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Hackintosh - MacOS on PC

October 7th, 2022

I tried setting up an advanced Hackintosh VM with dedicated GPU and largely succeeded but networking was an issue I never quite sorted out. So, I decided to take a different route - I had some old PC hardware sitting around so I installed MacOS directly on it. Works fantastic!

Install macOS on any PC | OpenCore Guide
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Install MacOS on any PC | OpenCore Guide 2022 for Windows | Hackintosh | No Mac Required
How to Install MacOS on any Intel PC or Laptop
How to Build a Hackintosh - Step-by-Step Guide (Install MacOS Big Sur on PC)
Dortania's OpenCore Install Guide
OC: Failed to load configuration
Boot from USB - no error messages, but stuck somewhere
OpenCore and macOS 11: Big Sur
How to Install macOS Catalina on VirtualBox on Windows
Download macOS Catalina ISO Image -Latest
Unable to create folder in root of 'Macintosh HD'?
Hackintoshes not getting updates with OpenCore
New OpenCore install - 4x inserted ACPI table has length mismatch errors
Can someone please explain SSDT-EC-USBX like I'm five?
OpenCore Catalina Install Guide
macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread
(Network Issue) Error #6
Warning "failed to decompile DSDT.aml" #18

I had an issue with the CD Drive constantly spinning up an looking for a disk. Here is a workaround for that issue
CD drive keeps scanning for a disc

I also needed to create a folder in the root directory. Here are the steps to do that:
Creating root-level directories and symbolic links on macOS Catalina

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Tesla Power Frunk and Trunk

September 4th, 2022

One of the few things I didn't get with my Tesla was a power frunk/trunk. Unfortunately, it's not feasible to install OEM units so I chose to go aftermarket to accomplish this. Here are a number of links I used to help with selecting the units and installation.

Frunk

Trunk
COzero Power Liftgate Example
Aftermarket Power Lift gate for Tesla Model S
CoZero to OEM Switch Pinout
DIY Power Lift gate for Tesla Model S Walkthrough Video
Cozero v2 kit finished install
Tesla Offer - Model S Electric Tailgate Installation Tutorial
HANSSHOW Trunk Liftgate v3 install
Wire to cut to allow remote to close trunk

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TeslaMate

August 21st, 2022

I ran into TeslaMate after I bought my Tesla. It is described as "A powerful, self-hosted data logger for your Tesla". Grafana is operational dashboard software that will display the data in a usable format. Here are a number of links to how I installed them:

Grafana:
Plotly
Grafana - Dashboards
Grafana - Json Files
Grafana - Json Instructions
Panodata Map Panel

TeslaMate:
TeslaMate
TeslaMate Docs
TeslaMate Grafana Dashboards
How to set Cost variable?
TeslaMateAgile
Manually Fixing Data
Tesla Auth

Unraid Docker:
Teslamate Docker
Grafana Configuration Image
Tesla_Dashcam and TeslaMate dockers
Mosquitto Unraid Config
Postgres Unraid Config
TeslaMate Unraid Config
Support for Atribe's Repo Docker Images (How to set up dockerhub containers in Unraid)
Grafana Unraid Docker Configuration

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MAME / ZCade

June 7th, 2022

After finally finishing (painting) the Z-Cade, I completely went through the internals and brought everything up to date. I upgraded the OS to Win 10, upgraded the Mainboard, CPU, Hard Drives, Video Card, PS, Amp, Marquee Light, Coin Return Lights, Keyboard Controllers, Frontend, Roms and much more. Below are links to all the various sites that I used to get all this done.

Frontend
Hyperspin/MAME on 15hz k7000 arcade CRT 240p
Bigbox - Multiple keyboard buttons for same command
BIgBox Keyboard Controls & Joypad Mapping
Big Box - Launch on Startup Catch 22...
LaunchBox / Big Box
BigBox on computer start up
Launchbox vs All Other Arcade Front Ends
LaunchBox Premium (Big Box) review: Is it worth it
LaunchBox Big Box 6.0 Beta 6 - New Platforms Wheel (like Hyperspin) and CoverFlow Views
MAME: how to update it in LaunchBox?
Getting Launchbox to load different IPAC2 configurations