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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I found this old VHS case, but sadly the tape inside was something else. 😕 An episode of The Simpsons from 2003, followed by a long recording of the music channel “MusicMatch USA” (later renamed to Fuse)… at least the box is neat! 📼

A VHS tape cover of a FOX broadcasting publicity tape for “The Tick”, episode TK-201

A snap shot of one of the music videos on the tape.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Also... who's the hell is the "We" in this scenario? 👀 (Funnily enough, this type of language is a no-no according to Apple's own style guide 🤫)

A dialog box on the macOS App Store that reads "We could not complete your update."

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How far the Apple quality bar has fallen... you can't even update apps anymore. Clicking "Download" just puts you in an endless loop, as seen in the image below. 🤦‍♂️ (And no, I'm not updating the OS, as that'll just break more stuff. 😅)

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I hope “Doom Chime” found a good home! 🤣

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

And just like that… it’s all packed up and VCFMW is over… 🥲 I miss it already!!

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Exciting random photographic blurs of joy from Sunday morning at VCFMW! ❤️

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oh boy, it’s almost time for VCF Midwest! ⏰ #VCFMW I’ll be in the D1 table section near a bunch of other cool people, stop by and say hi tomorrow!

The Marriott hotel and convention center where VCFMW is held.

A table map of the show layout, with my table being in section D1.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Pigging out in Chicago before VCFMW! 😋

A scenic view of the train zooming by while walking on the L.

Wormhole Coffee also had a friggin DeLorean!

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

YES! This movie was fantastic, go see it on a big screen with a full theater and laugh yourself silly with an audience! I saw it last night with a packed crowd and some special guests - it was a beautiful experience. ❤️

Kevin Smith and Eric Bauza on stage talking about the film.

The marquee at the theater advertising the film and that Kevin Smith and Eric Bauza would be doing a Q&A.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Seeing ‘Coyote VS Acme’ with a theater full of looney fans at Smodcastle Cinemas was a delight… but to that watching it with Kevin Smith and the amazingly talented voice actor Eric Bauza? Friggin’ amazing! 🍿❤️

Kevin Smith talking about the film and how it almost didn’t get released.

Eric signing my looney tunes blu-ray insert.

The theater marque that reads “Coyote vs Acme w/ Kevin Smith & Eric Bauza, Aug 29th”

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It's fun to look at how the buildings have changed, and now of course there's a nice easy ramp for getting bikes and such on and off the boardwalk.

A 2025 photo of the Wildwood Boardwalk from Google Maps, circa September 2025, looking from 587 East 15th Ave, North Wildwood, NJ.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

While going through some VHS tapes, I came across this cool Space Ghost Coast to Coast ad for it's 5th season, from mid/late 1998! 📼 Plus some other ads and Cartoon Network bumpers, leading into Episode 15 of Cartoon Planet, "Space Ghost Dearest". 👻

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I made some cool icons! 🎨 I'm proud to say the BlueSCSI Toolbox apps for the Mac (v1.1.1) now include my new icons. You can read about my process for creating these new icons via my blog post here: mac84.net/web/2026/08/... Also, visit bluescsi.com/toolbox to grab the latest apps! #bluescsi

A classic Macintosh window with four BlueSCSI toolbox app icons inside.

A paper filled with sketches of work in progress icons.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I’m so excited to finally bring this home. Check out this sweet poster for this 1999 TNT made-for-TV movie, Pirates of Silicon Valley. ❤️ Now all I need is a good high definition copy of the film! Big thanks to my pal @museumjoe.bsky.social for hanging onto this for me until I could grab it.

A poster for the TV movie pirates of Silicon Valley.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It’s a SCSI kinda weekend… 🙃

The SCSI port on the back of a UMAX Mac Clone.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I’ve got a lot of vintage Apple scanning and archiving to do… 😬 #VintageApple

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Introducing the UltraLong™ SCSI Terminator. For when you really, really, really want to introduce SCSI voodoo…

A very loooonng chain of SCSI adapters, terminators and nonsense.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Woo-hoo! That looks to be it. I was able to open the file with StuffIt Expander and... ta-dah! 🎉 Nice find @eric.scsi.blue

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I just came across these photos from 2016, it sure would be nice to have these storage prices again!

A wall of Western Digital hard drives at an electronics store, from 2016. With prices such as $89 USD for 3TB, etc.

A Toshiba 1TB 7200 RPM hard drive with a sale price of $39 USD.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I checked the December '98 Apple Dev CDs, and didn't find anything relevant (upon a quick few searches). However, this website has a few tidbits. www.wap.org/journal/what... (More 1998 Apple Dev CDs: macintoshgarden.org/apps/apple-d...) I'll let you know if I stumble upon anything interesting!

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Independence Day (ID4) is one of my favorite movies. Years ago I grabbed this DVD while in Japan, I’m just opening it now and it’s wonderful! 🤩

Multiple copies of ID4 on home media. Not pictured… laserdiscs!

