A while back I bought two of those Maclocks with the intention of modding one into a tiny Mac.
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@thomas_klopf Not that I know of. Just the parts to DIY.
@paulrickards thanks! Yeah no time these days for that, but very cool š
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Mac and TinyMac.
@paulrickards@mastodon.social Where'd you get that TinyMac? Never seen that before. ā
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@paulrickards@mastodon.social Where'd you get that TinyMac? Never seen that before. ā
ā@starlight Made it! See the top of this thread.
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The top of the Maclock includes a touch sensitive area that would turn the backlight on and off, this area marked in red. It doesnāt move, itās just plastic.
Underneath is a board that is likely difficult to remove, embedded with glue. It has two leads coming off of it.
Without seeing the board, can you theorize how it works and how it could be utilized with a Raspberry Pi GPIO?
@paulrickards@mastodon.social perhaps grabbing a multimeter, applying some power to the board, and seeing what happens when you activate it? that way you know what sort of signal it sends and when, and can prep for gpio pin interactions that way?
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@starlight Made it! See the top of this thread.
@paulrickards@mastodon.social That's super cool! ā
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Mac and TinyMac.
@paulrickards Hey, Iām about to start restoring the Mac Plus. I hate CRTs so Iām thinking about replacing it and the analog board by a new PSU and an LCD screen. How did you install an LCD on yours, specifically, how did you make the round glass mimicking the CRT?
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@paulrickards Hey, Iām about to start restoring the Mac Plus. I hate CRTs so Iām thinking about replacing it and the analog board by a new PSU and an LCD screen. How did you install an LCD on yours, specifically, how did you make the round glass mimicking the CRT?
@arroz I bought a ready built LCD with curved acrylic front from here
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@arroz I bought a ready built LCD with curved acrylic front from here
@paulrickards Nice! Is it easy to replace the LCD? I was thinking about 1024x768 to make it (double) pixel perfect.
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@paulrickards Nice! Is it easy to replace the LCD? I was thinking about 1024x768 to make it (double) pixel perfect.
@arroz It came as one unit and Iāve not explored separating the LCD from the acrylic front. Mine is an older one that has a weird resolution and fixed rotation. Looks like current models for sale are 1024x768 so you should be set there.
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@arroz It came as one unit and Iāve not explored separating the LCD from the acrylic front. Mine is an older one that has a weird resolution and fixed rotation. Looks like current models for sale are 1024x768 so you should be set there.
@paulrickards Perfect, thank you! All this assuming the board is still usable. Hope so!
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@paulrickards Perfect, thank you! All this assuming the board is still usable. Hope so!
@arroz If youāre using it with a real Mac, you need some way to get to HDMI for that LCD. Iām using a Pi in my case.
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@arroz If youāre using it with a real Mac, you need some way to get to HDMI for that LCD. Iām using a Pi in my case.
@paulrickards Yeah, thereās the RGB to HDMI hat that uses an RPI with a bare metal software that works on these Macs. Iāll get one of those as well.
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Mac and TinyMac.
@paulrickards COOL CRAB!!!!
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@paulrickards Hey, Iām about to start restoring the Mac Plus. I hate CRTs so Iām thinking about replacing it and the analog board by a new PSU and an LCD screen. How did you install an LCD on yours, specifically, how did you make the round glass mimicking the CRT?
@arroz @paulrickards Iāve got a pi & lcd mounted in the corpse of an SE/30. Ended up making a laser cutting template for a piece of black acrylic that lines up with the holes the CRT screws into. Nothing fancy or curved, so the illusion can be spoiled if youāre too close, but itās generally not so bad. I can send over pics/model numbers/templores a bit later if you like.
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@arroz @paulrickards Iāve got a pi & lcd mounted in the corpse of an SE/30. Ended up making a laser cutting template for a piece of black acrylic that lines up with the holes the CRT screws into. Nothing fancy or curved, so the illusion can be spoiled if youāre too close, but itās generally not so bad. I can send over pics/model numbers/templores a bit later if you like.
@billgoats @paulrickards Thanks! Let me open it first and see if the board has not been destroyed by leaky things, and then Iāll start deciding on what to do.
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@billgoats @paulrickards Thanks! Let me open it first and see if the board has not been destroyed by leaky things, and then Iāll start deciding on what to do.
@arroz Here you go, itās the EJ080NA 8ā 800x600 screen with an HDMI controller board, but you can get a VGA one too. Iāve been super happy with it. The black acrylic makes a pretty decent surround and screws into where the same holes as the CRT.
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@arroz Here you go, itās the EJ080NA 8ā 800x600 screen with an HDMI controller board, but you can get a VGA one too. Iāve been super happy with it. The black acrylic makes a pretty decent surround and screws into where the same holes as the CRT.
@arroz Thereās no CRT-style bulge outwards, and if you stick your face right up to the case you can see down inside of it. So the illusion does a pretty good job even if it isnāt complete. And who knows, there may well be a creative solution you could come up with!
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@arroz Thereās no CRT-style bulge outwards, and if you stick your face right up to the case you can see down inside of it. So the illusion does a pretty good job even if it isnāt complete. And who knows, there may well be a creative solution you could come up with!
@billgoats Thank you! Hope I can restore this Mac! š
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@billgoats Thank you! Hope I can restore this Mac! š
@arroz Oh, you'll definitely get there! @DosFox built a Plus clone from scratch, after all ;) https://tech.lgbt/@DosFox/112837949290317767
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@arroz Oh, you'll definitely get there! @DosFox built a Plus clone from scratch, after all ;) https://tech.lgbt/@DosFox/112837949290317767
@billgoats @arroz the Plus is one of the most salvageable Macintoshes!
I would say it's worthwhile trying to recap the analogue board (logic board is fine) and then clean the inevitably gunky floppy drive
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@evan who's using the project? am i in a hurry to get it finished for some reason or is this a hobby project? do i have the tools in place or are their restraints on when i can get them and use them? am i doing this full-time or part-time? do i have other stuff going on?
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@evan "how much time should you spend on a woodworking project?"
a chair?
a table?
a wardrobe?
a system of cabinets across a house?
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@evan I'm choosing "4 hours or less", not because the volunteer should work less but because they should be paid more (i.e. at all) š
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@evan if I decide tomorrow to stop working on any OSS Iāve ever done as either a contributor or creator thatāsā¦. Totally fine. Iāve never promised anything else.
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@evan what do you mean done? Anyone can be done whenever they want. The project has no obligation the maintainers have no obligation the community has no obligation. Iām sorry I donāt understand what youāre asking.
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@evan coaching a kid's soccer team is an amount of work that can be approximately quantified in some way because that implies the scope of the necessary work
not so of the original question. give people a break. :)
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@evan @mitchellh that question couldn't be answered without knowing the size of the project, how active its development is, etc. no general answer can be given.
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