Wow, it's been a long time... but I'm back to this project!
@ bibilit: old Mac are indeed very rare in Spain. I got my SE/30 from UK... like my recent Colour Classic. And my second SE/30 from Germany
In the meanwhile, I purchased a beautiful, working IIfx PSU -- I understand that they're all compatible, but this one has the variable fan for quieter operation.
Then, I ran into a "non-powering" Mac II -- I was about to ask the seller to remove the supposedly dead PSU in order to save some shipping weight -- I was after the bo, after all. But eventually didn't bother...
I received the item, plugged it in, hooked my external SCSI boot disk (the machine came without HD, as advertised) and then connected a battery between GND and /PWF. Guess what happened? It booted perfectly! Sound was very weak, so recapping is soon to be needed, but this was a nice surprise. An e-Machines video card was inside, too.
Anyway, I prefer the performance of the IIx board and VM support, so that will go into this box with my IIfx PSU... and the Mac II mobo will be the "hack" from now on.
More news soon...
@ bibilit: old Mac are indeed very rare in Spain. I got my SE/30 from UK... like my recent Colour Classic. And my second SE/30 from Germany
In the meanwhile, I purchased a beautiful, working IIfx PSU -- I understand that they're all compatible, but this one has the variable fan for quieter operation.
Then, I ran into a "non-powering" Mac II -- I was about to ask the seller to remove the supposedly dead PSU in order to save some shipping weight -- I was after the bo, after all. But eventually didn't bother...
I received the item, plugged it in, hooked my external SCSI boot disk (the machine came without HD, as advertised) and then connected a battery between GND and /PWF. Guess what happened? It booted perfectly! Sound was very weak, so recapping is soon to be needed, but this was a nice surprise. An e-Machines video card was inside, too.
Anyway, I prefer the performance of the IIx board and VM support, so that will go into this box with my IIfx PSU... and the Mac II mobo will be the "hack" from now on.
More news soon...