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How I wrote a SCSI driver from scratch to scan 35mm film on a Mac SE/30 running System 7 The Problem I shoot and develop 35mm film at home. It’s a nice hobby, and I do my own prints in a small darkroom. But sometimes I want digital copies to share online or just to archive. A while ago I found an Epson FilmScan 200 on leboncoin (the French Craigslist) for 10 euros. It’s a dedicated…
Or, how I turned an annoying daily routine into a Mac app. The Problem: The Tyranny of Manual Settings Like many developers, my day is punctuated by context switches. I plug my MacBook into a docking station at the office, connect it to an external monitor at home, put on a headset for a call… and each time, it’s the same ritual: open System Settings, find the right Display panel,…
Want to discuss about this project ? Go here ! Introduction I had been looking to connect my SE/30 to the internet but I struggled to find PDS boards that would fit in it. It is particularly difficult as such boards are rare, but there is also very little space available in the SE/30, so most cards won’t fit in. Apart from the internal PDS port the SE/30 has another expansion port : SCSI,…
Or how I fixed my Mac SE/30 that was not booting unexpectedly Updates [02 November 2020] This article was also featured on Hackaday : BODGE WIRE SAVES A VINTAGE MAC SE/30 FROM THE HEAP One day around a year ago I was playing with my SE/30 (the best looking computer ever) and I was trying to install Debian on it for fun. But after inserting some floppies and trying to boot from them the computer…
I’m Ronan Gaillard an Embedded System Engineer as well as a sailor with boat based in Saint-Malo France. My main points of interest are embedded systems, retro computing, sailing and hiking.