Tag: retrocomputing
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The Best iMac Cat Bed
If you have an old G3 iMac, the original version with the CRT, and you start looking for ways to reuse it, you’ll soon come across the idea of turning it into a cat bed. Because this is the internet. Having found myself in exactly that position recently, I realized I could create not only…
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Building a Custom Keyboard for my AlphaSmart
Continuing my AlphaSmart keyboard infatuation, I decided to fix the one major drawback of the AlphaSmart 3000: the keyboard. While the stock keyboard is usable, it’s not very pleasant, especially if, like me, you’ve been spoiled by using a custom-built mechanical keyboard on a daily basis. In typical internet fashion, others have already gone down…
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Updating an AlphaSmart 3000 on Linux
I recently acquired an AlphaSmart 3000, a brutally simple word processor from the early 2000s. These have surged in popularity in recent years as a distraction-free writing platform, and now that I’ve tried one I’m completely sold on the concept. I won’t repeat all the praise that’s been lavished on these odd little devices (here…
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Restoring My Apple IIc
Sorting through boxes of old technology my dad had cleared out of his basement, I find a half-remembered piece of my childhood. After hauling the grimy components out, arranging them on my workbench, and hooking up the cables, I flip the switch. There’s a beep, then the chugging of an ancient disk drive, and a…