I am very reluctant to mess with working software, so it was only after half a year that I updated surl-server and associated applications for my Apple #IIgs.

@colin_mcmillen, did all your work with the Quicktake cameras and image rendering carry over to the Mastodon for Apple II client? I would swear that the posted photographs look much better, with more accurate color approximation and dithering.

#Retrocomputing #VintageApple

I’m surprised the Apple IIgs community hasn’t created a “Samuel Clemens” logic board design to allow people to make an “Apple IIgs+” like the “Mark Twain” prototypes using existing IIgs (and other) parts.

#retrocomputing #iigs

I picked up an Apple II SCSI Card off of eBay, sold "untested." It was cheap, and the photos made it look to be in good shape.

It has exactly one electrolytic capacitor, and it didn't look to be leaking but I was still wary. After desoldering it, it tested fine, but I already had a replacement in hand.

I tried it in my Apple #IIgs, with my external #BlueSCSIv2. There were no fireworks, but it didn't want to boot off of the drive image: "UNABLE TO LOAD PRODOS". I'll poke at it again soon.

I've upgraded to the newest, fanciest version of Mastodon for Apple II (by @colin_mcmillen), along with the accompanying update to surl-server. My IIgs has been sitting unused for a few months as I sorted out a lot of things in the office and dealt with the summer chaos. But it deserves to be up and running here in the corner, so I've tidied up its table and reconnected all the many cables.

#IIgs #Apple2 #Retrocomputing