A bit of fiddling and we finally get bluetooth working on the NUC8i7BEH which is running the latest and greatest from Apple at … Continue reading
Category: Apple
Dumping the Apple 341-0813 Mac Classic ROM
Ah yes, the old Apple 341-0813 ROM written onto a TC534200P-F749 maskrom. Looks to be a match with the 27C400 EPROM. On the GQ-4X programmer the D27C4000 (aka uPD27C4000) also seems to be compatible. Then I remembered that … Continue reading
Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013) Repair
My “w” and return key on my brand new (enough) MacBook Air are showing signs of the Keyboard Service Program for MacBook, MacBook … Continue reading
Home Automation 101: All Star
This video shouldn’t exist, yet here we are. All Star lyrics beaming over to the Chromecast through Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 3. Is … Continue reading
Apple //c Monochrome Monitor
The glorious Apple //c monochrome monitor. Compact. Solid. Heavy. Beefcake. These are the words used to describe this beast. We go ahead and adjust some settings … Continue reading
SCSI2SD on Dreamcast HKT-0120 Development Kit
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
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 … 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 … Continue reading