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When did you get your first Mac?
Apple ][ 1980, Mac IIsi 1990
How many Macs do you own?
Lots!
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http://macdownunder.no-ip.info

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Hi Ken, It is likely a 16K RAM card for the ][/plus (ie prior to the //e). They fit into Slot 0 which is same physical shape as an expansion slot, but slightly different electrically. The early cards had a patch strap that replaced on of the RAM c…
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December 12
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Hi everyone. It's been a while between posts. I've recently picked up an Aluminium 24" iMac 2.4GHz to replace my old Dual G5 tower as my workstation. Since this was my first intel workstation, I decided to retire the installation that has been run…
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Hi Jesse, I had the same dilema recently - decided on a secondhand Macbook for less $$ than a new Netbook - that I would have to hack and not gaurantee would work 100%. Sure it's heavier, but much more powerful, more HDD space - and it was a real…
April 28
I've got a few ? nubus and a few PCI verisons of this card.. I really want to set up a BBS at the office as we have several lines that are just dead after hours, and even during hours.. id really love to know if you can get a BBS to play with these
April 24
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As part of a weekly community radio program that I contribute to, we now run a regular vodcast of the studio during the show. Up until now one of my colleagues has been using a Netbook with some Windows software to do some basic picture in picture.…
April 17

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The old upgrade switcheroo (how to get a G5 booting from internal software based RAID1)

It's been a while between posts.

I've recently picked up an Aluminium 24" iMac 2.4GHz to replace my old Dual G5 tower as my workstation.

Since this was my first intel workstation, I decided to retire the installation that has been running since OSX.2 and had been progessively upgraded to 10.4.11. It was time to do a fresh install.

The machine came with OSX.4 and I upgraded through to 10.6.2.

It was time for a cull of applications, and only those that I use regularly made it back in. The only… Continue

Posted on December 3, 2009 at 3:30am — 1 Comment

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Vodcasting with CamTwist

As part of a weekly community radio program that I contribute to, we now run a regular vodcast of the studio during the show. Up until now one of my colleagues has been using a Netbook with some Windows software to do some basic picture in picture. Problem for me was that we couldn't include the iSight camera (in my Macbook) as part of the feed.

Problem solved! Mac software to the rescue (again). CamTwist is a wonderful freeware ap… Continue

Posted on April 17, 2009 at 4:00am —

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Hacking the Apple TV

Well, as some would know, I purchased an Apple TV late last year. I got a second hand 40Gb HDD model running v1.0 of the firmware with the purpose of using it to stream video from my G4 Xserve over a 802.11g network.

As most of my video collection was in AVI/DIVX format in order to work with my old Elgato EyeHome, I had two choices:

1). Re-encode every video file that I had (which would have taken months)
2). Hack the Apple TV to accept the AVI/DIVX format

Not having much time or processor po… Continue

Posted on March 20, 2009 at 8:49pm — 2 Comments

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G4 Xserve blower replacements

Before we start.....

PLEASE NOTE: I am not responsible for any damage done to your beautiful G4 Xserve if you follow any of the information below!

Ok, now that I've got that out of the way....

Haven't had much time to do any tinkering of late. Out of necessit, however, I've done some investigating on replacement G4 Xserve blowers. You see, my G4 Xserve started making even more noise than usual recently, and shortly after that, the CPU blower died.

Given that the machine isn't w… Continue

Posted on March 19, 2009 at 1:59pm —

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Collection moving into the (almost) new era

Hi all,

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year.

I've been so busy with work since October, I haven't had a chance to post. But that doesn't mean that I haven't been collecting!

Since October I've been rapid catching up with the modern era...

iPhone - OK, so I'm a little late into this party, but I love my iPhone 3G 8Gb. I'm managed to convince my boss and General Manager to get one too - and they love them (not bad for a strictly PC/Blueberry company).

Apple TV - Spl… Continue

Posted on January 17, 2009 at 11:36am —

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At 9:37am on July 31, 2009, Hillbillybear said…
Holeee Shitballs mate, I just looked at your mac storage room. I think you've got enough to get you castrated!!! If you're with a partner that is!! I'm facing the Wrath of Khan with aournd 30 Macs.
At 10:18am on May 13, 2008, Kathryn said…
Awesome! Thanks for looking out for me. I am going to follow up if he will ship to the US. Thanks a Ga-Zillion!
At 9:23pm on December 14, 2007, Mike said…
Hey buddy, thanks for the great welcome!
At 9:21am on December 8, 2007, James said…
Welcome JD! The RMC Social Network is now officially international!
 
 

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