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Hardware Mac OS Vintage Computing 

Dove Fastnet Ethernet card for Macintosh SE

March 23, 2018August 30, 2019 ToughDev 3 Comments dove fastnet, macintosh se

In order to get my Macintosh SE connected to the network via Ethernet, I bough a cheap Dove Fastnet Ethernet

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Hardware Vintage Computing 

Creative Sound Blaster 16 WavEffects (CT4170) on a 80386

July 12, 2017November 5, 2017 ToughDev 0 Comment 80386, creative, ms dos

I found a Creative Sound Blaster 16 WavEffects (CT4170) ISA sound card and installed it in my 80386 in order to play old

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Hardware Software Development Vintage Computing 

Setting up 3COM Etherlink 16 ISA network card

June 15, 2017November 11, 2017 ToughDev 0 Comment 3c503, 80386, ms dos, packet driver

With some free time during the weekend and being a bit nostalgic, I pulled out a bunch of old ISA

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Hardware Vintage Computing 

Replacing the power supply in the Macintosh SE

May 4, 2017November 5, 2017 ToughDev 0 Comment macintosh, power supply, repair

I was using my vintage Macintosh SE when it finally died – there was a loud bang followed by columns of

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Hardware Vintage Computing 

Changing the language on a Psion Series 5 PDA

April 4, 2017November 5, 2017 ToughDev 0 Comment german, language, pda, psion, rom

I finally managed to locate my long-forgotten Psion Series 5 from my store room today. However, to my disappointment, the LCD

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Mac OS Reverse-engineer Vintage Computing 

Exploring Retro68 GCC-based SDK for 68K Macintosh computers

March 11, 2017June 14, 2019 ToughDev 12 Comments 68k, gcc, mac os, macintosh, retro68

UPDATE: The 68k development environment with Retro68 together with CodeLite and pce/macplus emulator running on Ubuntu is now ready for

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Hardware Reverse-engineer Vintage Computing 

Repairing a vintage Macintosh SE/30

January 12, 2017March 28, 2017 ToughDev 7 Comments 68k, macintosh se/30, recap, scsi2sd

The Macintosh SE/30 is probably the most wanted Compact Macintosh computer due to its various upgrade options, especially the ability to support

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Mac OS Vintage Computing 

System 6.0.8 on a vintage Macintosh SE with 4MB RAM

December 26, 2016September 8, 2019 ToughDev 7 Comments 68k, mac os, macintosh se, raspberry pi, scsi2sd

Last week I found a vintage Macintosh SE that had long been hidden inside the store room of my apartment. The machine could not

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Mac OS Vintage Computing 

PCE/macplus, the ultimate 68K Macintosh emulator

November 25, 2016June 14, 2019 ToughDev 3 Comments 68k, emulator, mac os, pce/macplus

UPDATE: Retro68 together with CodeLite and pce/macplus emulator can form a very good 68k development environment. See my latest post for more

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Hardware Vintage Computing 

HD9800 GBS8200 CGA EGA YUV to VGA Converter Module

July 16, 2016January 17, 2017 ToughDev 4 Comments 15kHz, amiga, atari, cga, commodore, converter, VGA

In an attempt to display the Amiga 500 15kHz VGA output signal nicely on a my LCD monitor, I bought

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Hardware Vintage Computing 

Brother Super PowerNote PN-8500MDSe vintage word processor

June 12, 2016August 26, 2018 ToughDev 9 Comments brother, ms dos, word processor, z80

In my recent eBay adventure I purchased a Brother Super PowerNote PN-8500MDSe vintage word processor from a local seller. The machine is

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