I was lazing about, feeling miserable, nursing a terrible cold when Cosmo got my brain in gear, which got my . . .
. . . whatever, he inspired me to get out of bed/away from the computer with his IIci with Quadra 650 thread. It has been a lot of fun playing with the Japanese pull saws, plexi scribe, files and the aviation snips for a few hours.
Here's a shot of the 7600 MoBo in its new home, I chose the nastiest case from the Q700 Trio to feel the bite of the Ryoba. Blech!
Note the badly yellowed plastics and the Thrift Scrawl on the front bezel.
The 7600 MoBo fits into the Quadra 700 fairly easily, it's sitting a bit too high ATM, I'll have to map out the ASICS and Caps on the ersatz solder side of the 7600 MoBo and clear out some ribs where they conflict with the new PCB. The Quadra 700 doesn't have high profile components on its real solder side. for the time being, the 7600 board is sitting on top of the three matching slot/clips on the sides. The 7600's locking bolt hole aligns perfectly with the Q700/IIci Drive support bolt hole. Nice bit of luck that.
Here's a better pic of the MoBo with the @$$BIT$ from the 7600's tuschie, the fit looks pretty good, tho only problem area being the outboard slot and the PCI Flange, but it's lookin' good. Original specs from the dearly departed 7600MetalMiniTower™ are pretty good. I may need to do something about the power connectors, but the ribbon cables should be fine as is.
It feels good to have gotten something done today, but I still feel like CRAP! }
. . . whatever, he inspired me to get out of bed/away from the computer with his IIci with Quadra 650 thread. It has been a lot of fun playing with the Japanese pull saws, plexi scribe, files and the aviation snips for a few hours.
Here's a shot of the 7600 MoBo in its new home, I chose the nastiest case from the Q700 Trio to feel the bite of the Ryoba. Blech!
Note the badly yellowed plastics and the Thrift Scrawl on the front bezel.The 7600 MoBo fits into the Quadra 700 fairly easily, it's sitting a bit too high ATM, I'll have to map out the ASICS and Caps on the ersatz solder side of the 7600 MoBo and clear out some ribs where they conflict with the new PCB. The Quadra 700 doesn't have high profile components on its real solder side. for the time being, the 7600 board is sitting on top of the three matching slot/clips on the sides. The 7600's locking bolt hole aligns perfectly with the Q700/IIci Drive support bolt hole. Nice bit of luck that.
Here's a better pic of the MoBo with the @$$BIT$ from the 7600's tuschie, the fit looks pretty good, tho only problem area being the outboard slot and the PCI Flange, but it's lookin' good. Original specs from the dearly departed 7600MetalMiniTower™ are pretty good. I may need to do something about the power connectors, but the ribbon cables should be fine as is.
It feels good to have gotten something done today, but I still feel like CRAP! }