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Macintosh Software Team Poster - How rare is it?

Anybody seen this one before?…Continue

Started May 7

iMac styled Clock Radio
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Too cute to pass up.  I've ordered mine.  Don't know how many they've got left.…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Rick Nov 11, 2012.

Colour 128k Mac!!!!
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Yes, it is true, someone is selling a 1984 Colour 128K Macintosh.…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by John Aug 5, 2012.

Proto TAM?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Finkmac Jul 4, 2012.

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Alliance Poster - How rare is it?

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May 7
Michael replied to James's discussion Episode 280: One Notion Under Jobs
"John, what SSD did you use? Does it have TRIM support in the firmware, or are you just going to run it as is (in the SCSI adapter). I used an OWC SSD with SandForce controller for my QuickSilver2002 as 10.5.8 does not have TRIM support."
Mar 26
Michael replied to James's discussion Episode 277: David talks VCF SE 1.0
"David, great to hear how the VCF SE is going.  Wish I was able to attend."
Feb 26
Michael replied to James's discussion RetroMacCast 273: Macintosh Sales Training Guide
"Cyberdog had me intrigued, no interest in the pen, but I've ordered a book "Cyberdog: The Complete Guide to Apple's Internet Productivity Technology" from…"
Jan 29
Michael updated their profile
Jan 14
Michael replied to Lim Thye Chean's discussion How do I transfer a big file out from my PowerMac?
"Have a look at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2366 ;   It covers AFP connections including steps for OSX and MOS9 (and MOS8)"
Jan 9
Michael replied to Lim Thye Chean's discussion How do I transfer a big file out from my PowerMac?
"Do you have "File Sharing" ticked in the Sharing options under System Preferences?   Also, seeing that you've got internet sharing working, if you have a Dropbox account (free), maybe you can put the disk image in from the 7200,…"
Jan 7
Michael replied to Classic Computing's discussion My Steve Jobs / Apple magazines
"Nice collection David."
Jan 7
Michael replied to Lim Thye Chean's discussion How do I transfer a big file out from my PowerMac?
"Use the ethernet cable you've got.  The Mac (running 10.6) should be able to sense the tx/rx. "
Jan 7
Michael replied to Lim Thye Chean's discussion How do I transfer a big file out from my PowerMac?
"Connect both machines with a firewire cable.  Boot one in "Target Disk Mode" by holding down the "T" key during startup. When booted in Target Mode, the firewire logo will be on the screen. Boot the other Mac normally, and…"
Jan 5
Michael replied to James's discussion Episode 265: Dukakis for President
"Never got hit by any of ye olde Mac viri, but I couldn't resist the Woz First Day Cover.  Hope it arrives before Christmas."
Nov 30, 2012
Michael commented on connectionfailure's blog post Mac Portable Mod
"Wow!  I'd just love to go into a meeting and plonk this baby down on the desk."
Nov 25, 2012
Rick replied to Michael's discussion iMac styled Clock Radio
"My ex-girlfriend bought me a bondi one of these for Christmas around 2001/2002 from Spenser's Gifts. It's actually a great clock/radio/calculator/thermostat. I used to keep in my bathroom actually. I still have it, it works, however the…"
Nov 11, 2012
Michael replied to JJ's discussion iPad Mini - What do you think?
"I was unsure when the rumours were flying around, but now that it is out, I think they've got it right. I'll keep using my original iPad, but will probably get the mini for my wife for Christmas."
Nov 2, 2012
Michael commented on Michael's blog post Archiving my Floppy Disks
"Yes, the USB controller is connected to an Off-The-Shelf 1.44MB Floppy Drive.  The KryoFlux is not your typical USB FDD contoller, it reads the flux levels and massages that into the expected disk format image, in this case an "Apple DOS…"
Sep 12, 2012
Michael posted a blog post

Archiving my Floppy Disks

Finally (and about time too), I got around to setting up my KryoFlux Disk USB Floppy Controller.http://www.kryoflux.com/The USB controller has been sitting in its box for over a year now, and the spare 1/2 day arrived, and I hooked it up to my miniServer.  Previous attempts to us my QuickSilver2000 PowerMac didn't work, as the KryoFlux program would only support USB drivers under 10.6+ Intel Macs.  Although the windows version supported XP,…See More
Sep 11, 2012

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When did you get your first Mac?
2001
How many Macs do you own?
20
What is your website?
http://www.jongleur.co.uk/blogs
What's your favorite Mac of all time?
Cube
How did you hear about RetroMacCast?
web surfing

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Archiving my Floppy Disks

Finally (and about time too), I got around to setting up my KryoFlux Disk USB Floppy Controller.

http://www.kryoflux.com/

The USB controller has been sitting in its box for over a year now, and the spare 1/2 day arrived, and I hooked it up to my miniServer.  Previous attempts to us my QuickSilver2000 PowerMac didn't work, as the KryoFlux program would only support USB drivers under 10.6+ Intel Macs.  Although the windows…

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Posted on September 11, 2012 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

Recent Aquisitions

Hello everybody. It's been a while since I posted. Nothing much interesting happening on my projects bench, but have picked up some new bits.



  • non working Tangerine iMac

  • iBook Graphite
  • PowerBook G3 Wallstreet PDQ
  • HD20 - with cable chopped off

The HD20 is the interesting one, just picked it up locally on eBay. It is minus the interface (floppy) cable that has been chopped off. I'm assuming that the cable from a spare 400K external… Continue

Posted on November 21, 2010 at 6:00pm — 4 Comments

512K M0001WP Macintosh welcomed to the family

Picked up a 512K Mac this weekend, came with extended keyboard, mouse, and external FDD, but no software.



There was a floppy stuck in the external drive, and I had to open up the case and degunk the lubricant to free up the release mechanism, but unfortunately the disk was not bootable (the label says it's an excel data disk).



Is there any way I can get hold of systems/software disks for my 512K? My PBDuo230 won't power up, so I can't download an "archive" copy of… Continue

Posted on July 26, 2010 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

Old Printers can be a pain

Back in my previous blog entry I mentioned I'd picked up up an Apple LaserWriter 16/600, well finally got to adding it to my network to use. The printer came with an ethernet adaptor, so no problems putting it on the network, but with no console on the printer, how was I to route output to it.



Fortunately with OS 9.22 on my Bondi Blue iMac I was able to find the printer via the local AppeTalk (printer was called "loaner"), but I wanted to be able to print to it from my main machines,… Continue

Posted on December 31, 2009 at 4:30am — 2 Comments

Comment Wall (3 comments)

At 4:38pm on October 7, 2009, Kendall Seabury said…
Welcome Michael!!!!

So what are the nine macs that you have.....anything interesting?
At 6:37am on October 10, 2009, James said…
Welcome Michael and thanks so much for donating to the podcast!
At 4:27am on January 24, 2011, Franklin Johnson said…
Awesome!  I use to not like Macs, I didn't understand the operating system.   I'm still not up on  a lot about the older OS's, but I can't believe how awesome OS X is!!  I hope Lion's not the end.

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