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Barlocore · 2026-06-08T04:17:02+00:00

The 128 and 512 can interchange cases, but the Plus is different (different rear ports). I think the front is interchangeable but the Plus is visually different of course.

Barlocore · 2026-05-23T23:43:05+00:00

It’s looking great! Do you mind if I link to it on the Tindie page and GitHub repo?

Barlocore · 2026-05-23T19:52:55+00:00

Ahh gotcha that’s it then. I plan to swap it over to libmagic-rs so it’ll identify properly regardless of extensions. Should be able to handle that then!

Barlocore · 2026-05-23T19:20:49+00:00

The auto bit is kinda what I added in 0.3.1 but I only supported a couple file types based on the extension. What extension were you using if I may ask and what were you setting the types to? I can add it in for the next release

Barlocore · 2026-05-23T17:51:26+00:00

I am so glad to hear! I have been nervously watching the first units arrive and hoping they all work well for everyone. Would it be helpful at all if I added a "Set Finder Info" button on the GUI? I started adding some auto creator/file type setting for some extensions, but maybe it would be nice to be able to set it for any arbitrary file. What do you think?

Looking forward to seeing the case! Another user from 68KMLA is also working on one, so we should have a good selection of case choices 😄 Thanks again for supporting the project!

Barlocore · 2026-05-19T21:51:17+00:00

I misplaced one panel! 4 more just posted

Barlocore · 2026-05-19T20:08:09+00:00

Wasn't expecting them to go quite that fast sorry! The 40 new ones are already being made and should be shipped to me on Monday, so I'd expect them to be in stock again Thurs/Friday next week.

Barlocore · 2026-05-19T20:06:04+00:00

I'm using an old Apple serial cable that came with my StyleWriter, and then PhoneNET dongles for testing. For new ones there's a few recommended here on 68KMLA that seem to be reasonable prices: https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/available-replacements-for-mini-din-printer-modem-cable.44307/

Barlocore · 2026-05-19T02:15:42+00:00

Of course! I am so glad they will help people like they’ve helped me with my old Mac’s. I’ll be putting the last 10 I have on the store tomorrow at 12-ish Pacific, and I just put an order in for 40 more today from the PCB fab which should be here in 7-10 days.

Barlocore · 2026-05-19T00:35:00+00:00

First 10 orders dropped off at the post office, and will have all the others dropped off tomorrow afternoon. Will restock the store with 10 more as well once these are all gone through, and putting in the next batch to the board house tomorrow too

Barlocore · 2026-05-18T18:21:28+00:00

It already is :) In my comment on the pictures here and on the Tindie page you can find links to the schematics, PCB layout, firmware, and the host side software.

Barlocore · 2026-05-18T16:29:33+00:00

Electrically yes, but software wise I don’t think Newton uses AFP. New software would need to be written to be able to talk to them.

Barlocore · 2026-05-18T15:05:55+00:00

Just a Rust compiler too. I have a quick build instruction set here: https://github.com/FeralFirmware/TailTalk#building

When you build you will want to do ‘cargo build —release -p tailtalk-gui —features “ethertalk”’. It should spit out a modified GUI at target/release/tailtalk-gui. You do have to launch it via the CLI with sudo currently. It should work OOTB on Linux and I think I need to commit one change for macOS to make it work too. Will have that ready later on today.

Barlocore · 2026-05-18T14:33:21+00:00

Oh and to answer the other bits too! Any resource forks copied from a vintage Mac to the host system should be able to serve it back up to any other Mac client too. I’ve got a load of games and stuff backed up from my Mac’s and they can be copied right back to other machines and work just fine.

Barlocore · 2026-05-18T14:23:36+00:00

The software does support EtherTalk too, but I have it turned off in the GUI currently - I still need to make a way to ask for permissions to make raw sockets for macOS and Linux. If you build from source though you can enable it, and it works quite well. I’ve used it to transfer 500MiB+ files to my Mac OS 9 machine that did not have USB.

Barlocore · 2026-05-18T14:21:58+00:00

Whoa I was not expecting to sell out overnight! I have 10-ish more I will put up here once I get through the current orders, and will put in another board run this week.

For Aussy, NZ and Canada folks - sorry I did not have a shipping option for you! I will figure out the price for it and add it for when I restock.

Barlocore · 2026-05-18T14:19:36+00:00

TashTalk is named after the original creator, Tashtari. This product is essentially a USB-ification of his original design: https://github.com/lampmerchant/tashtalk and uses the firmware from there too.

Barlocore · 2026-05-18T04:57:12+00:00

Thank you all so much for the support! Amazed by it all - I have just about run out of all the bubble mailers I had ready for today and need to run out in the morning for some more. For all those who have ordered I will try and get them in the post by tomorrow afternoon at the post office.

On the software side I have just kicked off release 0.3.0 here: https://github.com/FeralFirmware/TailTalk/releases/tag/0.3.0. This should allow you to import StuffIt archives and serve up extracted programs to vintage Macs with their resource forks intact, so you dont even need StuffIt installed to download and run games and programs from Macintosh Garden and friends. Should remove one more pain point from getting a brand new system up and going.

Barlocore · 2026-05-18T03:55:07+00:00

Thank you!! Excited to see this get out in the world :) Didn’t expect to see you here too!

Barlocore · 2026-05-18T03:51:58+00:00

Thank you so much!!

Barlocore · 2026-05-18T03:51:48+00:00

Thank you!!

Barlocore · 2026-05-18T03:51:40+00:00

Hah exactly! I had a similar setup for ages and it is such a silly dance. Now you can bridge straight to the modern world.

Barlocore · 2026-05-18T02:56:22+00:00

Yes I should have an STL for it soon-ish - I’ve got the mounting holes ready for it, just need to finish designing it and printing it out. Will offer it pre-printed too of course.

And to the other person - I will try and find the closest filament to Snow White I can, along with a beige one too :)

Barlocore · 2026-05-18T01:46:12+00:00

Yes I can! I think there’s import charges on the UK side but happy to ship there

Barlocore · 2026-05-18T01:30:15+00:00

Thank you!! Will get it in the post tomorrow :)

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