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so i bought a couple Quadra 700's
Just for kicks, here's a 1080p capture of Nedry at his desk. Definitely another Q700 with a SuperMac 17" CRT. There are actually two monitors plugged into the Quadra... or, if there's another Mac there, we can't see it.
The other computer is a Silicon Graphics workstation. The black & white photo of the man smoking the pipe is J. Robert Oppenheimer, the creator of the atomic bomb. In other screen grabs, you can see the top right post-it on Oppenheimer's picture reads "BEGINNING OF THE BABY BOOM". The other one is a thought bubble of a sketched nuclear explosion/mushroom cloud. Interesting.
"Nedry" is an anagram of "nerdy." Might have something to do with the words on the yellow pad, which read ""NERD ENTER OF...<hidden>".
Here's what I found about the gray tablet-looking device next to his elbow: It's the design mock up from the final presentation to Motorola for the iRadio (name later changed to Envoy). It was designed by frogdesign in California. The head of frogdesign, Hartmut Esslinger, met Spielberg on a plane and showed him this mockup. Steven asked if it could be used as a prop in the film, and Hartmut gave it to him. There were three configurations proposed, and this one was the one that Motorola had chosen to pursue. An antenna was added later.
The little orange alien-looking thing is a "Panic Pete," a squeezable stress-relieving toy.
There was $875,000 worth of Silicone Graphics hardware, $350,000 from Apple, and $500,000 in additional hardware and software to equip and run the control room.
Dennis is drinking Jolt.
The pinup girl on the screen when Samuel L. Jackson is trying to get the power back on is called zebragirl.
This picture shows the 2nd Mac monitor. The resolution isn't very high, which suggests there's a video card in that Quadra that supports 2 screens.
The "security cam feed" is actually a pre-recorded QuickTime video, since there was no streaming video in 1993. QuickTime had just come out about a year and a half earlier.
The red LEDs in the background are actually part of a Thinking Machines CM-5 supercomputer.
The animated image with Nedry's big head on it that taunts Samuel L. Jackson ("ah, ah, ah, you didn't say the magic word!") is a cartoon of a chunky Elvis Presley in his famous white outfit with the word "King" in red script across his chest.
Continuing the JP related fun, when Lex is rebooting the system if you catch the volume name it's "Nedryland JP" but back in the days before HD a quick glance and you would have thought it was "Nerdyland JP"
It also looks like someone is trying to recreate what was shown in the movie software-wise:
http://www.jurassicpark.sk/?project_nedryland
I figure since people have already made replicas of the YJs and the Explorers it's about time they started on the software!
It also looks like someone is trying to recreate what was shown in the movie software-wise:
http://www.jurassicpark.sk/?project_nedryland
I figure since people have already made replicas of the YJs and the Explorers it's about time they started on the software!
I remember looking at that when this first came out and thinking "That looks like they're just playing a video. A live stream wouldn't have a defined end"
That's why mine are trapped under a shelf surrounding the plotter/entertainment center. Supporting it keeps the Trio separated by at least two feet at all times. But the 32" HDTV only comes off the TelCo Rack center in the bedroom when friends are over for movies . . .
. . . so I have to keep the 30" carpenter's toolbox in its place to keep them in place. :
. . . so I have to keep the 30" carpenter's toolbox in its place to keep them in place. :
] ]'>Yup to each is own, but i always liked the quadra 700.
Just a few minor drawbacks are:
it only has (4) 30 pin ram slots.
pretty much stuck at 25mhz, you can OC them a little but its not that significant
apparently, a Quadra 650 MB will drop right into a Q700 case
and if one were to solder in a rom simm...
and image a Rob Braun Image to a Dougg3 simm.
you can achieve 512 megs of ram!!!!!!! sickness.
http://www.synack.net/~bbraun/djmemcrom.html
here is a picture of the quadra 700 mb for visual referance.
Just a few minor drawbacks are:
it only has (4) 30 pin ram slots.
pretty much stuck at 25mhz, you can OC them a little but its not that significant
apparently, a Quadra 650 MB will drop right into a Q700 case
and if one were to solder in a rom simm...
and image a Rob Braun Image to a Dougg3 simm.
you can achieve 512 megs of ram!!!!!!! sickness.
http://www.synack.net/~bbraun/djmemcrom.html
here is a picture of the quadra 700 mb for visual referance.
Nap, they're still hosted on iFrog, that was before I was convinced to upload pics locally to make sure they didn't disappear.
http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=12478
The supply of 64 pin SIMM sockets is exhausted. The stash that olePigeon found at his local store went to Doug for his ROM programmer boards. Is there another source out there?apparently, a Quadra 650 MB will drop right into a Q700 case
and if one were to solder in a rom simm...
and image a Rob Braun Image to a Dougg3 simm.
you can achieve 512 megs of ram!!!!!!! sickness.
It might be time to start looking for dead IIfx boards. The SIMM sockets should be usable as ROM sockets....
I understand it's frustrating to browse around the forum and see missing images. SOme of them really are from defunct photo hosting services, and in the early years of the forum, people hosting pictures on their own sites or on external image hosts was actually a pretty big problem. There's a large number of threads from the early days that have a lot of missing content for that reason.
Over the past few years, outboard image hosting services have gotten a little better, but to be honest, I still don't trust them.
That said, we also know that there is some work to do, as explained below the quote.
Unfortunately, the task isn't something we can sub-contract to somebody who does have the time or wherewithal.
Some other things have also prevented wthww and I from connecting and documenting some processes, so some of the infrastructure and tools needed to do the has but I don't.
You can rest assured that although it's slow going, nothing's lost and it will ultimately happen. The site has now existed longer than MacAddict, the commercial publication whose forum we were born from, has. (or at least longer than it kept that name, which was a little over eleven years.) So, we don't have any plans to go anywhere.
