kalleboo's retro tech blog

Resources

Downloads are hosted on a site that doesn't require HTTPS or even a HTTP/1.1 Host header (so they work fine in Netscape 1.1 on a PowerBook 145b)

• Links: Web links to browse on old Macs
• Mirror: Info-Mac Archive
• Mirror: download.info.apple.com - Apple's Classic MacOS System update and driver downloads
• Downloads: Disks I have ripped
• Downloads: Files I had a hard time finding or need often

Topics

Links in bold are on their own page (as opposed to anchors on the same page)

• The Newton "Getting Started" card and "CalliGrapher" game
• Newton MessagePad 120
• Macintosh IIcx
• PowerBook 540c
  • Buying it & First Boot
  • Initial setup: Using Target Disk Mode, a SCSI CD-ROM and Built-in Ethernet
  • Upgrading: SD PowerMonster SCSI2SD
  • New PRAM/Backup battery
  • Display issue & repair
  • PowerBook PCMCIA Expansion Module Rev. C
  • USB-C power cord hack
• PowerBook 145B
  • Buying it & First Boot
  • Getting data in and out / SCSI bootstrap
  • Power brick
  • Networking with an Asante Micro EN/SC
  • Going online with System 7.1, a 25 MHz 030 and 8 MB of RAM
  • Display contrast issue (Replacing the capacitors (re-capping) in a PowerBook 145B display)
  • Dead display section issue
• PowerBook G3 Series (Bronze Keyboard)
  • Buying it
  • PRAM battery rebuild
  • PATA SSD upgrade
  • Battery replacement
  • The Quest to install MacOS X
  • My screen broke - Pismo hinge swap
  • RAM upgrade
  • Optical drive upgrade
  • The wonderful world of PCMCIA
  • The quest for WiFi
  • Bluetooth and tethering a 1999 PowerBook G3 to an iPhone XS
  • Weight saver
• PowerMac G4 QuickSilver
  • Buying it
  • Installation
  • Airport
• PowerMac 8500
  • Buying it
  • The state of it, cleaning & retrobrite
  • Getting an OS on there, SCSI2SD, and the current state of death
• Peripherals
  • SCSI Peripherals
  • ADB Peripherals
  • PCMCIA Peripherals
  • Serial Peripherals
  • USB Peripherals
  • Other Peripherals
  • Printers (TODO)
• Misc
  • Shopping retro-tech in Japan, or: HARD OFF - my tech junk mecha
  • 90's PowerBook Display Plague
• The Making Of this web site

Last updated: 2023.2.22 22:40