Hi folks...
I have a technical question (?) on Chris Lawson's VGA mod of the Color Classic.:
http://colourclassicfaq.com/general/vga.html
First, I would like to quote a post mad…
68kMLATroubleshootingby mraroidMon, 25 May 2015 - 16:35
I'm very much a fan of the 5400 and even moreso the 5500... There was a lot of machine in them for the money, with a decent video controller as well, and they were actually decentl…
68kMLAPowerPCby SchmoburgerMon, 25 May 2015 - 11:10
You dont have a 5500/6500 laying around do you?
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I agree, those are pretty cheap are not really sought after, will try at least for testing purposes.
If all else fails, sourcing a 6500/300 board, desoldering various connectors to make it fit, etc, would be a good project. The baking sode mixture sounds like a bad idea IMO, and …
I've had a "Mystic" VGA-modded Colour Classic with LC575 board which has been running fine for a decade, and it's one of my most used 68K Macs. I was also given a "Takky" VGA-modd…
68kMLATroubleshootingby ByrdMon, 25 May 2015 - 07:51
You can find 10" "flatscreen" monitors out there, but you'll have two problems to overcome. The flat screen won't fit the very curvy bezel that housed the very not-flatscreen Sony …
68kMLATroubleshootingby MinerAlMon, 25 May 2015 - 04:00
Second vote for the G4-mini and 10" VGA tube (if you can find it). But if you're going to bother making it more modern, why go half way? Drop a brand new Mac mini in there, or bet…
Somebody done that before (http://www.mac512.com/ccpmg4.htm), back when G4 cube was the smallest Mac available on the market.
However, given that the Cube is such iconic and clas…
Well it increases the current tails in the horizontal output circuitry so it swings the beam harder.
But the problem with this, it adds stress to the sweep circuitry so eventuall…
68kMLATroubleshootingby techknightMon, 25 May 2015 - 03:03
My main machine is an upgraded Quicksilver G4, which I am using right now. With a 1.6ghz 7447A, a SATA card( with 10000rpm WD's), a Radeon 9000 and an usb card, it can handle youtu…
68kMLASoftwareby rafthe030Mon, 25 May 2015 - 02:57
Hello,
I have an issue with an Apple IIgs. The text is kind of doubled in Text mode. When I boot a system disk, in graphic mode, everything is fine. I have some experience in elec…
68kMLATroubleshootingby PitouMon, 25 May 2015 - 02:42
According to Mactracker, the 5400 needs 70ns dimms, and the 5500 needs EDO. That may be the source of the confusion. Or maybe the overlap in speeds: Mactracker says the 5400 goes …
I would assume that if you put faster RAM in, it will just run at the slower speed if that is all the machine can handle. But when I used to service PCs, there were always some ma…
68kMLAPowerPCby nightingaleMon, 25 May 2015 - 02:14
Has anyone ever used an LED display for a personal computer display?
Anyway, yes the chipset supports it. Just not sure if the Cube with OS X will. Best bet is to simply try.
I think that with RAM speeds, unless you go too fast, you can go faster (but not slower) than the recommended. In fact, it'll make your system faster. Go ahead with 60ns 168-pin DI…
So I'm trying to clear up some confusion.
According to Low End Mac, EveryMac, and just about every other site I can find, this machine needs 70ns 168-pin DIMMs.
However, every we…
68kMLAPowerPCby nightingaleMon, 25 May 2015 - 01:44