#Globaltalk #MARCHintosh this was a fun collaborative session on youtube and we drew pictures using Photoshop 1.0 at first, then switched over to the speedier SuperPaint 2.0. Some images were sent, live, to several printers across Globaltalk. Thanks to @RonsCompVids for hosting this!
watch the stream here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L869pYuT5Qo
EEP! More prints from #marchintosh #GlobalTalk !
@mac84tv, one can never have too many Imagewriters.
@acn128, the drawing reminds me of Manhattan Transfer vocal group.
And @polpo, what can I say: your drawings are *masterpieces* that belong in the Louvre. BEWARE THE KILLER BABBIT.
Tonight I’m starting Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder from 1996. It was written and designed by Shannon Gilligan (of Who Killed Brett Penance?) and uses the same engine as Spycraft: The Great Game. Also starring L.A. Law’s Amanda Donohoe! https://www.twitch.tv/robotspacer #Twitch #MARCHintosh
Thanks to whoever left this magnificent artwork for me to find.
@theirongiant I _almost_ recreated the whole thing in Publisher, as I’d already worked out most of the layout for the Addendum!
That’s not entirely off the cards, but I went with the OCRed scan for now.
I still have other print material to scan, and disks to image (I believe they’re 3.0.1, not 3.0 that gets patched to 3.0.1).
My Applesauce has been out of action, a friend recently fixed it, so I’d better get onto that, although I can probably just use DiskCopy.
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@theirongiant Thank you! It was a lot of work, and optimising for spot colour scans was a challenge I didn’t expect.
The network layout images with the tint behind them were recreated completely for the OCRed PDF.
I had to apply the spot colour to all coloured elements manually, as I couldn’t scan to three colour (i.e. 2-bit, so really 4 colour) with a selected palette to match the green to the new pages I created for the Addendum to a high enough standard.
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And here is the Hat-o-matic making its choice.
If you entered today, then you're automatically in for the upcoming draws. If you haven't entered today then get in there :D
25 March and it’s time for the first draw! Tonight’s winners is… @mattnews ! Congratulations 
Your stylish prize is an ImageWriter-printed iron-on of the TeachText iron!
Drop me a line and we’ll get this and some stickers on their way to you :D
@retrotechtom Which one is it? I can't imagine the source is available? Would be a fun project for #MARCHintosh to 2-colorize it.
If you're ever in a pinch and don't have a classic Mac mouse, but you do have an Amiga mouse laying around, a little bit of wiring can get you a perfectly functioning cursor. #retrocomputing #marchintosh
https://www.nmelnick.com/2025/03/connecting-an-amiga-mouse-to-a-classic-macintosh/
Dear #globaltalk #marchintosh network nerds: why would there be more than 1 hop to any given node, if we're all connecting to each others' IP addresses? And why do several zones have 3 or more hops? For Neon Plaza, that number was changing frequently. I saw as few as 5 hops, and as many as 13. "Neon Plaza" is used by the LocalTalk and EtherTalk zones, so that may explain the fluctuation. AIR turned the number RED when it got that high (I missed the screenshot). I keep thinking about ways to optimize and accelerate this for 2026 (if it's even possible). Is there value in having separate zone names for the LocalTalk bridged devices?
Something’s fishy with my IIsi, and I don’t mean that in the aquatic sense. Electrolytic capacitors will eventually fail, just some vintages are more likely to have done so now. Can I save mine for #MARCHintosh? Find out live, tonight starting at 8PM EDT! https://www.youtube.com/live/Bzqkh1uFHNI?si=nfFrRydW8_8ar9gX
with one more week of MARCHintosh left, i am proud to present the Bandcamp release of my made-in-Mac-OS-9 EP, millions of colors! available in FLAC, ALAC, MP3 or whatever your heart desires (mostly) https://pulu.bandcamp.com/album/millions-of-colors #MARCHintosh
That’s more like it! It’s a @paulrickards ImageWriter #MARCHintosh message :D
Finally found a good MOD Player for the classic Mac OS it's a crying shame that it doesn't work on monochrome PowerBooks since it requires 256 colors which the older PowerBooks doesn't support #marchintosh #marchintosh2025
As we head into the tail end of #MARCHintosh, let's do a few giveaways in one!
On each of the 25, 26 and 27 March the Hat-o-matic will pick one person from the list of replies to win:
• some shiny #LiveLaughLocalTalk stickers
• a random stylish iron-on decal. Could be a dogcow, could be the ResEdit icon, could be all sorts of things... but iron it onto a shirt and it's guaranteed to make you the talk of the town
Reply to this toot with 'stylish’ to enter for all three draws! 
And here we have Mac OS 8 FI install #cdrom booted up. #qemu #macos #marchintosh
After a bit of fidling to get a recent enough #qemu built on my ancient #linuxmint install, here is the initial screen Mac OS 7.6.1 FI install CD-ROM when it has booted up. #marchintosh #macos
