You can also patch Drive Setup, which is better than HD SC Setup, IMO. It's not very hard to do.

Apple prevented third-party drives by not allowing people to format drives that do not already have the Apple drivers on them. (Not sure if I said that accurately, but you get the…

Okay. I've got a Power Macintosh 7500 (see signature) with a 68-pin Ultra 160 SCSI LVD/SE Adaptec controller card. The model number of the card is AHA-2940U2B. It says on a labe…

The second post mentioned "The device I saw looked much like a VT-100 (same form factor)" which at first I took to mean the Macintosh, but now that I am looking at some pictures of…

Speculation about an unannounced Apple product. Some things never change.

Thanks for the tip. Works perfect!

Here is my Mac 128k connected to retro-net.org using MacTerminal. It runs lynx to browse the web and I can get email using pine. Very nice free service from them. The lack of arr…

Here are a few final things: You can do file transfers back and forth from MacTerminal (I still use v 1.1) to Mac OS X with a few command line utilities (macutils) available on Ma…

it looks like it only has F keys and a numeric keypad. weird.

MacTerminal .......... The lack of arrow keys on my keyboard appears to be an issue though. Click to expand... Doesn't the keypad menu drop down to give you some?

Here is my Mac 128k connected to retro-net.org using MacTerminal. It runs lynx to browse the web and I can get email using pine. Very nice free service from them. The lack of arr…

What about a Localtalk-Ethernet adapter, like the Farallon Etherprint? Click to expand... On a 128K? No room for MacTCP.

Just as an aside, well... I was fuzing with this out of curiosity, and I never was able to make a USB serial adapter spawn a console out of /etc/ttys automatically. The oft-quoted …

Wonderful blast to the past. Sounds like a stealth recon mission. GOOD JOB!

Google gets it wrong. According to their 20 Year Usenet Timeline, the first post mentioning Macintosh and Lisa was made on August, 1982. In fact, the earliest post mentioning Maci…

If it ran on a 120, I'd use it. That'd give a purpose to my Newton that's sat on a shelf for the past couple of years.

What about a Localtalk-Ethernet adapter, like the Farallon Etherprint?

The pinout is the same as all the Duos and PowerBooks that use a "stereo headphone" plug. Tip - serial data for intelligent PSU, n.c. for other PSUs Click to expand... On the D…

Basically, ANYTHING in the way of a PowerBook AC/Adapter connector manufactured after the Duos will work with the single exception of the idiotic choice Apple made for the 5300's p…

A 6.5mm stereo headphone jack will fit, but won't line up with the internal contacts. To correct this, I have heard that all you need is a small rubber grommet around the base of …

The pinout is the same as all the Duos and PowerBooks that use a "stereo headphone" plug. Tip - serial data for intelligent PSU, n.c. for other PSUs Ring - Common negative Sleev…

I was messing around with TvPad on my Newton the other day and thought, "Hey, how cool would it be if someone were to write a Newton app that controlled Front Row on the Mac!?" Th…

No, telnet is spawned by inetd. We are talking purely serial, so you would be coming into the machine using "getty". Click to expand... Just as an aside, well... I was fuzing w…

For me the idea is not necessarily getting the BBS experience ... [snip] For me, it's about expanding the functionality of a 128K (and bragging rights). Obviously the technology ex…

If you can figure out the serial connection to OS X part the you could just sign up for a RetroNET account (type "telnet retro-net.org" at the prompt), that will give you access to…