Yes, I would like to do some disassembly but I don't have the proper tools right now. I would appreciate if you could point me toward this software you mentioned if you can rememb…
68kMLAHardwareby Dennis NedryFri, 2 Apr 2010 - 02:55
Use crazy glue and stick the ripped off pad back to the board, let dry. Put a small drop of flux in the crack between the traces and solder a bridge, then solder the capacitor to t…
There is no point to downclocking the CPU - the G3 upgrade is independant of the existing CPU itself (that is, it is not used), nor are you going to "cook" the existing 601 CPU (it…
Dennis, I think it looks great! That's a nice mod. Useful too, if you start modifying the ROM code.
Are you thinking about doing any disassembly? I ran across mention of a dis…
Luckily, Apple derived a solution to this when it created 32-bit QuickDraw, and it is quite simple. Every time 32-bit QuickDraw access VRAM in the slot space, it uses a trap (SwapM…
Well, I tried recapping and, of course, one of the pads came off. I now have three useless LC motherboards.
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Glad to hear you finally got the beast up and running.
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Well, I didn't get to enjoy it for long. I packed it all up and got it shipped off to the "storage fac…
Luckily, Apple derived a solution to this when it created 32-bit QuickDraw, and it is quite simple. Every time 32-bit QuickDraw access VRAM in the slot space, it uses a trap (SwapM…
Glad to hear you finally got the beast up and running.
The last time Rufus the cat caught an early morning mouse, he left the severed head on the floor in my room for my eve…
Because the extension improves performance greatly, enabling all the optimizations available. When I boot with my Sonnet G3 400 MHz in an 8500 without any extensions, everything ru…
68kMLAHardwareby noidentityWed, 31 Mar 2010 - 00:09
I haven't been able to check the lone parts LC that I have; sorry.
But maybe the motherboard caps leaked while it was in the box. It's certainly possible, given the age of the …
No. The Plus' Agency label is centered and the port indent area is double in height. Apple did that on the Plus to allow third party connectors which the original design forced App…
Hold on a tick, how exactly did they modify the port area? It looks custom to the Plus layout and doesn't look like the usual kludged together kind of mod. I don't think I have see…
If $35 exceeds one's budget for a vintage Mac, EBAY is certainly not the place to be shopping! I paid $25 plus shipping in the past simply for 128k ROMs pulled from a Mac Plus log…
A subject of some humorous debate on Cubeowner.com. What is a Cube? Original? Certainly. Hot-rodded? Those who have a "daily driver" cube have all hopped up the CPU and GPU, instal…
I have no intention whatsoever to bid on it, nor did I post that to encourage anyone here to bid on it. I was merely using it as an example when talking about the overuse of the w…
JDW, that auction is interesting...
It's not TOO far from me (~160 mi,) so I think I'll bid on it. (And so we don't get into a bidding war, I bid an amount that will make price+s…
68kMLAHardwareby Anonymous FreakThu, 25 Mar 2010 - 04:19
When I spotted this Mac 512ke auction, I couldn't help but remember this thread. The seller is basically selling a Mac Plus but he is pitching it heavily as a 512ke because he fee…
For those 68k diehards that see this and think that I've sacrificed the authenticity of this logic board by removing the original PROMs and installing newfangled socketed PLCC Flas…
68kMLAHardwareby Dennis NedryWed, 24 Mar 2010 - 06:50
but there was never really a call for a dual-floppy LC since most color software took up more than one 1.4MB disk, especially those that came out right after the LC was released.
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UPDATE
I have acquired some PLCC-32 to DIP-32 adapters and installed them in place of the onboard ROMs of this Mac IIci.
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68kMLAHardwareby Dennis NedryWed, 24 Mar 2010 - 03:29