I’ve been using dd to clone some disks on occasion recently, usually when they are non-native to Mac OS and let’s be honest, Mac OS isn’t Linux and Linux isn’t Unix. They all have some things in common though. And … Continue reading
Category: Apple
Macintosh Classic, RaSCSI and The Internet
A Macintosh Classic! What a great platform to test GeoCities. No, just no. Stop right there. No way. Let’s dig a little … Continue reading
The Apple Macintosh LC 475 and 68k Gaming
Recently I’ve been trying to sort all the haphazardly “organised” files on my cold storage hard drive. I came across a disk image of my LC 475 and a pack of 600 games that I’d never looked into. I’m on … Continue reading
NUC8i7BEH Hackintosh Catalina Overview
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
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
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