Welcome to Scotgate
me: I'm Chris, AKA Ferg, AKA Fergycool
I've bounced between using Linux, Macs, OpenVMS, and OS/2 all my working life. After a very early career in printing I went back to university and Molecular Biology, which strayed near bioinformatics and now just marketing for a small scientific Mac software company.
I'm late to collecting vintage Macs with Mac OS! Although I've been using MacOS9/OSX onwards for work it was only many, many years ago back at university that I used a variety of “classic Macs. So my discovery of Marchintosh and GlobalTalk was exciting. Unfortunately this was all motivated by a major clearout of some old Macs, including my beloved G4 MDD! Which I immediately regretted but then got a G4 Mac Mini to run Mac OS9 and that's where it started all over again!
I got involved at the tail end of Marchintosh 2024, but once I got Globaltalk working I've kept my zone online more or less since then. I'm not a skilled developer and the ingenuity and imagination of others on Globaltalk continues to astound me. But what I am good at is being a jack of all trades 
My lack of focus really makes me bounce around projects, never finishing them! I've learnt to accept this and for once this retro Mac hobby really fits in nicely.
Zone = Scotgate:
Here's my collection of 68k,PPC,minivmac/QEMU VMs, Netatalk shares and AIR or Jrouter.
Note: I like to name machines on my network after the music I am listening to when I configure networking on that computer (or the last music I listened to).
My Macs may be online or not, but they all have a shared folder. Please do drop a calling card in this box or send me a “Powertalk” email. thearmed's email is generally on but others may be too!
Infrastructure
Georgia
This is a Debian box running Netatalk4 via Docker.
wolfalice
The above are all tied together via Tashrouter and Jrouter running on a Raspberry Pi-
Computers
Tycho
System 7.5.5 running via minivmac.
lcdsoundsystem
A 7.1.1 VM running via QEMU on a Debian box with AIR. Initially this was my own image, but I thought using the nicely prepared image was a better idea! Now using jrouter instead.
asiandubfoundation
This is a G4 Mac Mini running Mac OS9.2.2 using the image prepared at http://macosninelives. This is the Mac that got me back into vintage Macs after giving away my precious MDD six years ago as I needed the space (Boo hiss!).
jonhopkins
A Quadra 610. My first recapped Mac. This was a bit of a mission to get done. Now running Mac OS 7.5.5 via BlueSCSI. RAM has been maxed out at 68Mb.
fontainesdc
An SE/30 running 7.1.1 Pro. Logic board had already been recapped, but the video had vertical black lines. Needed a bodge wire. Now up and running with the 1GB HDD from the Quadra.
thearmed
An SE/30 running 7.5.3 with a reloaded board from Caymac Vintage (a thing of beauty). I bought this very cheap from a local guy. It had been very badly battery bombed. I started removing components and cleaning but after a few months and on the advice of many even if I had the skills the board was probably beyond salvage. My skills are not enough for a reloaded board myself so I used Will's service. What a great guy!
superfurryanimals
Macintosh SE. Bought in great condition although the PSU was shot. Used a PicoPSU with 4MB of RAM and a BlueSCSI. Running 7.1. I tried 6.0.8 but whereas the performance was fast I found it a bit of a chore to use.
Printers
Scotgate_laserwriter 4/600
A Laserwriter 4/600 that I spent some time restoring and is now in lovely condition!
100percentendurance
An Imagewriter II with Polpo's ImageScrobbler Localtalk option card!
…and here's Fizz on a tree stump.
