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  • classichasclass 7 days ago | parent | on: Winamp for macOS in Swift
    404?
    • bmonkey325 7 days ago
      I don’t know what happened. The repo seems to be gone. I checked the matching link on the orange site and it’s 404 too
  • classichasclass 7 days ago | parent | on: Computers I never had: the Acorn A3020
    Nice refurb!
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  • classichasclass 13 days ago | parent | on: Playing with HP PA-RISC
    My first Unix was BSD/386 (as a product of the University of California) but my first job out of college was HP-UX on a K250. Later on they got an L-class. I still miss the PA-RISC.

    There's a 9000/350 here running 8.x, a couple Galaxy 1100 systems running 10.10, a 425t with a PA-RISC upgrade that needs something to do, an RDI PrecisionBook 160 (B160L) running 11 and a C8000 also with 11. And a beat-up K260 I/O card on the wall as a memento. :)

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  • classichasclass 26 days ago | parent | on: Picture gallery: Amiga prototype "Lorraine" at the...
    To a first approximation, yeah, that's basically the process.
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  • classichasclass 27 days ago | parent | on: The Apple Network Server MacOS ROMs have resurface...
    Not yet. That's another part being worked on, and then we'd need to figure out some way to flash it like the 68K ROM programmers.
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    • barbeque 27 days ago
      I had a friend yank it out of his ANS (sounds crude, but...) and it looks like it might just be an edge connector.

      If you're willing to go with socketed DIP EPROMs you burn on a TL866 or something like that instead of a fancy in-system-programming thing we could probably make our own.

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  • classichasclass 27 days ago | parent | on: The Apple Network Server MacOS ROMs have resurface...
    Classic Mac OS. It will run up to Mac OS 9.

    XPostFacto might be able to drag it over the finish line, but I suspect there will be a driver problem. No way to know until we can get a system up with these ROMs, of course.

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  • classichasclass 43 days ago | parent | on: W11: FPGA PDP-11/70 SoC
    Doesn't look like it _yet_. Seems to require a connected computer to provide most of the devices over a high-speed serial link. But that could be handled by an RPi nowadays.
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  • classichasclass 43 days ago | parent | on: Examining Superbase on the Commodore 64
    Dunno if this would work in the program, but you could try using the VICE monitor to disable key repeat (set location 650 to 64). Made using warp mode a lot more liveable when I was playing with Roadsearch Plus.
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    • ChristopherDrum 40 days ago
      Nice tip, thanks. I'll try it out the next time I work in VICE.
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  • classichasclass 62 days ago | parent | on: Jef Raskin’s cul-de-sac and the quest for the huma...
    (author) Yes, that one is a mockup model, but it's actually the Swyft. The Cat does not have a handle in that location.
  • classichasclass 89 days ago | parent | on: Still booting after all these years: The people st...
    I was surprised to read the professor couldn't find a PC with a 5.25" drive. I'd give her my Am5x86 but I'm actually using it for serious business (games, etc.).
    • bmonkey325 89 days ago
      I am not able to source a 5.25" drive where I live in Canada. I can get a 3.5" USB but implies a certain vintage of machine. OG mechanisms for pre-USB are definitely hard and few between even at e-waste depots near my home.
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