Japanese DVD, slip cover on the left, DVD on the right.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

God the Monster resume builder they force you to use is 100% AI crap! You upload your carefully made resume and it builds something STUPID out of it... and it wants to instantly send it out to companies. WHY?! Look how it introduced typos and removed links... I'm never using their website again! 😡

A screenshot of the slop it turned my resume into "PorDolio" ??

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

PSA 🔥 Solar lights can start fires on hot days! We smelled wood burning and thought someone was having a BBQ. Turns out, our barrel planter and grill was burning up! We think the sun melted the bulb & wires, igniting the dry plants & wood. Glad we caught it in time, it did some nasty damage! 😳

Burned up solar lights, charred and deformed.

A wooden barrel planter with burn marks and a grill with a burned cover.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Shed improvement / woodworking related content coming soon! 🪵🪚

A table with a stack of 2x4 lumber on it, with a big miter saw and some other small tools and things on the table.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The biggest CatMac you’ve ever seen! 🍏

A beautiful huge CRT plugged into a MicroMac SE CatMac

A MicroMac SE with a bunch of hardware to help do testing.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Come stop by and say hi if you’re at VCF East! We’re in room C. 🍏

Mac84’s table at VCF East with a lot of Macs on the table.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Damn, this MST3K decal on my car has seen some shit… ☀️

A very well worn mystery science theater 3000 cling decal on a small car window.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Ugh, don't make me choose between my children! 😭🖨️

A pick your favorite Apple product page, displaying a LaserWriter II printer on the left and an ImageWriter II printer on the right.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

That’s where a hoard of old Macs and removable cartridge SCSI drives come in handy! 😅

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Welcome to Aladdin!✨ (I assume this is the code name of AOL for Macintosh)

A screenshot of early AOL builds for Macintosh.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Hey look, release notes! 📖 Aladdin v1.03d - March 1, 1993

A document titled "Aladdin v1.0d3 Release Notes", detailing an America Online for Macintosh.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Random SyQuest disk find of the day: AOL for Macintosh source code from 1993!? Whaaatttt?! 😳 Look at those original icons with the Apple logo in them! #ArchiveEverything

A screenshot of a list of directories related to AOL for the Macintosh.

Original AOL icons with Apple logos on them!

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

HOT PURCHASE PLAN TEMPLATE ACTION!🔥💾💰

An 800k 3.5-inch floppy disk with the label “Apple education and S&L government: installment purchase plant template, April 1988”.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

⚡️IT’S ALIVE!⚡️ After replacing nearly every roller, recapping two boards, replacing the toner and breaking some tiny plastics… my Apple LaserWriter 630 Pro is now online on GlobalTalk. Be gentle! 😅

An Apple LaserWriter Pro 630 with a successful print!

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Two steps forward, but three steps back with the LaserWriter Pro 630… 🫠

A printout that is sort of okay? At least half of it…

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

My geeky heart is so full today 💚 I got to visit the new Apple exhibit at MIMMS and spent time with some of my favorite people. What an amazing place, so many things I’ve never seen before, and so many wonderful folks! 😍 #mimmsmuseum #byte26 mimmsmuseum.org

Two interesting MultiServer systems, one with a tape drive!

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

There is a version of the QT3 SDK for Mac on this 1998 disc: archive.org/details/disc... There are probably others on the Apple Developer Connection CDs. They are on the Internet Archive, but not all discs have searchable indexes to make it easy to find. archive.org/download/App...

A Finder directory listing of QuickTime SDK for Mac.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

IT’S ALIVE!! ⚡️😳 (After a successful recap!)

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Windows: Insert CD. Me: Okay... *inserts CD* Windows: NO,NOT LIKE THAT!! 💥 Happy #MARCHintosh ?

A Windows 98 dialog box asking for you to install a Windows 98 CD during a driver installation flow.

A Windows 98 era Blue Screen of Death (BSOD).

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

It's sooo cool, seeing the PicoIDE in Mac OS X. Here's a Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver) running 10.4.11 with the PicoIDE set to IDE (hard drive) mode. It sees the drive fine and will even boot to it! 👍 Video coming soon! 🌐 picoide.com Pre-order yours: www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics... #picoide

A display of a Power Macintosh G4 running Mac OS X "Tiger" showing a PicoIDE hard drive listed in the Disk Utility application.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Poor screenshot of said Molar Mac:

A distorted CRT image of a Molar Mac with a bad connection.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

My early PS2 with FreeMcBoot sadly did not see my beta PicoIDE unit. However, it is early days and I wouldn't be surprised if support is eventually added. I had to jump through hoops to get the thing to even plug into my network adapter (by fulling opening it), as the ports don't line up.

Ignore the "No data" screen, but this was early testing of a PicoIDE with a Playstation 2.

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

27 inches of snow ❄️ This sucks 😩

A measuring stick showing 27 inches of snow.

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