I ended up mounting the SCSI2SD in my recently sold Sega Dreamcast Katana into a 3D printed sled. I’ve just noticed now that there are plenty of caddies that help them fit into the space of a 3.5″ hard … Continue reading
Category: Apple
Death to Smartphones!
That’s it, I’m sick of mobile phones and always being switched on in the digital world. Modern phones are such a joke with their 60-minute-man-like batteries. All I use my phone for is SMS and that’s usually just 2FA rubbish. … Continue reading
Ants Nesting in an Apple iMac G3
This poor iMac was left in the garage. It had a bad analog board, but now it has another problem. Bugs… or rather an ants nest … Continue reading
Block Copying Under Mac OS X
I’ve found that using dd is quite useful for older software. This has been especially important for copying Mac OS Standard disks since 10.6+ do not support read/write. One thing to note is that using “rdisk” instead of “disk” allows … Continue reading
Apple MacBook Pro Heat Gun Repair (Mid 2007 / Early 2008)
Here we have a video of me bringing a 17″ MacBook Pro back to life. While not a permanent fix, it breathes some … Continue reading
Apple Macintosh LC 475 Game Demo – Hangman Plus
Great game to play, watch me fail miserably at guessing letters! Running off a 2GB CompactFlash card with 1.9GB of free hard drive space for even … Continue reading
Apple IIc Internal Quick Look
Hop aboard for a very quick look inside an old Apple IIc. Sure does look antique! Better off in a museum than on a shelf.… Continue reading
MicroDrives: Revenge of the MicroDrives
More attempts at getting the MicroDrives working on the Apple LC 475. The previous video was blocky, I suspect some encoding hardware at YouTube is having issues. Seen it … Continue reading
Apple Macintosh LC 475 256MB PCMCIA Flash Card
We start by trying the SD Card Adapter in the PCD-60B with no luck, same as the MicroDrives. But a glimmer of hope with the Flash … Continue reading
3.6V Lithium Battery Corrosion Damage
Here’s a peek at what damage those little power cells can wreak on poor unsuspecting motherboards. It just happened to be an LC 475 as well, didn’t it? Not … Continue reading
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