Transforming a Apple II external floppy drive into a Mac version

Looking for information, I found a hack coming from the 80s : turning a UnidDisk 3.5 (for Apple II, incompatible with Macintosh) into a driver for Mac.

Posté le 20/01/2017 par

The fantasy of the eGPU and The Wolfe on Kickstarter

I have been using external GPU (eGPU) for years – my first installation is more than 4 years old – and I feel I have some expertise on the subject, especially on OS X. And then, I realize that the reality is widely fantasized by some people, and the success of a Kickstarter project for an external GPU (the Wolfe) shows that there actually is a problem.

Posté le 05/09/2016 par

A Mac at the movies : Independence Day

Since the sequel is released out today, let’s have a little post on the original movie of 1996, which showed a prototype on screen.

Posté le 24/06/2016 par

A video game on tape

Last week I explained that video games on vinyl records existed. But what about games on tape ?

Posté le 18/06/2016 par

A video game on a vinyl record

Seeking information for my work, I came across a special thing: a video game on a vinyl record.

Posté le 17/06/2016 par

Create a setup USB key for Lion or Mountain Lion

You want to create a USB setup key of an old Mac OS X but the excellent DiskMaker X does not include Lion and Mountain Lion? Here is a small tip.

Posté le 13/06/2016 par

Apple Pippin : mouse and keyboard

Funny little tests with Pippin: what happens when you plug a mouse and keyboard?

Posté le 12/06/2016 par

The DVD subtitles

Subtitles on DVDs. Said like that, it does not seem very entertaining. However, technical solutions are interesting (and not very practical in some cases).

Posté le 01/06/2016 par

Encoding a DVD with Handbrake under OS X El Capitan

I do not often encodes DVDs and so I missed it: my software of choice for this use, HandBrake, does not work well under the OS X El Capitan, because of the SIP.

Posté le 31/05/2016 par

The Power Mac G3 B&W AV card

Sometimes, when looking around at random, you come across things that seem very weird. For example, the Power Mac G3 (B&W) was not only equipped with the ATi Rage 128 cards, some models used a simple ATi Rage Pro.

Posté le 30/05/2016 par