I think it might be because the disk isnt getting up to full RPM? I know the servo controllers of HDDs are smart enough if it senses a problem with spindle speed, the rest will han…

Yes. This is not going well. Sometimes the brake releases, but after that not much happens. I'm not sure if this disk will work ever. But I will try it on a Lisa one day. That wil…

On your video, I never hear the brake release. After the drive comes to speed - about 5 seconds or so, you should hear a "clunk" as the brake releases and then the drive should sta…

Hi,  I have some. Send me a P.M, if you still need one. Take Care,

Elfen said: I think you can turn the unit on as a SCSI Drive and connect it to another Mac through the SCSI Port and inspect the drive like modern Macs can connect by FireWir…

bigmessowires said: A commenter on my blog also pointed out this homebrew adapter based on an Altera DE0-Nano. It's got a very nicely detailed write-up of how it works. https…

Yes, I'd like one as well for my IIgs. Maybe if I got one, I'd actually use it! c

raoulduke said: It doesn't seem to be able to boot from floppy.  It starts to boot normally and then on the smiling mac it spits out the floppy and goes back to the flashing …

I really like that adapter.  If you decide to make any, BMOW, let me know.  I'd love to buy one or two.  Replacing an aging CRT with an LCD for my Apple IIs would be pretty handy. …

Gorgonops said: For authenticity (I guess) those scalers render the border area in their output, and what that ends up translating to is on, say, a 1280 pixel wide LCD displa…

I mentioned earlier in the thread that I've been using one of those "CGA to VGA" boards on my IIgs setup. (And I'm forced to be pedantic here: those boards *are not actually "CGA";…

Perhpaps its scaler is better, but my monitor won't accept 15 kHz RGB, so it can only use composite video. I'm guessing 15 kHz RGB converted to VGA with one of these CGA adapters w…

Is this better: youtu.be/CTNr0uAiWwk Or

Got a link? Embedded videos aren't working, apparently. c

Yes, that unit will work, but the quality is likely "eh", "meh", or non-existent. The GBS-8220 board that likely came out of the same factory in China is commonly found for $30 or …

On the topic of IIgs RGB video output - does anyone know if it's the same as CGA video, found on old PC graphics cards? CGA is also described as a 15 kHz video signal with analog R…

OK. Here is a movie from still to running.

No. the wind up of the drive. You did a video on the drive already running.  would like to see one from non-powered, to powered up and spinning. 

@techknight Do you mean a kind of roundup?

Would like to see the "wind up" from a dead stop.

It actually gets worse.  I replaced the HD and hooked it up to a SCSI enclosure that has electrical outlets on the back of it (which I say to distinguish this first part where the …

Sorry for posting so late. The SD needs a minimum of 3.3V, as per Raspberry Pi's use of 3.3Vs instead of 5V. Question is, what kind of adapter do you have? At worst, I think, you…

Anyone on this? Could I test the analog board and monitor with a Mac motherboard? Or else?

Elfen, I was planning on going through your steps tonight or tomorrow but I have a concern - on the Kanga my PCMCIA - SD converter freezes every time I insert it (pretty similarly …

Awesome! Spin spin spin!