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  • Disabling MacOS PowerBook Password Security, Illustrated

    It's a common problem: you boot up an old PowerBook, only to find that Password Security has been enabled on the hard drive! Read on to see out how to disable Password Security.

    January 30, 2016
    in Retrocomputing

  • SSA Detailed Calculator 2015.2

    The SSA released version 2015.2 of the Detailed Calculator on September 4, with a PowerPC binary and source code.

    I incorporated the changes into my github repo, and posted a Universal Binary at github.

    Unfortunately I still haven’t been able to get a reply from anyone at the Social Security Administration regarding the Detailed Calculator and this work. Thanks to David Oster for his previous work and kind words

    September 13, 2015
    in Anypia

  • Porting SSA Detailed Calculator to Xcode/Intel: Part 1

    Part 1 of my series detailing how I ported the SSA Detailed Calculator from PowerPC to Intel Macs

    July 26, 2015
    in Anypia

  • Porting SSA Detailed Calculator to Xcode/Intel: Intro

    Introduction to my port of the Social Security Administration's Detailed Calculator app from PowerPC to Intel Macs

    July 18, 2015
    in Anypia

  • Replacing a SCSI enclosure power supply

    An illustrated guide to replacing the power supply in an external SCSI CD-ROM drive enclosure.

    June 23, 2015
    in Hardware

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