Notices by Geekman (geekman@bitbang.social)

@misty Once we make companies liable for their LLM’s assertions and misinformation this garbage will disappear PDQ. All it takes is the will of well-informed legislators…

Oh I guess we’re doomed.

@mac84tv Haha! No wonder you wouldn't talk about that box in the stream. 😄

Inspired by @mac84tv 's recent adventures with the classic 1999 Compaq (in all its original be-stickered glory), I decided to answer the question literally no one asked: What if t-shirts advertised themselves like late-90s PCs? 🤔

https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/56059454-retro-pc-overload

#PCStickers #RetroComputing #TShirts #VintageComputers

@mac84tv "If sparks ain't flyin', then you ain't tryin'!"

If like me, you were a child of the '90s, you might remember "ReBoot" – a pioneering 3D animated kids series created by Vancouver's own Mainframe Entertainment.

These documentarians have gotten a hold of the original, uncompressed digital masters. The problem is, they're in the D-1 format.

If anyone in the #retrotech community has access to a Bosch BTS D1, or a comparable D1 player/decoder, I urge you to reach out to @ReBootReWind (on Twitter) to help preserve #ReBoot!

https://globalnews.ca/news/10194517/reboot-documentary-digital-master/

@mac84tv At this point I am assuming that I must have heard about these guys and copied them and then forgotten I had? 🤯

I was so sure that the idea came from the ATX case guide at xlr8yourmac. Either that or more people were doing this kind of stuff than I'd assumed.

https://bitbang.social/@Geekman/111037295673778510

@mac84tv It may be ugly to some, but it also has
• COMMANDING POWER
• TOMORROW'S TECHNOLOGY
• INCREDIBLE INTERNET
• DEDICATED 100MHZ SYNCGRAPHICS VIDEO MEMORY

@mac84tv Hey! I don't have a vintage PSU, so I'm using a modern ATX supply with an adapter cable (based on xlr8yourmac's well-documented solution). Voltages on the PSU all look good.

I can boot the Mac by shorting the appropriate pins on the panel header (3 power-on to 7 ground). I just need a button, but the board doesn't want be that! Measuring the continuity of the corresponding pins on the panel board, the power button has resistance when pressed – enough not to work.

Perplexing!

This is very confusing since everything I read indicates these are the correct parts. Are these boards just unreliable? Is there a repair that needs doing?

(🧵/2)

Having a painful time with the front panel situation for my G4 (AGP) motherboard. Neither of these parts work – reset and programmer buttons work as expected, however the LED and power button do not.

When I examine voltages at the motherboard header, I see 3.3v signals where expected to power the LED and power-on button.

However, when I test the board, both power buttons do not fully short, and when plugged in the voltage reads as ~2.5v.

(🧵/1)

Starting to suspect things based on what I've read online:

1) The part is very unreliable – the boards floating around may be broken ones that were replaced under warranty

2) The board is highly overwrought for some reason – voltages including the sleep throbber are controlled by the motherboard, so why on earth is there both an IC and crystal?

3) To get the default behaviour I might just have to remove components and bodge around them.

@mac84tv @applepc – Have you encountered this? (🧵/3)

@mac84tv Ah yes, the original iPhone. 🧐