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So you want to play Ultima II Macintosh…
This took me a while to work out, so here is how I managed to get Ultima II Mac running under Windows emulation. Get an image of Ultima II. Un stuff it. This is not as easy as it sounds. I needed to use BasiliskII under Linux to build a system 7.5 system, with Unstuffit…
Carpet Hacking
I love my wife. She has a background in ICT too, and thus she “gets” things. We have a small Home Theatre PC in the front room, and during the recent “Plague Events”, I plugged in a webcam and stuck it on top of our Telly in there. This is absolutely brilliant for video-conferencing with…
Carpet Hacking
I love my wife. She has a background in ICT too, and thus she “gets” things. We have a small Home Theatre PC in the front room, and during the recent “Plague Events”, I plugged in a webcam and stuck it on top of our Telly in there. This is absolutely brilliant for video-conferencing with…
Building the Desk
So I have been on holidays for a few days, and my holiday project this break has been to build a desk for my study. Previously I used an old school table and a big chest full of LEGO. Neither of these were exactly comfortable or practical. Furthermore, a LOT of the desk was taken…
Cleaning my ADB Keyboard
I’m still waiting on bits-n-pieces for my Macintosh and my Apple IIs. That hasn’t stopped me doing minor works. The other day, for instance, I finally got around to cleaning my ADB keyboard. This keyboard is used with both my Apple IIgs and my Mac SE/30 and it was filthy. Time for a quick clean…
While I wait for parts…
So the bits and pieces I need to work on my next piece of retrocomputing are stuck on a (very) slow boat from China, I have been doing a lot less retro stuff recently. So for now, I have a plan to spend my upcoming holidays working on a new desk for my retro room.…
Things I have learned
So, while not a whole lot of retrocomputing has been going on, I have still been pottering along. I have identified that one of my three SCSI HDDs is bad. As it was given to me in a “Unknown, most likely dead” state, I didn’t shed too many tears. I have discovered it’s really hard…
Serial (A quick update)
So I think I may have worked out what was going on with that serial cable. I think I had the pins in the fixture backwards. Oops! I bought a new Mini Din 8 today and soldered it up. Took a little longer than planned as I got to pin 3, looked down at my…
The Battle (Part 2)
The battle against the SE/30 continues… So since Part 1, I have made progress, mostly forward, some backwards. Digging for “Gold” First up, I went looking for some “easy” upgrades. Specifically I remembered I had an old SPARCStation IPC I wasn’t currently using in a cupboard. I grabbed it out, hoping to “pillage” the SCSI…
Very Quick Post on a Very Quick Modification
So today I had a bit of time and a pile of parts. As a result I made up a very simple adapter for the Apple IIgs allowing me to connect the D15 RGB connector to a VGA monitor. It’s a pretty easy job. A straight “connect green to green” affair. So of course I…