Performa 250 gone mystic

[classic]

My stock Performa 250 is now a Mystic!
Specs:
Full 040
36MB RAM
1MB VRAM
2GB HDD
resource edited Mac OS 7.6



Special thanks goes out to Byrd for the LC575 MB

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Dang! When I moved last summer I got disgusted with the two friggin'FUGLY POS 575s that'd been sitting around for several years and I chucked them into the dumpster without thinking to remove the MoBos BEFORE I murdered them.

OOPS!

p.s. my apologies to LC575.

edit: forgot to mention that one of the 575s was well on its way to being a full 15" Takky Hack! Drat the luck!

[Theretrogamingroom]

Does anybody know if you can transfer a Color Classic series monitor into a B/W Compact?

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Nope, too big & too deep, IIRC. ISTR, it's a 10" Trinitron in the CC. The Compact Macs are too shallow in depth for ANY Color CRT, AFAIK.

I had a 10" VGA monitor that I Hacked into a Classic along with a Q630/P6360 form factor MoBo back in the day. I wanted to use it for a Benchtop .PDF DevNote & Service Manual Server. Remember, this was a BenchTop Machine, so the UGLIER the BETTER!

Here's a shot of what a Color CRT looks like stickin' outta the @$$ end of a Classic.

< piccies posted as promised >

Here's the Fugly @$$end on the DevNote Server:




I was intent upon grafting the Monitor's Knobby Chin onto this Classic Case, so that adjustments would be right where they were supposed to be! i obviously would have gotten the full measure of Downright Fugliness from this Ill-Fated Hybrid!

Now it's the basis for my MacintoshClassicIIIColorTVp™ Hack!

[Byrd]

Nice to see my spare LC575 board in use, classic Did it have much RAM on it - was the lack of VRAM in the slots a problem?

The upgrade makes quite a difference, that's for sure. My own CC has the 60Hz 640 x 480 mod and similar specs, it is generally my most used 68K Mac as it's so easy to move around, play with, and pack away.

JB

[jsarchibald]

So how would that compare to a CCII/Performa 275?

[Byrd]

So how would that compare to a CCII/Performa 275?

With the LC575 board + FPU '040, it will be twice as fast at the 33Mhz '030 in CCII. I did once find an LC550, and stupidly didn't keep the board

[classic]

I'll elaborate further on how this came to pass.
About two months ago on ebay I spotted a color classic in "non-working order"
I won it for $30. The guy lived down the road from me and offered to drop it off. Nice.
I met him with my son in tow to carry the keyboard and mouse. When I reached for my
wallet to pay him, he said don't worry about it! And gave it to me for FREE!
The unit itself looks brand new! I went straight the board and there was
no RAM, VRAM and leaking caps.
It sat in the cupboard and put the word out for the mystic upgrade option.
Got a response from Byrd and he was going to post a LC575 board up to me for nada.
I felt a swap would be better and hope that sometime soon he gets the 4GB ext SCSI drive!

Did it have much RAM on it - was the lack of VRAM in the slots a problem?

I think maybe 8MB, the rest I had lying around just waiting to go mystic!
I have never soldered, though if I do, I will look at the 640x480 mod.
It just seemed easier for me to change a couple of numbers
Another thing I'd like to do is get that faceplate sorted...

[jsarchibald]

What are you going to do with the faceplate?

[classic]

Oops, I meant rear panel.
i.e one from an LC575
Nothing mystic about its appearance from behind.
I think I saw a fellow trooper do this recently and it looked tidy.

[jsarchibald]

I thought you meant the one that says Performa 250! If you don't need the rear cover, I may be interested...