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Beve Stuscemi posted:Illuminati pyramid clock sucked me off?!?!? 
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Jun 3, 2023 23:39
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Trabant posted:If you do watch it, I'm happy to take suggestions on what I can do better. This is my second ever upload so I'm very much looking to improve. Other than that, stellar. Happily watched the whole thing and will do so again if more is forthcoming.
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Jun 4, 2023 00:37
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Thanks for the kind words and the feedback! I do have a function in Da Vinci Resolve which does exactly what you described. Maybe I should play with the settings there, see how quick it is to react to the voiceover track kicking in as it suppresses the music track.
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Jun 4, 2023 08:45
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:SE30s are fantastic pieces of hardware. Get one of the expansion video cards for it and chain it to one of the Apple Color CRTs. Beve Stuscemi posted:Congrats! The SE/30’s are, in my mind, some of the best macs ever made. I’ve had one since like 2002 that I just can’t let go of.  I was at a vintage meet up at a swap meet today. Took along the SE and Atari 1040STE. Both worked fine, no issues or magic smoke. I did manage to sell the PowerMac G4 and floppy drive without having to knock down the prices. The PII CPU/motherboard/RAM didn't sell.  I gave the case of the SE a clean down yesterday with Windex Surface and Glass and a non marking scourer and a tooth brush. It got rid of the nasty marks off it and made it look 100 times better.
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Jun 4, 2023 10:42
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As I've mentioned in this thread before, i work in e-recycling. Most of what we get in is very boring stuff from companies, like dell and HP corporate laptops, servers, routers, stuff like that. Every once in a while though, we get some interesting stuff. Todays Interesting Stuff: The remnants of a closed down print shop   I'm definitely putting OS9 on that MDD G4
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Jun 8, 2023 18:50
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Beve Stuscemi posted:As I've mentioned in this thread before, i work in e-recycling. Most of what we get in is very boring stuff from companies, like dell and HP corporate laptops, servers, routers, stuff like that. I wonder how a G4 would do running Linux nowadays. I did it back around 2009, and the main problem was that Flash didn't work so a lot of websites were crippled. Now Flash is dead I wonder if running Linux on them is more viable. Not that there's a lot of PPC distro spins, but I'm pretty sure OpenSUSE still has one, and probably others.
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Jun 8, 2023 21:45
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Welp, the MDD has a dead power supply. Replacements are pretty expensive. Are there any good guides to repairing them? The imac and the quicksilver both work fine
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Jun 8, 2023 22:15
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I wonder how a G4 would do running Linux nowadays. I did it back around 2009, and the main problem was that Flash didn't work so a lot of websites were crippled. Now Flash is dead I wonder if running Linux on them is more viable. Not that there's a lot of PPC distro spins, but I'm pretty sure OpenSUSE still has one, and probably others. SUSE runs fantastically well. I had an old G3 Bronze laptop running SUSE 7.0 and did a ton of work with it.
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Jun 8, 2023 22:23
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Also included in this lot is an ancient Win 98 PC that wont boot into windows in anything but safe mode, and this may explain it   RADIUM!!! 
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Jun 8, 2023 22:27
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I wonder how a G4 would do running Linux nowadays. I did it back around 2009, and the main problem was that Flash didn't work so a lot of websites were crippled. Now Flash is dead I wonder if running Linux on them is more viable. Not that there's a lot of PPC distro spins, but I'm pretty sure OpenSUSE still has one, and probably others. Probably fine so long as it's crammed with as much memory as possible and you don't want to use a web browser on any vaguely modern websites, as everything uses vast amounts of RAM. I try not to use anything like the "modern" web on anything old I use for this very reason, but most other software is OK on older boxes. legooolas has a new favorite as of 22:35 on Jun 8, 2023 |
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Jun 8, 2023 22:30
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Jun 8, 2023 22:55
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Beve Stuscemi posted:Welp, the MDD has a dead power supply. Replacements are pretty expensive. Are there any good guides to repairing them? Oof, nevermind the repair, I pulled the power supply, replaced the blown fuse in it and promptly blew the next fuse I put in. The power supply is hosed somewhere and I dont feel like burning my office down figuring it out. I might convert over an ATX power supply for it. Thank you for reading my livejournal, please join my webring
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Jun 8, 2023 23:14
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Step one: replace all the capacitors. One might have failed short.
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Jun 8, 2023 23:42
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Beve Stuscemi posted:Also included in this lot is an ancient Win 98 PC that wont boot into windows in anything but safe mode, and this may explain it You just need to add the load-bearing slurs back to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and you can reboot out of Safe Mode.
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Jun 9, 2023 00:01
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an actual frog posted:I'm the Good gangtag that.
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Jun 9, 2023 00:19
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Cojawfee posted:Step one: replace all the capacitors. One might have failed short. I think I’m going to convert an ATX power supply first, just so I can ensure the machine will actually power on and function. It’s still not out of the question that it has multiple issues. We have a ton of power supplies knocking around. If it works then I’ll maybe order all the caps and recap it.
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Jun 9, 2023 01:09
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I wonder how a G4 would do running Linux nowadays. I did it back around 2009, and the main problem was that Flash didn't work so a lot of websites were crippled. Now Flash is dead I wonder if running Linux on them is more viable. Not that there's a lot of PPC distro spins, but I'm pretty sure OpenSUSE still has one, and probably others. As long as you don't surf the web much, it's fine. my Dual G5 is up to date with Suse and the latest G5 Firefox build, but, in reality, is about as good as a 2 Ghz Core 2 duo surfing the web. I am just to used to things rendering in less than 3 seconds and 10s of tabs open at the same time.
