The first Apple PowerBook with SCSI Disk Mode would have have to have been the PowerBook 160, 165, 165c, 180 or 180c - I can confirm that the PowerBook 140 and 170 definitely do no…
whereas older lappys, such as say, my 1400 have, well, a much more civilised size trackpad.
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Substitute "barely housebroken" for "civilized" and you'll . . …
68kMLAPeripheralsby Trash80toHP_MiniFri, 12 Jun 2009 - 15:50
As much as I hate inkjet printers (its ok, the plotter makes up for that ), it sounds like quite a setup. Speaking of trackballs, as much as I used to like putridpads a few ye…
This "ADB peripheral" wouldn't happen to be that Paladin keyboard would it?
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HEH! You betcha! Adapting some young whippersnapper of a PB to royalty of periphe…
68kMLAPeripheralsby Trash80toHP_MiniFri, 12 Jun 2009 - 15:01
I have heard that later Powerbooks, into the early G4 series even, used ADB internally for the trackpad. What would be involved in hooking into that, I have no idea.
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68kMLAPeripheralsby Trash80toHP_MiniFri, 12 Jun 2009 - 14:40
I have heard that later Powerbooks, into the early G4 series even, used ADB internally for the trackpad. What would be involved in hooking into that, I have no idea.
68kMLAPeripheralsby BunsenFri, 12 Jun 2009 - 13:22
Now that's service! This is almost like the old days here & on 'fritter . . .
. . . ask a question-n-have an answer posted lickety-split!
There were no Po…
68kMLAPeripheralsby Trash80toHP_MiniThu, 11 Jun 2009 - 04:19
There were no PowerBooks made that had both ADB and USB from the factory (the only Mac that can claim that honour is the Blue and White G3). However, you can add a USB CardBus card…
. . . were any ever made?
. . . or were USB cards made for a PB with ADB already on it?
I'll admit to getting lazier w/age, but I topped out on the 1400c & don't ha…
68kMLAPeripheralsby Trash80toHP_MiniThu, 11 Jun 2009 - 03:34
I leave the keys around the space bar (generally the open-apple and closed-apple keys) off until I get the space bar on. That leaves some room for fiddling the metal bar on. The ba…
68kMLAPeripheralsby Dog CowTue, 26 May 2009 - 22:26
"It depends."
Take a read here:
http://lukazi.blogspot.com/2009/04/game-controller-atari-joysticks.html
There are different ways to adapt the digital-to-analog world of Atari-to…
68kMLAGamesby david__schmidtSun, 24 May 2009 - 05:07
I just washed all of my IIe's keys. All of them went back fine except the space bar. I do not know how to put it back on. How do you do it?
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68kMLAPeripheralsby ludditeSat, 23 May 2009 - 21:39
I just found this adapter on eBay. Since Genesis controllers are compatible with Atari, this is a loophole to allow using a Genesis controller with an Apple II, right? Has anybody …
68kMLAGamesby david__schmidtSat, 23 May 2009 - 13:43
I just found this adapter on eBay. Since Genesis controllers are compatible with Atari, this is a loophole to allow using a Genesis controller with an Apple II, right? Has anybody …
I was just looking around for someone interested in a Voodoo 2 card for the Mez slot of a Bondi iMac and found these posts. I heard it was disabled with the 1.2 firmware "update." …
68kMLAPeripheralsby soopergrapeFri, 22 May 2009 - 17:56
Indeed, here is one that is for sale throughout the US: Generation NEX. I've seen it at multiple local game shops.
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Beware the Gen NEX; I believe the company…
All of the patents on the original NES have expired, worldwide. It is now 100% legal to clone an NES. The *ROMs*, however, still fall under copyright. But making a piece of hard…
but for almost $50 you're getting ripped off.
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Agreed - except that part proceeds go towards the Playpower project, which is developing educational software a…
This thing is known in other circles as a "NOAC" device, which stands for Nintendo on a Chip. It's also known as an FC Computer, or FamiClone since it's a clone of the Nintendo Fam…
I bought a similar system when I worked in China. The key selling point was indeed that it came with a bunch of pirated software - one cartridge was advertised as containing 50,000…