Mark @ Millennium Macs
@millenniummacs.bsky.social
All things Apple Mac from the Millennium era. We cover that golden time from 1997 to 2010 when some of Apple’s best and most radical designs were born. We occasionally cover earlier and later stuff too.
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Are you ready for #PicoIDE? It seems to be telling me it's ready. Coming soon: ATAPI optical disc emulation and IDE hard drive emulation. picoide.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Are you ready for #PicoIDE? It seems to be telling me it's ready. Coming soon: ATAPI optical disc emulation and IDE hard drive emulation. picoide.com
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Normally this is where one might tell us “retreat into your hobbies”, but even that is political now just due to how our hobbies are being burnt to the ground by tariffs.
It’s so fucking exhausting.
It’s so fucking exhausting.
October 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Normally this is where one might tell us “retreat into your hobbies”, but even that is political now just due to how our hobbies are being burnt to the ground by tariffs.
It’s so fucking exhausting.
It’s so fucking exhausting.
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You have no concept of how tired I am of being political.
By Internet standards, I'm an Old. A greybeard. I remember acoustic coupler modems and Windows 3.1 being in stores.
I just want to play with old computers and write code.
By Internet standards, I'm an Old. A greybeard. I remember acoustic coupler modems and Windows 3.1 being in stores.
I just want to play with old computers and write code.
October 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
You have no concept of how tired I am of being political.
By Internet standards, I'm an Old. A greybeard. I remember acoustic coupler modems and Windows 3.1 being in stores.
I just want to play with old computers and write code.
By Internet standards, I'm an Old. A greybeard. I remember acoustic coupler modems and Windows 3.1 being in stores.
I just want to play with old computers and write code.
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BlueSCSI: Not Just for Apple
BlueSCSI: Not Just for Apple
Hackaday Article
hackaday.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:03 AM
BlueSCSI: Not Just for Apple
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October 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Many thanks to @mac84.bsky.social, @oldskool.org, VCF Midwest and anyone unfortunate enough to have been caught in the audience!
Got a PowerPC #Macintosh and no idea what to do with it? If so, watch this video!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=569u...
Got a PowerPC #Macintosh and no idea what to do with it? If so, watch this video!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=569u...
Getting the most out of your PowerPC Macs! | VCFMW 20 (2025)
YouTube video by VCF Midwest
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October 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Many thanks to @mac84.bsky.social, @oldskool.org, VCF Midwest and anyone unfortunate enough to have been caught in the audience!
Got a PowerPC #Macintosh and no idea what to do with it? If so, watch this video!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=569u...
Got a PowerPC #Macintosh and no idea what to do with it? If so, watch this video!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=569u...
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This Macintosh SE/30 board looked pretty clean after the ultrasonic bath. But after recapping, it gave me a simasimac. This long short shows my battle against corrosion and other nonsense with help from Rudy's Retro Intel's SE/30 Peeker board: youtube.com/shorts/7bX-M...
Simasimac dead Macintosh SE/30 repair struggle BBB vs. corrosion #vintagemacintosh
YouTube video by BigBadBench
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October 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This Macintosh SE/30 board looked pretty clean after the ultrasonic bath. But after recapping, it gave me a simasimac. This long short shows my battle against corrosion and other nonsense with help from Rudy's Retro Intel's SE/30 Peeker board: youtube.com/shorts/7bX-M...
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I've made a GitHub repository (ugh, I know) to document my findings on the SpectraGen series.
Includes scripts for doing stuff with your Spectragen, too! WOO HOO.
Be gentle: I'm not a git/github user.
Includes scripts for doing stuff with your Spectragen, too! WOO HOO.
Be gentle: I'm not a git/github user.
GitHub - jcm-1/sg3_4-reverse: Texscan MSI SpectraGen 3/4 Reverse Engineering
Texscan MSI SpectraGen 3/4 Reverse Engineering. Contribute to jcm-1/sg3_4-reverse development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I've made a GitHub repository (ugh, I know) to document my findings on the SpectraGen series.
Includes scripts for doing stuff with your Spectragen, too! WOO HOO.
Be gentle: I'm not a git/github user.
Includes scripts for doing stuff with your Spectragen, too! WOO HOO.
Be gentle: I'm not a git/github user.
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got old issues of APC magazine lying around? give them to me so I can scan them for the internet archive - I made a list of the issues currently missing, share this post and maybe we can find them and complete the set
blog.decryption.net.au/posts/apc-ca...
blog.decryption.net.au/posts/apc-ca...
Help Me Find Missing Issues of Australian Personal Computer
The Internet Archive is missing a few dozen issues of Australian Personal Computer magazine. I'm trying to find them.
blog.decryption.net.au
September 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
got old issues of APC magazine lying around? give them to me so I can scan them for the internet archive - I made a list of the issues currently missing, share this post and maybe we can find them and complete the set
blog.decryption.net.au/posts/apc-ca...
blog.decryption.net.au/posts/apc-ca...
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Sometimes it's nice to revisit old friends.
September 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Sometimes it's nice to revisit old friends.
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One of my favorite #Amiga features: being able to pull down a screen to see what’s running behind it (without missing a beat).
In this case I have a high res interlaced workbench with a non interlaced Infinity Music Player running behind it and then an interlaced Directory Opus behind that.
In this case I have a high res interlaced workbench with a non interlaced Infinity Music Player running behind it and then an interlaced Directory Opus behind that.
September 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
One of my favorite #Amiga features: being able to pull down a screen to see what’s running behind it (without missing a beat).
In this case I have a high res interlaced workbench with a non interlaced Infinity Music Player running behind it and then an interlaced Directory Opus behind that.
In this case I have a high res interlaced workbench with a non interlaced Infinity Music Player running behind it and then an interlaced Directory Opus behind that.
