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Category Archives: Retrocomputing
Demystifying the Bandai Pippin Developer Dongle
I’ve had my Bandai Pippin @World for years. The Pippins were game consoles manufactured by Bandai based on the PowerPC Macintosh. It runs a special version of Mac OS 7.x. Pippin CDs can actually be played on PowerPC-based Macs (I’ve … Continue reading
My Quadra 650, A/UX, and Rocket Stage II
One of my main vintage desktop machines has been a Mac LC 475. I have it running Mac OS 7.6.1, and aside from being my main Classic box, it’s SuperDrive was previously the only practical way I was able to … Continue reading
Fun With an Apple IIgs SCSI Setup
One of the best expansion cards to place in an Apple IIgs is a SCSI card. A SCSI card allowed mass storage devices to be connected to the Apple IIgs back in the `90s. This includes hard drives and optical … Continue reading
A Glimpse of the Canon object.station 41
Every once in a while, as I work with vintage computers, I get the chance to meet some of the people who were “there” at the time when the computing revolution started or was in the early days. Earlier today, … Continue reading
Portable SCSI Drives
About a week ago, I was tinkering with a few external SCSI drives. These external drives are those that draw power from one of the ports in a computer, instead of a wall wart or a direct power plug. In … Continue reading
Setting Up The Apple IIgs
Today was as good as any to set up my Apple IIgs, which has been in storage for a while. I don’t have a lot of desk space, so I really need to substitute something for that RGB monitor that … Continue reading