I finally got my copy of CS6 Master Collection to run on something – and have just cancelled my Creative Cloud subscription – saving me $600! Which I’ve already spent on a 2013 MacPro and some parts – because of course I did… Anyway, getting to this point wasn’t easy……
The BlueSCSI hardware I ordered back on the 17th arrived last night, so the evening was spent futzing with the 8100… The BlueSCSI device itself is pretty interesting. It’s entirely open source so I’ve spent a few days poking around it in its innards code-wise, and might take the time…
Being an ‘old fart’ I’m not super enthusiastic about SaaS models. I mean, I’ve done things like buy a magazine to get a game I had to type into the computer to run, drive twenty miles to the local Amiga store to purchase applications on floppies that came in a…
I’ve been doing this computer thing for a while now, so I get the privilege of being able to pipe up on various forums and social media posts when someone is looking for some esoteric bit of technical information from “the good old days” of computers and / or the…
The rest of the parts I ordered / had made for the 8100 came in this afternoon – save for the BlueSCSI boxes which haven’t shipped yet – so the evening was spent creating the most upgraded 8100/80 in human history… At least as far as I know. The first…
Some of the parts I ordered for the 8100 came in today, so it was time to take the machine apart… To get to this part requires some careful fiddling as there are a lot of plastic tabs you need to carefully bend to remove board retainers and brackets. And…