As a sidenote, it's a small miracle iFrog still exists. http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/5/5039216/everpix-life-and-death-inside-the-worlds-best-photo-startupmost image hosting services don't last long, or survive only by being quite limited.
Over the past few years, outboard image hosting services have gotten a little better, but to be honest, I still don't trust them.
That said, we also know that there is some work to do, as explained below the quote.
The pictures still exist, but we haven't had the time to test and run the script to restore them, or start working on them manually. It's a time and effort-intensive process, and with a few things being a little bit more critical, we've had to prioritize our to-do list a little bit. Between more pressing issues, professional lives, and with my chronic health issues still existing and being chronic and wthww's recent move to the other side of the country, things have been a little busy of late.
Unfortunately, the task isn't something we can sub-contract to somebody who does have the time or wherewithal.
Some other things have also prevented wthww and I from connecting and documenting some processes, so some of the infrastructure and tools needed to do the has but I don't.
You can rest assured that although it's slow going, nothing's lost and it will ultimately happen. The site has now existed longer than MacAddict, the commercial publication whose forum we were born from, has. (or at least longer than it kept that name, which was a little over eleven years.) So, we don't have any plans to go anywhere.
As a sidenote, it's a small miracle iFrog still exists. http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/5/5039216/everpix-life-and-death-inside-the-worlds-best-photo-startupmost image hosting services don't last long, or survive only by being quite limited.
I appreciate your effort keeping this fun forum running.
I wish the images from >15 months ago would be a higher priority though. A huge part of what makes this community so valuable is the legacy threads that bring the Google hits, introduce new hobbyists to the forums, and keep the same questions from being asked over and over again. A lot of great info from users who have moved on is still available to us. But if those legacy threads have no illustrations, many of them are rendered, at least, less useful.
The OP of this now several times derailed thread used to have a wealth of threads about recapping a bunch of different logic boards. All of those threads relied on the big awesome photos in the first post. They're fading into the depths of the forums because they aren't useful anymore.
I realize the undertaking of restoring all the images is massive. I love the "new" forum software. Migrating more than the text should've been a problem solved before the switch, not still a looming issue more than a year after.
I wish the images from >15 months ago would be a higher priority though. A huge part of what makes this community so valuable is the legacy threads that bring the Google hits, introduce new hobbyists to the forums, and keep the same questions from being asked over and over again. A lot of great info from users who have moved on is still available to us. But if those legacy threads have no illustrations, many of them are rendered, at least, less useful.
The OP of this now several times derailed thread used to have a wealth of threads about recapping a bunch of different logic boards. All of those threads relied on the big awesome photos in the first post. They're fading into the depths of the forums because they aren't useful anymore.
I realize the undertaking of restoring all the images is massive. I love the "new" forum software. Migrating more than the text should've been a problem solved before the switch, not still a looming issue more than a year after.
Since they're thru-hole components, I'd think re-secting RAM SIMM Sockets as a 2->1 conversion process should be fairly straightforward. IIRC, some Macs have the Sockets, but little use for dougg3's masterpieces? Such could be be a "dework" source in transferring from the real deal from one to Mac to another in a collection.
Yeah, I don't know if I'd call it irony, or just good luck. Whatever it is, it is truly better to host images here on the forum. If iFrog goes down, wthww and I can't get to those pictures. We have the copies, backups, and a testing environment of 68kMLA.org, which is why every time it comes up, I make it a point to reiterate that the images aren't lost.
We know, we did actually do test migrations and if I remember correctly, hit an unexpected snag on the real thing, and at the time, getting something running was more important than all of the images, and putting the old thing back in place wasn't practical either, because it was absolutely on its last legs, putting it back up would have been impractical at best, and insecure and unstable for everyone at best.
Of course, another lesson learned for uniserver is that keeping backups of your own files is a good idea. It wouldn't have helped here because we actually have the files, but there have been situations where he could have re-posted the same diagrams.
It's on the docket, but there are a few things higher up, either because they have a bigger impact on the experience today, or because the wiki is down.
i got these macs from TED. he posted an ad here a while ago.
https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/25291-the-huge-denver-mac-sale-is-now-shipping/
https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/25291-the-huge-denver-mac-sale-is-now-shipping/
Are you going to sell any of these?
I'm quite happy with the one I got from you a couple years ago*, so just curious.
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*It seems as though it was painted for some reason, yet the silkscreening on front is perfect, as if done at the factory. Is this normal for the Q700's? It's a very good paint job, and I wouldn't have even noticed that it was actually painted, except there was a small spot where it was slightly chipped away (like at a corner or along an edge), showing the yellow plastic underneath.
I'm quite happy with the one I got from you a couple years ago*, so just curious.
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*It seems as though it was painted for some reason, yet the silkscreening on front is perfect, as if done at the factory. Is this normal for the Q700's? It's a very good paint job, and I wouldn't have even noticed that it was actually painted, except there was a small spot where it was slightly chipped away (like at a corner or along an edge), showing the yellow plastic underneath.
I am very jealous of this haul of Quadra's, I really want a Quadra (even a case would do) - they're difficult to come by around here.
Love all the Jurassic Park trivia in this thread, it's something that stood out to me at the time, Hotdog Zanzibar's analysis of Nedry's desk is probably the most in-depth I've ever seen - excellent work
If anyone's interested you can get the program that's a unix system and you know this check out: http://fsv.sourceforge.net
Love all the Jurassic Park trivia in this thread, it's something that stood out to me at the time, Hotdog Zanzibar's analysis of Nedry's desk is probably the most in-depth I've ever seen - excellent work
If anyone's interested you can get the program that's a unix system and you know this check out: http://fsv.sourceforge.net