Category Archives: Retrocomputing

My Quadra 650, A/UX, and Rocket Stage II

Posted on March 3, 2010 by pitz

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 →

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Fun With an Apple IIgs SCSI Setup

Posted on December 5, 2009 by pitz

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 →

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A Glimpse of the Canon object.station 41

Posted on June 24, 2009 by pitz

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 →

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Portable SCSI Drives

Posted on June 17, 2009 by pitz

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 →

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Setting Up The Apple IIgs

Posted on June 1, 2009 by pitz

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 →

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