I'd really like to get some form of A/UX-compatible Mac and have been thinking about a IIcx. It can run all versions (even the unobtanium 1.x) and will also give me System 6 in colour. The smaller case should make shipping one a bit easier and cheaper too.
I'm trying to put together a list of required components. I'll need video and ethernet cards that will work fine in A/UX and System 6. From looking through the A/UX FAQ I'm thinking about a 8*24 GC and Apple EtherNet card. According to LEM the IIcx can't use 24-bit mode on the 8.24GC, so is there a better/cheaper option I should be looking at? I don't have any experience with expansion cards in Macs this old (just have a etherwave card in my LC III) so any advice here would be appreciated.
Finally, are ASTEC PSU's as unreliable as I hear? What are the other options (I heard GE made some too). Any other things to check on a used IIcx?
I'm trying to put together a list of required components. I'll need video and ethernet cards that will work fine in A/UX and System 6. From looking through the A/UX FAQ I'm thinking about a 8*24 GC and Apple EtherNet card. According to LEM the IIcx can't use 24-bit mode on the 8.24GC, so is there a better/cheaper option I should be looking at? I don't have any experience with expansion cards in Macs this old (just have a etherwave card in my LC III) so any advice here would be appreciated.
Finally, are ASTEC PSU's as unreliable as I hear? What are the other options (I heard GE made some too). Any other things to check on a used IIcx?