This is a hobby site mainly containing information about computers, software and games we grew up with, or wished we had growing up. Steve started this site to make it easier for him to keep track of tips and tricks he’s figured out over the years. Work / life have a habit of getting in the way of these hobbies so he often has to park what he’s working on for months at a time (hence the long breaks between posts).
At the moment you can mainly find information on how to setup old Macintosh Computers and their peripherals, but we plan to add more about Sierra games of the 80s and early 90s, old console gaming, and anything else that catches our interest.
Current Apple Macintosh Collection
- Apple IIc
- Macintosh Plus (three, two have been upgraded with the the Novy Quik30Plus Accelerator)
- Macintosh IIx
- Macintosh Color Classic
- Macintosh LC III
- Macintosh LC 475 (two, one working, one needing repair)
- Macintosh SE
Steve is the main user, and he typically uses the an LC 475 that’s been upgraded with a full 33MHz 68040 CPU with System 7.5.5, and either my SE or Macinstsh Plus with 6.0.8 (or lower):
LC 475
- SCSI ID 0, 1, 2: are being used by a SCSI2SD adapter with a 32MB card (internal SCSI)
- SCSI ID 3: NEC MultiSpin 8Xe CD-ROM reader (50 Pin High Density Connector)
- SCSI ID 4: Iomega Jaz Drive 2GB (50 Pin High Density Connector)
- SCSI ID 5: Iomega Zip Drive 100MB (25 Pin D Sub Connector)
- SCSI ID 6: Asante Desktop EN/SC SCSI to ethernet adapter, or my MacSD (all 25 Pin D Sub Connector, all terminate the chain)
- PDS Slot: Apple IIe card (I have 2)
- Apple II joystick
- Apple 5.25 or FloppyEMU
- Modem Port: a Maccessories 2-Port Switch
- MacMan Macintosh Midi Interface connected to a Windows Laptop running MUNT.
- RS-422 mini-din-8 Male (Macintosh Plus or later) to RS-232 DE-9 Female (PC) cable and USB to RS-232 for using Zterm or experimenting with Apple Remote Access
- Printer Port: LocalTalk network connection to my other Macintosh Systems
- ADB port
- Big Mess o’ Wires ADB to USB adapter called the Wombat
- USB KMV so I can use my USB Keyboard and Mouse and LCD monitor (VGA port) to save desk space.
SE or Plus
- SCSI ID 1: Mirror Technologies 20 MB HD (50 Pin Centronix Connector)
- SCSI ID 2: Apple CD SC (50 Pin Centronix Connector)
- SCSI ID 3: DynaFile 360k floppy (50 Pin Centronix Connector)
- SCSI ID 6: my MacSD (25 Pin D Sub Connector)
- Modem Port:
- RS-422 mini-din-8 Male (Macintosh Plus or later) to RS-232 DE-9 Female (PC) cable and USB to RS-232 for using Zterm or experimenting with Apple Remote Access
- MacRecorder by Farallon Computing (typically not connected, since the 475 has a mic port)
- Printer Port: LocalTalk network connection to my other Macintosh Systems
- Mac Plus Keyboard (with Number Pad) and mouse
- SE ADB Keyboard and mouse
Current Sierra Collection
To do.