If you’re someone who already has an older DSLR (or you just picked one up), one way you can see how your photos turned out is through the camera’s screen – if it offers one. Not all DSLRs have the same features, and many from the 2000s – 2010s range have depreciated enough to become […]
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Within the pile of laptops I brought home from VCF Midwest, one of them was a $5 parts bin 2006 1.83 GHz Core Duo MacBook, from the Wisconsin Computer Club! While digging through I saw this was from 2006 based on the bottom cover, hoping it would be the earlier Core Duo – here it […]
Just a couple weeks ago, aobaharuki2005 dropped the latest versions of Momiji web browser on GitHub, including an updated Momiji v140.16 (stable version) as well as a rolling build based off of the latest version of FireFox 156.0 – a browser which is also only a few weeks old. Featuring some recent security fixes, […]
A while ago I experimented with an iPhone 3Gs and a color diffraction grating, just see what different lights would look like through the filter; no art intended. One experiment led to another, and suddenly a series of photos with an LED flashlight turns into a new Photoshop project. (Above: Also seen on “about […]
As seen recently on Action Retro’s YouTube Channel there’s a brand-new Mac 128K out there! Pico Micro Mac is headed by Ron’s computer Videos, it’s about the size of an Altoids box, it’s super light, and even has VGA display out! Built using microcontrollers, you can get a fully functioning Macintosh for a mere $19.99 […]
It’s time for RetroChallenge 2026, and we’re looking for everyone to join – yes everyone! Setup to encourage people across the world to challenge themselves for a month and document their achievements in the process, the ACMS & RetroChallenge judges will follow along and post updates to the community. How to get started 1. […]
Until the ATAPI 6.0 (ATA-6, ATA/100) standard, IDE drives on mostly any computer were limited to a capacity of 137 GB. The first Mac to supersede this limitation was the Revision B Quicksilver Dual 1.0 Power Mac G4 (Logic Board 820-1342-B), whereas the first iMac with Ultra ATA/100 was the 1 GHz 17″ from 2/4/03. […]
Arriving amongst the stash of things brought home from the VCF Midwest trip, it’s good to see all the plastics and internals survived on this heavily upgraded Power Mac 9600/300. Not sure what to name it yet, but I think it’ll remain a dedicated OS 9 machine. Probably gonna drop an SSD into here at […]
See: Part 1 / Part 2 . In Part 1: Walking in (first impressions) , Mr. Macintosh, OP Workshop (E101/E102), Retro Tech Foundation Bell & Howell Apple II, Whoa.. an Apple III?, NCG Engineering – analog broadcast tech, NTP Time with Jeff Geerling, The Computer Clan, The Macintosh Librarian, Ron’s Computer Videos, and meeting Stan […]
Part 1 couldn’t possibly contain everything I’ve seen over that weekend, and I didn’t wanna leave any parts out – so here’s part 2 as promised. I returned near the Retro Tech Foundation’s Apple Garage to see the other Apple computers next to the Bell & Howell Apple II. First time trying an Apple […]
Vintage computer collectors have seen it all too often: that familiar dirty yellow discoloration that develops after decades of exposure to light and air. It’s the color of a computer that looks like it spent 30 years sitting next to a smoker, even if nobody ever smoked anywhere near it. They weren’t made that way. […]
This was the absolute best weekend I’ve had in a really long time, and I can’t wait to have more of these adventures (I’m smiling on the inside)! VCF Midwest was an absolute blast (and even a bit overwhelming with how much there was!), met some acquaintances and familiar faces. Also met up […]
The Logic Board In a previous article, I mentioned that I had a Quadra 605 logic board with a bad microprocessor. The 605 uses a MC68LC040RC25, a 25 MHz 68040 without a floating-point unit (FPU). It was perfectly adequate for most home users at the time, but the lack of an FPU and relatively modest […]
On March 6th 2014, Apple released Mac OS X 10.9.3 Mavericks Beta, which included built-in support for several new display options at the time: 4K displays can now have a “retina” resolution, and now there’s an option to enable 60 Hz. Prior to this update, 4K support was spotty. (Pictured: Mac Pro 2,1 using […]
I’m shaking with excitement, everyone. After being up all night working on getting this RocketRAID 2720SGL working with OS X El Capitan on my Mac Pro 1,1 -> 2,1, I’m happy to say it works! It was quite the multi-step process/rabbit-hole. Why am I so excited? This 1,1/2,1 now has SATA III 6.0 Gb/s. […]
So you have a spare set of Mac Pro parts laying around, or wanna trick-out a Mac Pro with some modifications? While in the process of building my own Mac Pro 1,1 -> 2,1 project working on getting a RocketRAID 2720SGL going in El Capitan, I realized I didn’t really have a spare SFF-8087 (36-pin […]
In a continued effort of looking at all the different odds and ends of our website, one of the issues gnawing at me was how non-latin alphabet letters suddenly disappeared off of Low End Mac, instantly converting text from multiple languages into “????”. Today, Low End Mac restores/converted all posts dating back to 1997, over […]