Garrett Fuller – Page 2 – Computers. Bicycling. And much more.

Happy New Year!

Like in 2018, I decided to record one of my computers doing the countdown.

1988 Macintosh SE doing the countdown

This year, the computer was the 1988 Macintosh SE. I synchronized the clock on the SE to the NIST atomic clock read out, and set an alarm for midnight.

TBT: The “How” of my Computer Hobby

Recently I created a video discussing the genesis and growth of my computing hobby.

2016 Giant Sedona: 2020 Year-End Update

For the Giant Sedona, 2020 has been a roller coaster year. However, it has been mostly lows since August.

Tidbits: Sad Mac – Memory “Issues” in the Classic

Last night, my mood was soured when the Classic started having issues.

IBM ThinkPad T42: Three-year Update

“It sure is nice to get out of that bag…”

DOScember: SoftPC on a Macintosh?

Many vintage computer enthusiasts are celebrating DOScember – using the time to play around with DOS and run some games. Back in March 2019, I demonstrated DOSBox, a DOS emulator that runs on modern machines. But I had a random idea: what if I could get DOS emulation working on one of the vintage Macintosh computers?

Midnight Macintosh Adventures: Follow-up and improving the SE’s volume

I typically don’t start tinkering with my vintage computers until late at night. While I typically don’t have any issues with doing this, sometimes I tend to overlook the simple and obvious.

Midnight Macintosh Adventures: Fun with Fonts

The FloppyEmu’s pre-installed System 6.0.8 volume allows you to use the FloppyEmu as an external hard drive emulator right out of the box. However, its copy of System 6.0.8 is missing some things. And, of course, adding those things don’t go without a hitch.

TBT: Using the ThinkPad T42 as a daily driver… in 2018

Everyone talks about the “retro challenge”, but one time I had no other choice but to use my IBM ThinkPad T42 as a daily driver computer in parts of my freshman and sophomore years of college.

System 7 on the 1991 Macintosh Classic

This year, Apple surprised us with two giant leaps forward for the Mac: the introduction of their own M1 silicon, and the introduction of macOS 11 “Big Sur.”

But let’s take a leap back in time nearly 30 years and look at System 7.