Notes

My PowerBook 100 fetching google\.com over TLS over Wi-Fi

It uses BearSSL on the Pico W on the BlueSCSI to handle the actual TLS session, with the Mac feeding ciphertext from its own TCP connection into BearSSL over SCSI, and vice versa

I am all setup here at #VCFMW with my portable Macintoshes, so stop by tomorrow or Sunday and say hello (and grab a cyberpals sticker and print something dumb in Print Shop Deluxe)

So cool to finally have Prusa Slicer on my #OpenBSD laptop thanks to @renatoaguiar. Now I no longer need to use my Mac just to slice my STL files from Tinkercad.

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=169405396303337&w=2

The more I read about Wayland, the more it sounds like one of those "I wrote a Twitter clone in a weekend" projects which totally ignores the long-tail of features that many X11 users actually rely on.

And then as time goes on, those features actually do need to be implemented but because they weren't part of the core design, they get poorly integrated with yet another dependency on some external thing.

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2023/09/wayland-and-screen-savers/

Apparently it's critical to calibrate new batteries, too. The first full discharge lasted 104 minutes, the second lasted 173. I think I'll try a third one and see how far this new battery goes.

That's with BatteryAmnesia forcing the CPU to full speed, the display to max backlight, and not letting anything sleep. I'm sure the BlueSCSI instead of a spinning HD helps a lot.

My new PowerBook 180 battery is working!

I am making a 3d-printed case (excuse the red - still prototyping) for this off-the-shelf 6V 4500mAh battery pack for my PowerBook 180 that the original sliding door can attach to

Just need to source some contacts (nickel?) to attach the battery pack wires to on the corner of the case and it should be good to go

Flowers By Irene

https://chicagomotors.com/330199/2006-Ford-Econoline

This looks like it would be fun: October 14 Bay Area Classic Macintosh Meetup, Expo, Repair Clinic, Swap Meet

https://www.bigmessowires.com/2023/08/14/youre-invited-october-14-bay-area-classic-macintosh-meetup-expo-repair-clinic-swap-meet/

I feel like 1990's Apple was really going overboard with the strain relief on these laptop cables

Welcome back to life, little buddy

Adding Wi-Fi to the Macintosh Portable
https://jcs.org/2023/08/23/scsiwifi

Ancient Usenet post by @siegel saves me in 2023 yet again

Is there a name for this type of SMD capacitor where the terminals are on the same short side?