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Apple IIgs Clean Install of System 6.0.1 on BlueSCSIv2
About two or three years ago, the BlueSCSI open-source boards came about from the retro-computing community. These devices have a SCSI interface, either the DB-25 DSub or the 50-pin IDC connector, and they emulate SCSI devices via some “disk” images … Continue reading
Motorizing the LEGO 8070 Supercar
This particular model is not a recent model. It was released in 2011 and comes with a battery box, a motor, and a gearbox to control several functions – rear spoiler, lifting the hood, and opening the left and right … Continue reading
Motorizing the LEGO 42126 Ford F-150 Raptor
This LEGO Technic set came about 6 months ago. Although I ordered it much earlier in the year, the 2021 shipping problems of FedEx caused a lot of shipments to be delayed by months. This was one of the bigger … Continue reading
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Playing with Single Board Computers
2020 sent me working from home. While not being able to physically meet with friends as often as I’d have wanted, I had some spare time to dig deeper into my Raspberry Pi equipment and other single-board computers (SBCs). My … Continue reading
Motorizing the Lego Technic 42075 First Responder, Part 3
In Part 1 of the series, I used the EV3 brick and motors to motorize the Lego Technic 42075 retail set. While very flexible in programming and remote controlling the vehicle, the EV3 brick takes up the whole truck bed … Continue reading
Motorizing the Lego Technic 42075 First Responder, Part 2
After my work of motorizing the Lego 42075 with an EV3 brick and EV3 motors, I searched and found similar work with motorizing the same retail set, but using the smaller brick and motors from Lego Power Functions; link here. … Continue reading
Motorizing the Lego Technic 42075 First Responder
I’m finally getting around to writing about my experience in motorizing the Lego Technic 42075 First Responder. This is a truck-like vehicle, similar in form to the Lego Technic 8081 Extreme Cruiser, but on a smaller scale. I’ve previously put … Continue reading
Connecting a Parallel Printer to an Apple II (IIgs)
I almost gave up on this project. It was a project meant to have been a jump-off point for a more ambitious one, but at the rate I end up working on these types of projects, I should probably scale … Continue reading
Apple IIgs Case Mod
Ever since a tiny little power adapter for the Apple IIgs was made available by James Littlejohn, I’ve always wanted to see what I can put into that cavernous space created by the absence of the old power supply. The … Continue reading
Remote Controlled EV3 Robot with Dual Gyro Sensors
I’m in the middle of another project involving the LEGO EV3 system. My 11-year old has been making some inquiries about the gyro sensor that came with the EV3 Education kit. To make the lesson more interesting, I wrote a … Continue reading