Incredibly rare!

Hey, there’s a new video, finally. Apple is wrong about the Mac Color Classic II (and you might be too!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBB1r5…

Apple’s clamshell iBook G3 was as influential as it was colorful. But it was also not exactly the easiest computer to repair. How bad was it? Let’s find out! youtu.be/gTbXq2hX5uo

Coast redwood forest canopy.

If you see this post an anime you love

There’s only one #PicoIDE in this computer… I got dual device support working this weekend! That means everyone who backed PicoIDE on Crowd Supply will be getting a bit of a bonus when they finally get theirs! I’ll be releasing a campaign update soon with the latest status on manufacturing.

AAHHHHH!!

youtube.com/live/-StJW2VL6eg Sunday Retro Repair Show🔨 & Received A Special Box From The UK From A ViewerFor The JLPGA Mac SE Live Show May 24, 2026 8:00am PST 11:00am EST

Anyone else notice the orange butterfly irruption? Not monarchs, but California tortoiseshells. 🦋 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

I really hate recapping Color Classic / LC575 analog boards. Maybe folks would like to point and laugh at my misery? Saturday noon EDT. youtube.com/live/ufVgRQF...

Let's look at this interesting CPU upgrade board for the Macintosh Plus and try and build it. 🛠️ youtube.com/live/cb6HjaT...

Gonna do a little stream Thursday afternoon at 3:00 EDT to try overclocking a Newer Tech G3 upgrade for the Power Mac 6100. 214MHz just doesn't feel like enough. youtube.com/live/VvWmLiQ...

I had the honor of being interviewed by Vanessa for RetroRGB about PicoGUS, PicoIDE, and more! Learn about how I manage to balance everything I do and what future projects I may have in store. Check it out here: retrorgb.com/qa-interview...

JCM-1 has graphics. They're the wrong graphics. But at least I know that I can send commands to the 9918 and -it- does something; so at least the address decoding is correct. Progress?

The big mac is on the bench today for some fettling. 🔨 #vintagemacintosh

incoming: massive influx of steam controllers needing repairs

Sea of fog, Santa Cruz Mountains.

What a story 😍 Another one saved!!

The first functional JCM-1 on a PCB. Input, output and stereo sound are all working. Lots of little hacks to make it work, but progress is made and my IO addressing theories are founded. I can now develop video. FUN!

"Earth will be destroyed in 12 minutes to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Should you hitchhike into the next galaxy? Or stay and drink beer?" The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy print advertisement (Infocom, 1985).

This is the University of Central Florida. So many people really have no idea how much kids hate this shit.

I wish 2020 would end

Dimming the screen for the screen saver on #PicoIDE was boring so I added flying toasters as an option. Sprites borrowed from the PicoPOST project

Shai Hulud

Macintosh HyperQuadra

Dazzle Draw on the LCIII with apple IIe card.. 🍏

On Saturday's noon stream, we'll do some work on this lot of #vintagemac computers that I paid $200 for: a decent LC575, a juicy IIci, and a Quadra 610 that I haven't looked at yet. And we need to announce the winner of the POOci! youtube.com/live/exViLaa...

My project is done and it's wonderful and disgusting.

I am very proud to have been able to speak with the one and only @grumpygamer.com about his latest projects (including the "rouge-light" Death by Scrolling) and what it takes to keep making games that people keep talking about! youtu.be/d-A301k0Ri0 terribletoybox.com/deathbyscrol...

Since he's active again, another reminder to avoid serial scammer Geek With Social Skills aka Sean Rox aka Sean Lee Robinson, more info below! 👇

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HOTDOG STAND

Thankfully I had a donor card (some potato-ass Radeon that’s probably worth more as scrap these days) that had proper rated caps, so I grabbed those, put them on, and it worked! But I still had to deal with the one with broken pads. So I bodged it, put it on the Shuttle board…and POST! Hallelujah!

First Light. JCM-1, revision zero runs code, if the oscilloscope is to be believed. I mean, I did need bodges, but I’m also an idiot: YMMV.

demik reverse engineered the LaserWriter II SC so we can now print over SCSI! Combining your two favorite past times: Printers and SCSI Termination! Details tinkerdifferent.com/threads/blue...

On Saturday's noon EDT stream, we're going to start work on @iiidiy.bsky.social's deceptively clean SE/30 logic board. I also bought a couple microscope cameras to try to hopefully improve my microscope streaming quality. Let's do a mini camera shootout! youtube.com/live/D5Vab18...

I am back making videos with my computer friends! youtu.be/Ueuf7kCDEac

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How To Live A Good Life #oldknees

Staying indoors today (marijuana berzerker day) for my safety. Suggest you do the same.

pondering technology

As yellowed a piece of mac gear as I've ever owned. I suspect some kind of wacky chemical exposure in the environment it was used in.