to everyone for supporting my first videos this month - it has been a LOT of fun, and I hope that I can keep this ball rolling :) Happy #marchintosh2023 !!
Squeaking in right under the #Marchintosh wire here, I wired up the IIsi ATX adapter. I really wanted this slim PSU to work, because it's small enough to fit inside the IIsi PSU case and look original, but the 0.3 amps on the -12 just wouldn't power it up. I'll have to find another one to make that plan work. In the meantime it's getting a little life support from this Core2Quad. 0.8 amps @ -12 does the job. Benchmarks check out, smoked by an LC III. IIsi power and I love it!
That was a really good #MarchIntosh … just saying.
In the waning moments of #MARCHintosh, I have sadly not reached my goal of refurbishing the SE/30 I found in a tech recycling dumpster.
I partially took it apart (and broke off a capacitor. whoops), and thankfully the battery hadn’t exploded yet! There’s a lot of other capacitor goo covering the board, but nothing that looks fatal…yet. Basic cleaning done. Still gotta do more deep scrubbing and order some replacement caps all around…
Let’s make our own adventure game together in World Builder! 🌎✍️ https://www.twitch.tv/robotspacer #MARCHintosh
Let's make our own adventure game together in World Builder! 🌎✍️ https://www.twitch.tv/robotspacer #MARCHintosh
My late #Marchintosh submission…a couple of pics of my setup. I have an M1 Mini with 16 GB RAM, 512 TB internal SSD, another 1 TB SSD installed in the dock, and an external 4 TB Time Machine drive. Also on my desk is an older G4 Mini with a 128 GB SSD, 1 GB RAM, and a USB M-Audio sound card running OS 9.2.2. Everything is hooked to a 120 Hz 50” Vizio mini LED television that doubles as my gaming PC monitor as well.
On this, the last day of #MARCHintosh, we say goodbye with some After Dark Flying Toasters on my #AmigaCDTV pretending to be a #Macintosh.
#CommodoreAmiga #VintageApple #VintageMac #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #FlyingToasters
Final day of #MARCHintosh! Watch time pass in style.
https://perpetual.day/?moof
@dec_hl welcome to the vintage Macintosh community! And happy #MARCHintosh!
I highly recommend a BlueSCSI. It is IMHO the least expensive and easiest to use alternative. You can obtain all of the software you need in ready made images ready for use. Just copy them to the SD card for the BlueSCSI. Ron’s Computer Videos on YouTube (others as well) have videos for setting up. You can also download software in SIT files from macintoshgarden.org.
Look what the cat brought in 😁
I got this quite cheap and it arrived today.
#macintosh bubble: help me out please: where do I get software for it? How can I copy it from PC onto this beauty? What “must have” hardware is available for it and where in the EU can I buy it?
My /dev/world talk today, which was a HyperCard stack, said trans rights
#DevWorld #MARCHintosh #HyperCard #TransDayOfVisibility #TDoV
I warned you. When I joined the server, I told you my #MARCHintosh project would be MONSTROUS. So, may I present, the Woodgrain Mac Mini G4.
Long ago, this very machine hosted my personal blog using OS X Leopard Server. The acrylic top was yellowed and scratched, so I decided to replace it, LGR-style.
It's upgraded it with the same mSATA to IDE enclosure @ActionRetro found on Amazon, with it a fresh install of Leopard Server. The bamboo peripherals (also Amazon) were the perfect accoutrements.
Our company is like Ali Baba's cave - every time we open a door or a closet, we discover a treasure trove of vintage Macs waiting to be explored.
Another one for #MARCHintosh: My #Apple #Macintosh Classic as set up in my museum. Picture just made a few minutes ago to see if it (and the other systems there) still works. And it does. 🙂
Was a hell of a refurb job back then when I got it. 😩
Let’s make an adventure game together in World Builder! This Friday at 8PM EDT. https://www.twitch.tv/robotspacer #MARCHintosh
Let’s make an adventure game together in World Builder! This Friday at 8PM EDT. https://www.twitch.tv/robotspacer #MARCHintosh
Looking to buy a Rev B. iMac G3.
For totally normal reasons.
Definitely not for weird shenanigans.
A reminder for #MARCHintosh 😀
Awhile back, I compiled a curated collection of all the After Dark modules (all I could find) on macintoshgarden
#macintosh #apple #mac
#vintagemac #afterdark
#flyingtoasters
Let's THINK about Mac C Programming
a series starting point I made on youtube as my main contribution
to this year's #MARCHintosh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv3w2igjiBo
Should get someone set up real quick on the path to making vintage C application/games
and links to easy download with everything installed.
Please share/boost in your retro circles, it will really help out the channel and help me gauge interest in future parts!
The Macintosh SE/30 (1989-1991) was Apple's fastest compact B&W Mac Featuring a single Processor Direct Slot, up to 128 MB RAM, and a 1.44 MB high-density floppy disk drive, a powerhouse in its day 💾🖥️ #marchintosh
For #MARCHintosh this year I’m launching https://infinitemac.org. It features runnable versions of almost every classic System Software/Mac OS release, from 1984’s System 1.0 to 2000’s Mac OS 9.0.4.
This involved porting another emulator to the web (Mini vMac), tracking down 35 install disks, and the usual fighting with file systems. The blog post at https://blog.persistent.info/2023/03/infinitemac-dot-org.html has more details.
After a lot of fighting with the linker in Retro68 I rebuilt my temperature converter application in #Rust. As with the Nim version, the C code is currently dealing with the toolbox calls and Rust handles parsing the strings, doing the calculation, stringifying the result, and writing it back out.
The Rust version is a bit better than the Nim one as it avoids allocation of intermediate strings and some copying of data.
Code is on GitHub: https://github.com/wezm/classic-mac-rust
From one friend to another, whilst looking into the infinite reflection pool of self.
(Via Claris MacDraw II 1.1)
#MARCHintosh
My adventures in the first Mac point-and-click adventure game continue. It’s time to unite the Enchanted Scepters and defeat the Hurks! https://www.twitch.tv/robotspacer #MARCHintosh
It’s time to find out if I have what it takes to defeat the Warlock Lord. Shadowgate continues! https://www.twitch.tv/robotspacer #MARCHintosh
Enchanted Scepters continues! Last week we left off wandering the desert in search of the second scepter. Before we continue, let’s take a look at the code in World Builder to explain something unexpected that happened last week. https://www.twitch.tv/robotspacer #MARCHintosh
[Re. @GarthBeagle]
Happy Friday / Happy MARCHintosh 🍀
#MARCHintosh #apple
#macintosh #macpaint
#susankare #officepicnic
Let’s go back to Castle Shadowgate and solve the mystery of EPOR! https://www.twitch.tv/robotspacer #MARCHintosh
Let’s play the first English-language point & click adventure game, Enchanted Scepters for Macintosh! I’ll also share a bit about its game engine, World Builder. Later this month I’ll do a stream where we make a game together in World Builder. https://www.twitch.tv/robotspacer #MARCHintosh
It’s time to enter Castle Shadowgate! Let’s check out this classic Macintosh original from 1987. https://www.twitch.tv/robotspacer #MARCHintosh
