An Exploration of Current and Retro Technology
Ever since last MARCHintosh I wanted to figure out an easy way to get quality images of the things I was seeing on my classic Macs- a SE/30 and Quadra605 and the Quadra800 server than ran the BBS and AppleInternetRouting software. Taking the screen shots was easy- every Mac since at least system 6 lets [ ]
I had lots of fun last year for MARCHintosh and made available a basic AFP share via my raspberry pi and just pretty much dumped all my stuff there. I was never really happy with it that way and so I am in the process of organizing it and cleaning it up for better sharing [ ]
Restoration Guide: Daisy Wheel Printer Belt Replacement for Apple Lisa During a recent restoration project, I finished a nasty repair procedure for the Apple-branded Daisy Wheel printer, one of the few compatible printers for the Apple Lisa system. This post addresses a common failure point: the deteriorating drive belt, which typically disintegrates into bare wires [ ]
After many months of dancing with MacTCP again (first round was decades ago of course) I decided to do it Right and get to the latest most patchiest version to see if it would help with some issues I m having. What issues do I have with MacTCP in 2024? And why am I using it? [ ]
https://github.com/tenox7/micropolis?tab=readme-ov-file Play SimCity unlocked on IRIX
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This may be the easiest jdk installation I ve ever done on mac. Now attempting installation... Looking for a previous installation of SDKMAN... Looking for unzip... Looking for zip... Looking for curl... Looking for sed... Installing SDKMAN scripts... Create distribution directories... Getting available candidates... Prime platform file... Prime the config file... Installing script cli archive...…
I ve enjoyed using Brydge MacBookPro stands for my older Intel MBPs and when I found out they have a M3 stand and dock I decided to go ahead and purchase this for my 14 M3 MacBookPro. I didn t have a dock yet for my MBP and so it was sitting in an old stand with [ ]
Feb 2025 it s a year later and i ll update things here with any new information that comes out. There is a big new Guide from Steve to also help. Original Post To continue on from the last post, which discussed AppleTalk, Ethertalk, and how routing between different Apple Internet Routers (AIR) is happening for [ ]
Being an AppleTalk Network Admin is hard work in 2024. This hopefully helps level some of the rough edges that are out there. I ll be updating it with more info and corrections as time permits. The guide that started it is here: https://biosrhythm.com/?p=2767 My download with all the software, tested on a real mac is [ ]
Here is a quick link to the download, while I sort out this plugin: https://dillernet.com/apple/download/apple-internet-router-package/
Update 3 (March 8): The Quadra800 as AIR is totally stable, I m enjoying all the fun things on other sites (using a SE/30 as workstation) and playing with getting screenshots converted back and forth. My ImageWriter Network card should be arriving to day and so I will have print sharing up and available. Looking for [ ]
Subtext is an amazing, modern, retro application for System 6 (and 7.1) Macs. It is written and maintained by Joshua Stein. It implements a full BBS with telnet, serial (modem), fsxNet (fidoMail/Boards), uploads/downloads, IP geolookup and now as of version 4, syslog. You can download Subtext 4 at Joshua s site: https://jcs.org/2024/02/19/subtext4 I ve been running SubText [ ]
Sooner or later the floppies on these old macs are going to need a refurb, a cleaning or have the eject gear replaced. There are two really good videos about teardown, clean, fix and re-lube avaiable they are listed below. If you are going to do this have some proper lube ready to ensure the [ ]
Having a BBS is fun, but traffic is what a BBS is about- exchanging information and discussions between people. And I suppose some gaming. Starting a BBS is one thing but getting people/users to connect is a whole other thing- it demands time, marketing and getting the word out. There are many other options today [ ]