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Very beautiful.
Absolutely beautiful artwork gifted to me by @miratigersnep.bsky.social
I really love it.
Thank you so much.
You are absolutely welcome to come by again next time you see us.
We hope you enjoy the magnet. We quite enjoyed the Trek conversation.
Your system is a lifesaver.
I will sing it praises for the rest of my days!
ALSO LAST NOTE!
If you try to resurrect one of these yourself:
#1 CHANGE THAT BATTERY IMMEDIETELY.
#2 Install Disinfectant right out the gate and USE IT
macintoshgarden.org/apps/disinfe...
Contrary to what people think, the old Macs had virus's and they are rampant through the online repositories
Oh -- Before I Forget:
FDHD means Floppy Disk High Density.
Before this model, Macs used a proprietary 400k and 800k floppy disk format.
The FDHD used a 1.44meg format and by extension allows disk sharing between it and MSDOS based computers.
As you can see.
I suck at it.
But, in the end, I finally got to start learning how to type properly using Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing on a Macintosh SE FDHD... like my wife did back thirty years ago.
It was not all sunshine and roses. There were some issues in which Noodles tested my patience with her ignoring some of the SCSI conventions.
Which is an entirely different story.
The BlueSCSI allows one to emulate a SCSI Chain.
There are other options, but I went with the one that had better documentation available before purchase. I chose the external because, "reasons."
The ADB-WOMBAT allows a user to convert USB signals to ADB signals -- which classic Mas require.
Two more things I needed were a keyboard and mouse. Which when you hear the word Vintage, you should think EXPENSIVE. So I went another route.
Meet The BlueSCSI emulator and the USB-Wombat.
bluescsi.com
www.bigmessowires.com/usb-wombat/
It was not all easy. In order to get her working properly, I needed to change out her 3.6v 1/2AA Battery, or as they are affectionately known as, "Bombs."
They have a habit of exploding in their old age and destroying old tech.
As you can see in this repeated image, the battery was intact.
She came to me with a working 20MB Hard Drive with System 6.0.5 as her operating system. The hard drive was also manufactured in 1989, so the fact that it worked... it was a miracle.
You should have seen how clean she was inside.
There was almost zero dust accumulated.
Here you see her -- I named her Noodles -- booted up showing her with System 6.0.8 (apologies about the interlaced monitor and photographs) and the astute eye will notice that she has two active SCSI Hard Drives (Noodles and Bento).
Both are 2GB in size (On a computer manufactured in 1989).
Here we see it in my office with the protective dust cover removed.
Yes, that is an @kaceyfish.bsky.social original on my office wall. That is also a huge coffee cup, and Applejack, a cute Cthulhu, a Caterpie, and a whole bunch of light novels and anime figurines.
At BLFC a friend of mine gave me an absolutely awesome gift -- at least for a person like me -- YMMV.
A Apple Macintosh SE FDHD manufactured between 03 Nov 1989 and 13 Nov 1989.
Even more so, it was in spectacular condition as it had been in their closet for years.
Pardon the office mess.
The red thing is the battery on the SE FDHD. That battery was from November of 1989 and miraculously had not exploded.
@crossbowroof.bsky.social
Be really careful of the battery. Those things can be very dangerous. If it is still intact, remove it.
If I remember correctly, it uses a 3.6v 1/2AA battery. At least that is what the SE uses.
It was a gift from VulpesRex at BLFC.
It is in spectacular condition.
Close up photo of a screen printed navy tee featuring two happy swimming otters touching noses against an aqua suggested background with fish
Sneak peek of new t-shirts!
*find
Credits slate from the Beatmania GB2 Handheld rhythm game showing the name of three producers: Motoyuki Yoshioka, Hideo Kojima, and Noriaki Okamura.
Always weird to fins Kojima out of his tree.
Well,
Fire Emblem 2003 GBA (FE7 The Blazing Blade) project that I have been working on for more than half a year is now complete.
Was it worth it?
I think so.
Did you ever think about it?
Every single day, somewhere on Earth, someone is looking up at the stars and deciding to become an astronomer, an engineer, or an astronaut. The dream of space never stops, and to me that is about as awesome as it gets.
Wonderful piece of art done for my wife and I by our friend @elfreckles.bsky.social
Totally life goals here.
Oh wow. I used to read Vampirella back in the 70s. Nice job.
I can not find easy words to say a proper thank you to the staff at MFF's Art Show for honouring Kacey's art this year. It is a truly special thing. Thank you all.
@crossbowroof.bsky.social Could you pass this on?
Yes, we were. It became part of Kacey's carry-on. It is intact and super cool.
Annnnd I also have this game on Steam, PSVita, Switch, purchased it for my wife on multiple platforms, and have two of these:
merch.ysbryd.net/products/jil...