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[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Can you get really HighRes pics of that PowerCache Mac II Adapter and buzz some connections?
I lost the IIcx Adapter I got for reserch purposes back in the day of the Shreve Systems Blowout.

I'm fairly sure the CoPro was standard in the II, but the MMU was definitely an upgrade, you needed that and the 1.44 Floppy Upgrade ROMs for Mac II Rocketability.

[mcdermd]

Want to borrow it instead? I'd be down for that if you'd like.

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Thanks, that's very generous and it might come to that, but some really good pics might be all that's necessary for the project.

[mcdermd]

Alright. I don't know if these are good enough for what you need but here are a couple of iPhone snaps. If you need better, I can dig out the camera and take a couple more.

Top side
Bottom side

[mcdermd]

I received a //c monitor from theretrogamingroom today. A quick retrobrite dip on the monitor and my //c will finally be complete!



My best High School friend had one of these in '87 and I've loved the look of them ever since.

[Mk.558]

Well, a Macintosh II ... It's been upgraded from the original 68020

Would that interfere with the testing of ASFS 2.0 for the II, SE and Plus?

[mcdermd]

I wouldn't think so but I don't know yet.

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Alright. I don't know if these are good enough for what you need but here are a couple of iPhone snaps.

Those are dang good shots for a phone! That's plenty enough to mull over for a bit. Does that thing plug into both the CPU and MMU Sockets?

The only PowerCache adapter I've found that uses no ICs at all is the one for the LCIII. Noodling out what conversions get done for which slot assignments or CPU pins is a back burner project, as is finding my '030 PDS comparison spreadsheet . . . I know it's on a few of the HDDs scattered about the old systems!

My best High School friend had one of these in '87 and I've loved the look of them ever since.

I researched the shiznit out of the //c, Laser 128, Commodore 128 and the ColeCo Adam as replacements for my Commodore 64 back in the day. Wound up buying a POS Tandy 1000sx with a CGA Monitor and DOS semi-compatibility instead of CPM compatibility. I'm glad I went the way for I did for the OS . . .
. . . but the Hardware . . .

Is that a KayPro sittin' there?

< . . . clicks pic . . . >

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mcdermd]

Does that thing plug into both the CPU and MMU Sockets?

Yep.

Is that a KayPro sittin' there?

Yep. Kaypro II. There's a TRS-80 Model III next to it. Both of them came out of a dumpster, believe it or not.

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Does that thing plug into both the CPU and MMU Sockets?

Yep.

How very interesting . . . that makes sense . . . seeing the signals split between the two sockets may even prove to be enlightening . . . hrmmm?

Both of them came out of a dumpster . . .

From anyone else, probably not . . .

Wow!! The Force is strong with this one

Concur . . .

[Bunsen]

The only PowerCache adapter I've found that uses no ICs at all is the one for the LCIII.

The adapter for the IIcx has no logic on it. Plugs into the 030 socket rather than the PDS.

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Now that you mention it, ISTR something along those lines.

It frustrates me every time I see the empty B my IIcx adapter came NI from Shreve.

[mcdermd]

Found a, external, caddy-load CD150 in the trash. It just ejects the caddy, though so I guess it's time to take it apart.

[mcdermd]

Yesterday, I ended up buying a working 800k, 20MB HDD, 4MB RAM Mac SE, a non-op PowerBook G4 12" 1.5 GHz, a working PowerBook G4 12" 1.33 GHz, a working but slightly bent PowerBook G4 15" 1.25 GHz and a couple of fixable infocus projectors for $65.

Then this morning I found a working SE logic board with 4MB RAM in the trash. Very odd as there was nothing else from the machine in there. As luck would have it, I still have an SE that is the victim of an exploded battery and needs a logic board.

[mcdermd]

Picked up a couple of barn-fresh G3 iMacs last night. A Lime DV Slot Loader (with DVD daughter card) and a Blueberry 333MHZ tray Loader. Both run, have matching keyboards, mice and are FILTHY!

[LCGuy]

"DVD daughter card"? Sorry to ask...but are you sure? iMacs decoded DVDs in software (the 400 Mhz G3 plus the Rage 128 had the grunt to do so), not only that, but I can't imagine anywhere where such a beast would connect to the logic board...pics?

[mcdermd]

Only the first-gen DVs had it with the Rage 128 VR. The later Summer 2000s with the Rage 128 Pro could decode MPEG2 on the GPU without the daughtercard. I can take a picture for you tomorrow. I know my Indigo 400MHz has the pads for the connector, but they are unpopulated.

[mcdermd]

Here is the card attached to the Logic Board.

[LCGuy]

Interesting...I never knew the early iMac DVs had a hardware DVD decoder - I thought that all slot load iMacs decoded DVDs via software.

[mcdermd]

Made a deal for a 1400cs with a Sonnet 333MHz G3 upgrade, a 2400c 180 and a bunch of SCSI an IOMega accessories tonight. Why didn't anyone ever tell me these 2400s were so adorably small?

[mcdermd]

Oh, yeah, I also came into a 2.1 GHz G5 iMac (iSight) for free foday.

[Cosmo]

Great finds! Makes me wonder how do you storage all your equipment?

[mcdermd]

I have a temperature controlled room at work with no windows that I store most of it in. I'll be hosed if I ever have to change jobs

[mcdermd]

Went and picked up a small batch today:

PowerBook 180 (working HDD!)
PowerBook 160 (dying HDD )
Quadra 610 with a DOS card
Power Computing Power Center 120
Radius Pivot 15" Mono display model 0361
Apple Color Plus 14" display

Anyone know the pin out for the Radius cable? It didn't come with one and I'd like to try and use it. Any Radius card suggestions?

[mcdermd]

Finally! A conquest!

I made a basement find. Previous owners left a pile of Mac stuff in the basement and the new owners wanted it gone. I still have to sift through it all but the highlights are

Mac IIcx (with Radius FPD and Ethernet NuBus cards)
Radius Pivot monitor (with cable!)
Beige Mac Plus (finally!)
Platinum Mac Plus
Mac SE
Centris 610
PowerBook 1400cs
HD SC 20
Rodime 20MB drive
Two external SCSI HDs
System Software in folders
Lots of different manuals
Lots of original, Apple-branded power cables
Lots of various serial, SCSI and ADB cables
Lots of floppies
Appropriate keyboards and mice for all the machines



$100