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Just finished a very interesting and frustrating Mac SE/30 repair. It drew half the screen properly interspersed with garbage. And the system would randomly lock up. The screen issues were caused by a bad LS393, and the random lockups were caused by the 8530 chip. #VintageMac
September 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Just finished a very interesting and frustrating Mac SE/30 repair. It drew half the screen properly interspersed with garbage. And the system would randomly lock up. The screen issues were caused by a bad LS393, and the random lockups were caused by the 8530 chip. #VintageMac
Go give this guy some love, he's been dog sick since VCF Midwest and deserves it!
VCF Midwest walkthough has been released! While relaxing trying to get over my illness, I decided to edit video youtu.be/KcctUXD7ybo
Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 2025 Walkthrough
YouTube video by THEtechknight
youtu.be
September 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Go give this guy some love, he's been dog sick since VCF Midwest and deserves it!
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I picked up a brown $5 Macintosh IIsi at #VCFMW. It had some battery and capacitor leakage / corrosion. The electronics have been through the citric acid ultrasonic bath, so let's see how things have cleaned up and if we can get it to boot. Saturday noon eastern. youtube.com/live/blxlf4I...
Trying to get my $5 #VCFMW brown Macintosh IIsi to power up
YouTube video by BigBadBench
youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I picked up a brown $5 Macintosh IIsi at #VCFMW. It had some battery and capacitor leakage / corrosion. The electronics have been through the citric acid ultrasonic bath, so let's see how things have cleaned up and if we can get it to boot. Saturday noon eastern. youtube.com/live/blxlf4I...
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A cis white man killed a cis white man and everyone in the world are catching heat for it except cis white men.
The FBI is preparing to label transgender people as “violent extremists” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...
FBI Readies New War on Trans People
“We’re looking at the entire web”
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A cis white man killed a cis white man and everyone in the world are catching heat for it except cis white men.
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Interesting to nobody: I have rev-engineered the batch-send process of the Texscan MSI CompuVID Spectragen 4B titler/chargen system and have a Python script that successfully completes a full serial communications cycle.
Why is this important?
1/3
Why is this important?
1/3
September 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Interesting to nobody: I have rev-engineered the batch-send process of the Texscan MSI CompuVID Spectragen 4B titler/chargen system and have a Python script that successfully completes a full serial communications cycle.
Why is this important?
1/3
Why is this important?
1/3
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“The FCC decided all by itself that radio and television were the only two parts of American life not protected by the free speech provisions of the first amendment to the constitution.”
George Carlin, 1988
George Carlin, 1988
September 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
“The FCC decided all by itself that radio and television were the only two parts of American life not protected by the free speech provisions of the first amendment to the constitution.”
George Carlin, 1988
George Carlin, 1988
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1) This video is great. Watch it!
2) Like, Subscribe, Bell, Hype and whatever this guy. He's awesome!
2) Like, Subscribe, Bell, Hype and whatever this guy. He's awesome!
I edited this video on a 25-year-old iMac G3
I edited this entire video on a 25-year-old iMac G3 from 2001. What started as a simple challenge turned into something much bigger - questioning what "progress" actually means and whether we've been upgrading the wrong things all along. Is tech a scam?
In this video, I take a translucent Bondi Blue
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September 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
1) This video is great. Watch it!
2) Like, Subscribe, Bell, Hype and whatever this guy. He's awesome!
2) Like, Subscribe, Bell, Hype and whatever this guy. He's awesome!
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What makes Bluesky different: it’s open source, so anyone can contribute to building the experience they want. And even if you build a whole new app, the protocol means you can migrate with your data, identity, and relationships intact.
The eternally-great thing about open source: if something doesn't exist, and the devs don't have time to work on it themselves, you can just implement it for them!
If they decide not to take it as-is, you've still helped explore the design space.
And if they don't accept it, but you need it, fork!
If they decide not to take it as-is, you've still helped explore the design space.
And if they don't accept it, but you need it, fork!
Figured out enough of the rsky-relay internals to implement this myself (reporting the data that it currently records):
September 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
What makes Bluesky different: it’s open source, so anyone can contribute to building the experience they want. And even if you build a whole new app, the protocol means you can migrate with your data, identity, and relationships intact.
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Hey you! Would you like to subscribe to my nerdy band's YouTube channel? 😅
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgmt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgmt...
Casually tracking an album at VCF Southeast
YouTube video by The Stop Bits
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Hey you! Would you like to subscribe to my nerdy band's YouTube channel? 😅
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgmt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgmt...
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📣 ⬇️
Hi! The @archive.org has many epic features like saving sites and viewing deleted pages, but it's also got some little useful functions like tracking edits, searching broadcasts and visualising topics in news items.
I visit all of them in this YouTube tutorial 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwuX...
I visit all of them in this YouTube tutorial 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwuX...
OSINT At Home #26: Top 5 Wayback Machine Hacks to Recover Pages, Prove Edits & Search TV News
YouTube video by Bendobrown
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
📣 ⬇️
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We have iMac at home
September 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
We have iMac at home
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I had a blast and got some neat stuff at #VCFMW last weekend. Let's start going through my acquisitions including a Performa 630 logic board, Centris 610 logic board, the brownest IIsi ever, and a Power Mac 9500 video editing workstation. 3:30 eastern today. youtube.com/live/pzNRG3-...
Starting to go through my #VCFMW finds including a Power Mac 9500 with Avid video stuff and $5 IIsi
YouTube video by BigBadBench
youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I had a blast and got some neat stuff at #VCFMW last weekend. Let's start going through my acquisitions including a Performa 630 logic board, Centris 610 logic board, the brownest IIsi ever, and a Power Mac 9500 video editing workstation. 3:30 eastern today. youtube.com/live/pzNRG3-...