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[mikemooremedia]

Listener calls invited today on any topic.

[stradarecords]

COFLO & LEE WILSON / RAINBOWS : LOCAL TALK(12") Ocha Recordsを主宰しているプロデューサーCoFloが男性ヴォーカリストLee Wilsonをフィーチャーした作品をリリース！パーカッシヴでノリの良いヴォーカル・ハウスで、途中に入ってくる生々しいパーカッションのブレイクも◎な淡々としたディープなヴァージョンBackside Mixもグッド！ #CoFlo#LOCALTALK#deephouse#house#12inch#vinyl#record#stradarecords#dj#vinyljunkies#kobe#motomachi#strada#recordshop#recordstore#神戸レコード#元町レコード#レコード店#レコード#アナログ https://www.stradarecords.com/shop/item/28285/index.php (at Strada Records) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoLuGZeBqH0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[techav]

The Amputated Franken-Plus

Last year I revived an old Mac Plus that had been destructively robbed for parts over the years. I added sockets for the chips that had been removed, gave it a new power supply, added my SE-VGA card for video, and bodged a few broken traces. But there still remained the most heinously destructive part removal that had been committed against this poor board ...

Long before I had mastery of a soldering iron, and lacking the proper tools for desoldering components successfully, I had a project where I needed n 8-pin mini DIN connector. I had this non-functional Mac Plus board gathering dust so I decided to remove one of its connectors. With a knife. By cutting the board around the connector.

I was young ...

Obviously, there's no repairing that. The board has a permanent chunk removed from it.

However, I find myself wanting to be able to use those serial ports now that I have the rest of the board running. There are lots of fun things to use them for, like LocalTalk networking, printers, zTerm, etc.

So I set out to build a breakout board to add the connectors for these serial ports back to the board. I started by digging up datasheets for the RS-422 & RS-232 transceivers Apple used, as well as schematics for the Plus and similar era Macs so I could trace out how the connectors were originally wired. It turns out all of the signals for both ports are routed to some RC filters in a straight line at the back of the board. This made it fairly easy to solder a ribbon cable to the filter pins on the back side of the board.

I've come to like ribbon cables; they're easy to work with. I can just crimp an IDC connector on one end and attach them to some pin headers. The breakout board itself is just some generic protoboard, and has said pin headers and two female 8-pin mini-DIN connectors.

It's not ideal. The ribbon cable wires are fragile and cold easily be pulled off the motherboard. But hopefully this will restore the last lost functionally for this poor tortured Mac Plus motherboard.

I plan to include the Franken-Plus in my exhibit for VCF Southwest in Richardson, Texas this weekend (23-25 June 2023). If you're in the area, definitely stop by; it's shaping up to be a great show.

[adafruit]

The eMate 300

The eMate 300 📟, a personal digital assistant made by Apple 🍎, was a low-cost laptop specifically for the education sector. Launched on March 7, 1997, and discontinued in 1998, it was the only Newton device with a built-in keyboard ⌨️. It had a 6.8" grayscale display, stylus pen 🖊️, infrared port, and Macintosh serial/LocalTalk ports, and was powered by rechargeable batteries that lasted up to 28 hours 🔋. Although less advanced and memory-equipped than its contemporary, the MessagePad 2000, the eMate 300 was faster than the previous MessagePad 130. 🚀

[hackernewsrobot]

Browsing like it's 1994: Integrating a Mac SE, ImageWriter II into a modern LAN

https://connor.zip/posts/2023-08-04-localtalk-ethernet

[jampi-tecnoretro]

No logro identificar si es una 128k una 512k o una Plus. Uno de mis primeros trabajos como técnico en electrónica en esos tiempos consistía en reparar este tipo de equipos. A principios de los años 90s del siglo pasado se les conocía como Macintosh y no Mac.

Con un concepto muy innovador estos computadores eran un <All in one> que tenía incorporado su pequeñó monitor en tonos de grises, los Macintosh Plus tenían un disco de 20Mb. A diferencia de los 128 y 512 que solo operaban con diskette de 3 1/4.

