From the workbench
Old computers, software archives, restorations, and repairs.
Old hardware and software, one discovery at a time.
The machine The experiment What workedNotes from an arcade cabinet build in progress, on why the monitor is 4:3, and why a PC running CoinOPS won out over a plug-and-play Pandora-style board.
The retro workbench · Note 3 ↗A build log for a Raspberry Pi cable box that runs FieldStation42 on a CRT, with a keypad, an LED channel display, a guide channel and a WeatherStar weather channel.
The retro workbench · Note 1 ↗The folder layout and naming rules I use for a pile of old Mac software, and the small PowerShell script that does the renaming without losing the original names.
The retro workbench · Note 4 ↗How I format and load HFS+ USB drives for old Macs from a Windows PC, plus the retro-specific catches that trip you up on the Mac side.
The retro workbench · Note 5 ↗