Notices by paulrickards (paulrickards@mastodon.social)

@NanoRaptor Thanks! Got it on the #TinyMac 😍

#MARCHintosh #RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac

A while back I bought two of those Maclocks with the intention of modding one into a tiny Mac. After seeing the success of @WiteWulf I decided to give it a go.

Opening the case is definitely the hardest part. Gary said to use guitar picks to start, so I began on the bottom and opened a gap to get a stronger metal spudger inside to lift up the rear case to release the six clips (circled in third pic) from the front. We're inside!

#VintageApple #VintageMac #RetroComputing #Maclock

That time I stacked 10 classic Macs and ran After Dark to see Flying Toasters wide screen.

Maybe I should do something like that again for #MARCHintosh.

#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac

Composition with floppies, using two different kind of fills: cross hatching and BenDay dots.

CMYK on 11”x15” watercolor paper using a vintage HP 7585B pen plotter generated and controlled with Python.

Available in my shop: https://shop.paulrickards.com/floppy/

#MastoArt #Art #ArtForSale #Artist #ArtForSaleByArtist #PenPlotterArt #PenPlot #NoAI #PlotterTwitter #GenerativeArt #CreativeCoding #PenPlotter #Floppies #FloppyDisk

Hamburger, döner, bento, kebab, meatball: aka the junk drawers.

@thomasfuchs Wonder how much my Commodore branded ones would fetch lol

Don’t forget to play Dark Castle today to see the tree in the foyer 🎄

#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #Typeframe

Staying warm in front of the 1-bit glow of the Lisa and the Yule log with MacFLIM.

#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #AppleLisaClone #AppleLisa

I added an internal speaker (from an old iPad) and headphone jack to my Typeframe. Since I used a Pi 5 with no on-board analog audio, I used a USB audio dongle.

I was delighted to learn of the simplicity of switching 3.5mm headphone jacks. They have 5 poles instead of 3. The audio source and internal speaker are wired to the headphone jack pins. They're normally closed and the internal speaker works. Plug in headphones, it switches. So simple!

#Typeframe #RaspberryPi #WriterDeck #CyberDeck

Writing zen, where the only distractions are Flying Toasters when you're idle 😉

Word 5.1a isn't too bad at 640x200 resolution. The UI is unobtrusive, crisp and legible, and big enough to touch.

#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac

I also cobbled together a systray icon for the battery status using Python. It retrieves the battery info from the Power Management Hat over serial and updates the systray icon as needed. The tooltip shown appears when you mouse over or tap the battery icon.

#Typeframe #CyberDeck #WriterDeck

A 3D printed flat Mac by JCS (Joshua Stein, maker of Wikipedia and Subtext BBS for System 6 and the BlueSCSI WiFi DA).

https://jcs.org/notes/2025/12/18/3macbcrnbls2y

There's also a video of it with a M0100 mouse:

https://jcs.org/notes/2025/12/18/3macax7xops2y

Pretty awesome! Is it a new top cover for the keyboard that holds an iPad with some USB adapters? Something else?

#RetroComputing ##VintageApple #VintageMac

Yep, it runs MacOS 7.5 really wide 🙃

#typeframe #RetroComputing #cyberdeck #writerdeck #FlyingToasters #VintageApple #VintageMac

Some more shots of the Typeframe.

#typeframe #cyberdeck #writerdeck

The Typeframe is modeled after the Epson PX-4 and looks like a twin. The 7.9" LCD is also a touchscreen. I chose a Raspberry Pi 5 and an inexpensive ready-made keyboard. It's all powered by a 10 Ah battery and charges with USB-C. And lots of 3D printing and cable management.

More info. to build your own: https://www.typeframe.net/

#typeframe #cyberdeck #writerdeck

Ever since I saw the Typeframe (a DIY writerdeck or cyberdeck), I wanted to build one. And so I did! I tweaked the design here and there to fit what I had on hand and my tastes. Here's the result. I'm pleased with how it turned out.

#typeframe #cyberdeck #writerdeck

Current level of yak shaving: need to use the old Apple Scanner to scan the bottom of a keyboard so I can create the proper standoffs in Fusion because the new scanner makes things blurry if they’re not flat on the glass but the scanner isn’t working now for some reason and now the drivers have locked up my old Mac that I’d use to scan with and what else will go wrong.

#RetroComputing

10 years ago I modded a Commodore SX-64 into a dual drive DX-64.

https://biosrhythm.com/?p=1249

#RetroComputing #C64

This was prompted because there’s one on eBay right now (not mine). The seller thinks it’s a prototype but I have doubts.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/317586236393

#RetroComputing #C64

Designed and printed a 4 x AA NiMH battery tray for the Apple eMate. This lets me change the batteries out quickly because they're not soldered, welded, or wrapped together. The bottom of the tray is open so you can push the batteries out easily. The fit should be snug.

Model available here: https://www.printables.com/model/1485849-apple-emate-aa-battery-tray

#VintageApple #VintageMac #RetroComputing #3DPrinting #AppleNewton #eMate