Posts by paulrickards@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #B21VWKvWFwRKWEx4pE by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-01-06T23:22:24Z
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Hamburger, döner, bento, kebab, meatball: aka the junk drawers.
(DIR) Post #B2Qzbe93o5fysuHYiO by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-01-01T18:13:17Z
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Getting a fake AppleTalk ImageWriter to show up in the Chooser took longer than it should have.#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #GlobalTalk
(DIR) Post #B2Qzbfm5kSUXwFYFBw by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-01-02T21:17:45Z
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So far, the fake ImageWriter is proving frustrating, likely because of my limited skill set.I can get the printer to show up reliably in the Chooser, responding to NBP LkUp requests with NBP LkUp-Reply packets. But the host never sends a PAP ATP OpenConn request and eventually times out.Admittedly, I'm missing a lot of the AppleTalk stack which might have something to do with it.I have a hardcover copy of Inside AppleTalk on the way.#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac
(DIR) Post #B2QzbgwPPaL3YXNzua by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-01-03T04:38:08Z
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Added some node startup things like ZIP GetNetInfo and NBP BrRq to announce the the printer over AppleTalk in hopes that would work but no.It can be found, but clients never reach out to make an OpenConn request.I've tried printing from emulation and netatalk pap.Hoping someone more versed in AppleTalk will see something obvious I'm missing.
(DIR) Post #B2Qzbhpi5yZgK3GA6q by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-01-05T18:40:14Z
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Still casting strange Ethernet packets into the void to mimic an ImageWriter on EtherTalk. Figured out I didn't implement AARP which is why requests didn't make it back to the printer-- whoops.We now pass netatalk's papstatus test and can pretend we have a color ribbon and sheet feeder installed if we'd like.#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac
(DIR) Post #B2QzbixBve9XnXlePQ by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-01-06T04:20:18Z
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I've tricked netatalk's pap into thinking my terrible Python script is an ImageWriter II on EtherTalk, enough so that it will reasonably send a print successfully.An actual Mac printing to it: not so much. Still some kinks somewhere.But, progress!#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac
(DIR) Post #B2QzbjuONXVYl9SvgW by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T06:08:37Z
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More progress! A Mac now happily sends ImageWriter II print data successfully to my terrible Python script.Cobbling the output together with the "iwem" PostScript ImageWriter emulator, I'm getting something that roughly resembles the original!#ImageWriterII #VintageApple #VintageMac #Pytyhon
(DIR) Post #B30wxakRWsSfrgdxXE by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-02-05T14:43:36Z
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@jonschwenn @ladyailuros I made this tray to use standard AA cells which you might find useful. https://www.printables.com/model/1485849-apple-emate-aa-battery-tray
(DIR) Post #B32YCvKFCDHvUTWUe8 by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-02-04T15:45:06Z
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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
(DIR) Post #B32YCwSmxviX1GWpbU by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-02-04T15:52:28Z
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To make a Mac, I'm using a Pi Zero 2 W, a Waveshare 2.8" DPI LCD, and the MacintoshPi image which includes Basillisk II and SheepShaver already installed, and they work without X11 running, perfect for the thin-resourced Pi Zero.https://jm.iq.pl/macintoshpi-mac-os-7-8-9-for-raspberry-pi/One thing that was missing was AppleTalk support but I solved that by installing sheep_net from these instructions. And works over WiFi!https://www.ecliptik.com/blog/2025/Live-Laugh-Localtalk-with-Basilisk-II/#VintageApple #VintageMac #RetroComputing
(DIR) Post #B32YCxWN26B0IfDCpE by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-02-05T16:35:06Z
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So sheep_net seems to work great for AppleTalk traffic but struggles with TCP/IP. It'll work for a few seconds then stop.Curiously, running tcpdump on the machine causes it work, presumably because it puts the interface into promiscuous mode. And enabling promiscuous mode manually also works.No mention of that on the project page, but that was 10 years ago.#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac https://github.com/cebix/macemu/tree/master/BasiliskII/src/Unix/Linux/NetDriver
(DIR) Post #B32YCyWlI85FQAP24e by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-02-05T19:25:44Z
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Hey maybe the #TinyMac works well enough to be a #GlobalTalk router? Certainly uses a lot less power (avg. about 400mA with screen on).#VintageApple #VintageMac #RetroComputing
(DIR) Post #B382TbokwoqCKHT0Hw by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-02-08T17:02:06Z
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More #TinyMac progress. Wired up some smol speakers to a smol audio amp.Designed and printed a volume knob in the style of the original to fit the B50K pot. Biggest issue is how to mount it inside (the amp board has no mounting holes).The amp turns out to be too noisy, I can hear WiFi and BT traffic. Also draws about 300mA even when the volume knob is switched off.I think I'll leave it out.#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac
(DIR) Post #B382Td2yNRo68f7s5Q by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-02-08T17:26:15Z
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More #TinyMac:- Swapped in a Raspberry Pi 3A+ for the Pi Zero 2 W. Slightly faster and has 5GHz WiFi which is so much better.- Mounted the LCD/Pi to the back of the front case with some hot glue.- Kept the front floppy switch as a power switch when floppy is inserted.- Installed a LX-2BUPS (2x18650 UPS) inside for power, exposed a USB-C port on the back for charging.#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac
(DIR) Post #B382TdqxNbn0dgVmzo by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-02-08T21:40:23Z
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Two tiny Macs, my converted one and an unmodified Maclock.#VintageApple #VintageMac #RetroComputing #TinyMac
(DIR) Post #B382TeqHhaqVhtClaS by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-02-08T22:30:16Z
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Obligatory flying toasters. #RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #TinyMac
(DIR) Post #B382Tk7q3krI5mSM8u by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-02-08T23:18:14Z
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The top of the Maclock includes a touch sensitive area that would turn the backlight on and off, this area marked in red. It doesn’t move, it’s just plastic.Underneath is a board that is likely difficult to remove, embedded with glue. It has two leads coming off of it. Without seeing the board, can you theorize how it works and how it could be utilized with a Raspberry Pi GPIO?#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac
(DIR) Post #B3BZDzN3UPjYhfY6qm by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-02-10T17:41:36Z
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Mac and TinyMac. #VintageApple #VintageMac #RetroComputing #TinyMac
(DIR) Post #B3BthvCpXN6lYaJiD2 by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-02-10T21:35:20Z
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@thomas_klopf Not that I know of. Just the parts to DIY.
(DIR) Post #B3GF0MfL3Y9vbW7v0q by paulrickards@mastodon.social
2026-02-12T23:10:28Z
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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