En aquellos tiempos trabajaba en el periódico La Nación y toda su área de revistas (Tambor, Rumbo, Perfil y Triunfo) operaban con estas maquinitas la cuáles yo instalaba y reparaba a nivel electrónico tanto su tarjeta Análoga que suplía la parte de vídeo como la mother board.

Aún recuerdo la red localtalk con cableado telefónico y sus terminadores ,todo un dolor de cabeza,las configuraciones DaisyChain con sus conectores PhoneNet, las conexiones de Dispositivos SCSI y todo ese mundillo que rodeaba a estos computadores de antaño.

Para el Diseño y Producción gráfica se utilizaban equipos de una gama más alta.

[posttexasstressdisorder]

This was a page I put together when I was playing with all the little Macs, ca. ‘98.  Click at the top for the page.  Besides the hard drive (Strider) I’ve got the hard disks of several other Macs on the desktop of my SE/30 here. 

I could just drag and drop files between drives on different Macs, all via TELEPHONE WIRE (4-wire) plugged into a LocalTalk connector, from Mac To Mac.  I had a stable of ‘em for awhile.  All named for Hobbits or other LOTR characters. 

And here’s the link to the “index” of all the pages I put up about “MacArchaeology”, including several articles I wrote 20-odd years ago:

http://beebstuff.net/macarchaeology/index.html

Enjoy digging around the MacArchaeological Artifacts.  I miss playin’ with them all.  They’re all long gone.

;-)

[leolyxxx]

Artwork for MLiR ”lajbans” on Local Talk

[one-track-daily]

Prequel Lefty (2017)

From the single: Freedom / Lefty (Local Talk)

[rivaswirelesssolutions]

Samsung galaxy s6 battery replacement #fastrepair #shoplocal #localtalk #dontworry #picorivera #whittier #downey #santaana #orangecounty #anaheim #sprint #verizon #tmobile #att #rws #wegotyou #samdayrepair (at Rivas Wireless)

[mikemooremedia]

((( LIVE ))) Call 336.932.1881, Annette and Mike Moore

[stradarecords]

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[yowcitystyle]

T A L K S // Join me tomorrow night, along with @erinelizabethh, @ottfoodie and @chantsy, for the next instalment of @LocalTalks - this time as an open panel discussion about the evolution and rise of the creator class (bloggers, instagrammers, and influencers) and their impact on social media. Doors open at 6:30pm at The Code Factory (100 Gloucester st). Interested in learning more: www.localtalks.ca/ottawano10 . . . #yowcitystyle #yow #ottawa #613 #fallforlocal #ottawaevents #blogger #ottawablogger #igersottawa #flatlay #flatlayoftheday #workworkworkworkwork #girlboss #bossbabe #supportyourlocalgirlgang #ottcity #canadianblogger #localtalks (at The Code Factory)

[nicolasdaruda]

Here is a peak at a new project in the works. Hand engraved signet rings! These bad boys will be coming out in small batch as each ring will be engraved individually. #signetring #handengraved #limitededition #eastvan #westend #gastown #kitsilano #vancouver #vancouverart #bcbuylocal #Daruda #ooak #etsyhandmade #ringsdaily #instajewelry #simpledesign #handcrafted #showmeyourrings #localtalks #madeincanada #macabrejewelry #mensweddingband (at Vancouver, British Columbia)

[novelsupplyco]

TA/KS | tonight's panel @fallforlocal #localtalks #YVR :Side Hustle - Pursuing Your Passion While Paying Your Bills @theaviary_ca. Awesome discussion with a bunch of rad #hustlers @xbonesjonesx @carolinejcee @lizzypearl @ponderosafest @viawesome. #imnotalone #hustlehard #hustle #passion #entrepreneurs #entrepreneur #heart #nevergiveup #network #vancouverisawesome #vancity #vancitybuzz #startup (at The Aviary)