Too Many Macs!
While I’ve been working on the Plus Too Macintosh replica, I’ve also collected a few real vintage Macs in the past couple of weeks. Too many, in fact, so it’s getting hard to even walk through my office due to…
Year 2011
Mac Toolbox Mysteries
I’m making slow progress on Plus Too, unraveling the mysteries of the Mac’s operation little by little. I haven’t really worked on the IWM and floppy components yet, because I’ve been consumed with chasing down other details, and trying to…
Question Mark Disk
Now I’m really getting somewhere with Plus Too: it’s the “question mark disk” screen! If you ever owned a Macintosh with no hard drive, you’ll be very familiar with this screen, because it was shown whenever the computer was turned…
Xilinx vs. Altera Tools For Hobbyists
I used to believe that Altera’s FPGA tools were much more hobbyist-friendly than the comparable Xilinx tools, and I frequently bashed the Xilinx tools whenever the topic came up. But after giving them a head-to-head comparison recently, I think I may have…
Sad Mac
I’m working with my Xilinx Spartan 3A FPGA board for the moment, and I’ve finally made some visible progress. I’ve never been so happy to see a Sad Mac! A boot failure may not seem very exciting, but I’m thrilled that…
Hardware Simplification
Today I’ve been thinking about ways to simplify the Plus Too hardware. Anything I can do to reduce the part count will make the final board easier to build, and also help with the the inevitable debugging work. The nice…
Page 6 of 13