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Happy 10th birthday iMac!
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John replied to James's discussion Episode 460: Get your Dramamine

"Nicely done! I will be adding this to some of the macs in MacAttic."

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"I like the rack mounted sawtooth! What is the other hardware in the rack? What are you using the setup for?"

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When did you get your first Mac?: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away

How many Macs do you own?: 30ish

What is your website?: http://www.retromaccast.com

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Pretty sure the corrosion on the TAM power supply didn't come standard.

Yes my TAM arrived all the way from Japan. Alas, when I plugged it in I heard a muffled pop from somewhere inside the subwoofer/power supply. I didn't smell the magic smoke though, and when I got the subwoofer taken apart (Thank you https://www.cardboard-box.com/fixtambuzz/index.html !!) Spiderwebs, some dead bugs (Imported dead bugs, fancy!) and corroded metal are what greeted me. The one and only fuze still reads good and I…

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Posted on February 7, 2016 at 7:48am — 4 Comments

Call-A.P.P.L.E. FTW!

You may have listened to the interview with Rebecca Heineman & Jennell Jaquays that Brian Wiser and I did but if you haven't read it yet go check out the article (and all the other great articles) over at Call-A.P.P.L.E.. I can't imagine how long it must have taken to transcribe it. Brian has also out did himself finding great graphics to go with the…

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Posted on August 6, 2015 at 8:56pm

Insulated Nerdvana

This is the downstairs where the arcade games will be. I'm trying to decide whether to call it Arcadia or Arc80s.

Here is the upstairs, the future home of my MacAttic…

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Posted on November 16, 2014 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

Honey I Shrunk the Computer

My 1/3 scale mac is done!

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I made the case using white …

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Posted on August 20, 2013 at 8:30pm — 38 Comments

Apple Pi

I recently purchased a Raspberry Pi with the idea of making a 1/2 scale model of a Mac Plus. This is one those "Because I can" projects with no practical use (my favorite kind!). The Raspberry pi is a tiny little computer approximately 4" x 2.5" x .5" in size. As tiny as it is it can run lot of very cool apps including some old school emulators, as Derek has shown,…

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Posted on June 30, 2013 at 5:15pm — 4 Comments

Comment Wall (87 comments)

At 9:42pm on December 5, 2007, James said…: I hope we can get something going for our listeners here. It's really a great set of tools!

At 7:17am on December 8, 2007, John said…: Woot! I left a comment.

At 5:37pm on December 12, 2007, James said…: We have evidence that John was here! Now let's see if we can get more than just a "woot".

At 7:35pm on December 12, 2007, Braden said…: No friends!? I'll be your friend.

Dig the site, brother

At 4:49pm on December 16, 2007, Wholly Mindless said…: Yo Slacker! At least James should be your friend... Unless of course James is still mad at you for getting him mixed up in this "Podcast" thing.