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Jun 9, 2023 04:46
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Toupee Groupie posted:As long as you don't surf the web much, it's fine. my Dual G5 is up to date with Suse and the latest G5 Firefox build, but, in reality, is about as good as a 2 Ghz Core 2 duo surfing the web. I am just to used to things rendering in less than 3 seconds and 10s of tabs open at the same time. I ran a dual-CPU G4 for a while - I might do it again just for nostalgia's sake. Around the same time I was experimenting with Linux on G4 Macs I also got an old Toshiba laptop with a blazing 350mhz PII up and running Puppy Linux with a wireless PCMCIA card. The worst part wasn't how slow pages loaded, the worst part was having to scroll around because of the 640x480 screen resolution.
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Jun 9, 2023 04:56
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Beve Stuscemi posted:I think I’m going to convert an ATX power supply first, just so I can ensure the machine will actually power on and function. It’s still not out of the question that it has multiple issues. i think you can re-pin an ATX supply to work, as long as you don't use ADC
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Jun 9, 2023 07:04
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Beve Stuscemi posted:I think I’m going to convert an ATX power supply first, just so I can ensure the machine will actually power on and function. It’s still not out of the question that it has multiple issues. This site will help you with the re-pinning of the ATX connector: http://atxg4.com/mdd.html I've read the micro-ATX power supplies are the best fit in the MDD.
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Jun 9, 2023 09:35
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I have a MDD and some other G4 in storage that I haven’t turned on in years. Anything I should do or look out for so I don’t let the magic smoke out of them trying to power them up?
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Jun 9, 2023 22:49
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Kupo! posted:I have a MDD and some other G4 in storage that I haven’t turned on in years. Anything I should do or look out for so I don’t let the magic smoke out of them trying to power them up? Check the PRAM battery, make sure it isn't leaking. Other than that, they should be fine
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Jun 10, 2023 01:09
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN_XeVSKqSY
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Jun 10, 2023 11:54
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All that build up and fizzled out IMO
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Jun 10, 2023 16:02
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Beve Stuscemi posted:I think I’m going to convert an ATX power supply first, just so I can ensure the machine will actually power on and function. It’s still not out of the question that it has multiple issues. Well, I did this, and the machine works great! Even though the power supply is a little under-specced compared to the original, it all seems to work fine.  So now, its time to fulfil its destiny as the best machine to ever run OS9 
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Jun 12, 2023 00:11
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I should get mine up and running again.. I have it loaded with that Instant DAW image from os9lives 
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Jun 12, 2023 06:10
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I would like to posit the following: Dot matrix printers are the last good printers we, as a species have ever made, and are actually cool.  The sound is something else, and really takes me back
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Jun 13, 2023 15:11
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Laser, dye sublimation, ink jet etc. don't work with copying paper and have thus made printing and, more importantly, signing waybills absolutely miserable. E: if I could find a sheet-feeder for mine, I'd use it for all my printing needs. It works work anything that has a Centronics port, and I even have a network box for it.
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Jun 13, 2023 15:21
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dot matrix printers rule and I will be sad when the last auto parts store gets rid of theirs.
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Jun 14, 2023 03:45
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I’ve got a working 1984 IBM PC XT with manuals and a 20? 10? MB hard drive. Original hardware. Want it gone but maybe I can make a few bucks off of it
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Jun 15, 2023 07:48
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$150-$300 depending on condition I would guess.
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Jun 15, 2023 07:52
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Kinda wish I was in a position to take it off you, make sure it goes to a good home.
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Jun 15, 2023 07:54
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By popular demand posted:Kinda wish I was in a position to take it off you, make sure it goes to a good home. It’s a big heavy beast. Dad gave it to me when he was selling his house Amazingly my 5 1/4 game floppies still read and load. Wizardry loaded and my saved game from 1986 or whatever worked. My Wordstar high school papers loaded. Would be a shame to just toss it as e-waste Not concerned about getting $ from it
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Jun 15, 2023 08:01
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So tempting, I had an XT clone as my first computer from 1985 until 1991. It took forever to check its 640kb RAM on boot. My best games were Tetris, Rampage, Spacewar and Sopwith Camel. Care to share some pictures and video?
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Jun 15, 2023 08:32
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I’d throw my hat in the ring too if it weren’t for the fact I’m probably on the other side of the world
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Jun 15, 2023 08:35
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It's a really iconic computer if it has the original IBM monitor as well, especially the color monitor. It won't be hard to find it a home.
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We got our first computer between 87-89 second hand, the very first thing dad did was install a variable resistor ghetto modder style so I could lower the pc beeper volume and not interrupt everyone. Mang, Flightmare and Below The Root were awesome games.
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Jun 15, 2023 08:38
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Cat Hassler posted:Amazingly my 5 1/4 game floppies still read and load. Wizardry loaded and my saved game from 1986 or whatever worked. My Wordstar high school papers loaded. That so cool that you have those old disks still. I have nothing original left, because every time we got a new computer we had to sell the previous. One youtuber I follow had a Bard's Tale III save game from his childhood and he did a video where he continued his game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyeXml3d3hU
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My latest tech relic is a generic 286 that was apparently built by chucking the cheapest 286 motherboard they could find into a generic desktop case, installing a CGA compatible card and calling it a day. Somehow I have way more fun dicking around with commodity PC hardware than any of my other retro systems.
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