Picking up this project from two years ago, I finally printed a bezel and key set for my PocketCHIP. I printed it with Polar Retro Platinum and used waterslide decals for the key tops and badge with Univers 57 font.
 
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
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Picking up this project from two years ago, I finally printed a bezel and key set for my PocketCHIP. I printed it with Polar Retro Platinum and used waterslide decals for the key tops and badge with Univers 57 font.
 
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                        New blog post: Macintosh Emulation and Printing using Mini VMac on a PocketCHIP
In this post I go over how I got Mini VMac compiled on the PocketCHIP with LocalTalk options enabled. I also go over how I printed to a real ImageWriter II as well as browsed the web with Netscape 2.0!
https://biosrhythm.com/?p=2688
Thanks in advance for a boost!
#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #PocketCHIP #LiveLaughLocalTalk #MiniVMac #PocketCHIP #Emulation
 
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                        Minesweeper because solitaire didn’t place the cards right (probably because of the weird screen size?)
#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #PocketCHIP #MiniVMac #SoftPC #Windows31
Picking up this project from two years ago, I finally printed a bezel and key set for my PocketCHIP. I printed it with Polar Retro Platinum and used waterslide decals for the key tops and badge with Univers 57 font.
 
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                        sometimes life presents you with a choice: you can spend a sunday in the comforts of home, or you can drive 4 hours to rescue 40 issues of Wired mag from hitting the recycle bin
the seller planned to toss these the next morning if someone didn’t pick them up. these 42 issues span 2000 to 2004 - fairly fascinating time in big tech, during and after the dotcom crash.
when he handed over the magazines he noticed I was smiling. he asked what I was planning to do with them.
“Read them!”
I handed him $20 and he looked genuinely sad, like he had just sold a six year old a bag of magic beans.
 
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                        sometimes life presents you with a choice: you can spend a sunday in the comforts of home, or you can drive 4 hours to rescue 40 issues of Wired mag from hitting the recycle bin
the seller planned to toss these the next morning if someone didn’t pick them up. these 42 issues span 2000 to 2004 - fairly fascinating time in big tech, during and after the dotcom crash.
when he handed over the magazines he noticed I was smiling. he asked what I was planning to do with them.
“Read them!”
I handed him $20 and he looked genuinely sad, like he had just sold a six year old a bag of magic beans.
 
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                        I finally have a AA battery tray for my MessagePad 2100! I was able to remix an existing 3D model so it worked with some AA battery springs I already had.
The model is pretty tricky to print and took several tries to get right. It's not perfect but it's working.
https://www.printables.com/model/1368333-apple-newton-messagepad-20002100-aa-battery-tray
#Newton#MesagePad#VintageApple#VintageMac#RetroComputing#3DPrinting
I finally have a AA battery tray for my MessagePad 2100! I was able to remix an existing 3D model so it worked with some AA battery springs I already had.
The model is pretty tricky to print and took several tries to get right. It's not perfect but it's working.
https://www.printables.com/model/1368333-apple-newton-messagepad-20002100-aa-battery-tray
#Newton#MesagePad#VintageApple#VintageMac#RetroComputing#3DPrinting
New addition of old: The Apple Scanner, the original monochrome SCSI scanner from 1988 in all of its Snow White glory.
Is there a place where vintage Mac 3D printable parts are collected in one place?
For Follow Friday, I'm going to go Mac/retrocomputing, advising you to follow a few interesting peeps:
 @BasicAppleGuy: going through a series of macOS icon history right now…
 @billgoats: king of GlobalTalk, Marcintosh, and barbed-wired networking (seriously!)
 @paulrickards: looking at Vintage Apple stuff, including an original Apple Scanner (the one before the OneScanner series!).
#FollowFriday#Marcintosh#GlobalTalk#VintageApple#RetroComputing
So, now I'm searching for the software for this Apple/Abaton 300/GS scanner. I found the Everex (they bought Abaton) site had the software available in 1996 but it's not been archived.
Anyone have this or are able to find it elsewhere?
Thanks for a boost!
So, now I'm searching for the software for this Apple/Abaton 300/GS scanner. I found the Everex (they bought Abaton) site had the software available in 1996 but it's not been archived.
Anyone have this or are able to find it elsewhere?
Thanks for a boost!
Hmmm.. this sticker on the front is a clue. After some searching, I found this ad in MacWorld Oct 1989 special issue.
Abaton would sell you an upgrade (new motherboard?) of your original Apple Scanner to convert it from 4-bit to an 8-bit scanner! Wild!
 
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                        Curiously, the AppleScan software doesn't find it. And even more curious, the scanner shows itself as a "Abaton Scan 300/GS" in SCSIProbe. Not sure, but I expected it to say "Apple" as the vendor!
It suffered some damage on the way here, unfortunately. The lid hinge cracked and the front corners took some abuse.
Still, it has the classic Snow White design language like its other siblings like the ImageWriter II, ImageWriter LQ, and LaserWriter II that I just love.
Remember the green lamp it used? Happy this one still works as it seems those lamps are not made anymore.
New addition of old: The Apple Scanner, the original monochrome SCSI scanner from 1988 in all of its Snow White glory.
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