For anyone who is an old school #Apple fanatic, check out these interviews of my good friend and colleague, Jimmy Mensch, who retired from Apple in 2023 (about 6 months before I retired).
He talks about working as an Apple Computer service technician and then starting a long and successful career at Apple working on the #AppleII #AppleIIgs #MacLC #MacOS #MacOSX Rosetta #AppleTV #iCloud, and more.
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Now that #MARCHintosh is over and my #MacLC restore and upgrade video is posted, I can take the next few weekends off…
What?! #Appril2, you say?!
I'd better get back to work!!
#VintageApple #RetroComputing #AppleII #AppleIIGS #AppleIIForever
New Video! 👇🏻
My Apple Macintosh LC III restore video has been posted, in which I:
✅ Install a #BlueSCSI w/ Classic Mac OS 7.6.1
✅ Service a floppy drive
✅ Get an Apple IIe Card working
✅ Install an FPU chip
I was trying to figure out how to correctly install a math co-processor FPU in my #VintageApple #MacLC III.
Here is a TikerDifferent.com discussion that had good photos of how to align the chip for installation.
Macintosh LC III - FPU
https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/macintosh-lc-iii-fpu.1078/
Apple Macintosh LC III Technical Specifications Sheet
https://support.apple.com/kb/SP209?locale=en_US
Happy #MARCHintosh2023! My #VintageApple #MacLC III floppy drive has been fully serviced and is working again!
Quick #MARCHintosh2023 #VintageApple #MacLC III update short.
In full swing working on my #MARCHintosh #MacLC III restoration.
Hoping to have my restore video posted by the end of the month.
My #MARCHintosh2023 project is coming a long nicely, thanks to #BlueSCSI v1!
Here's my #MacLC III booting off of a BlueSCSI using a disk image I created in #BasiliskII on my #MacStudio.
For #MARCHintosh2023, I’m working on restoring a #MacLC III. During that restoration, I need to replace the original Quantum SCSI drive with a #BlueSCSI v1.
If your recollection of SCSI details from Mac that you used in the 1990s is a bit foggy - like mine is - you will want to read this brief clip from the Apple Introduction to SCSI Concepts, Chapter 3:
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/mac/pdf/Devices/SCSI_Manager.pdf
Since it’s #MARCHintosh 2023 and since I have a #MacLC III to service, I decided to buy myself a soldering iron and desoldering pump so I can swap out the caps in the power supply.
Fingers crossed! This will be my first recapping job.
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AlanGrassia