Spot the Difference

[chrisrueckert]

Was that best practice in the late eighties?

 

[olePigeon]

If you cut away at the back, you can stuff anything up to a PowerMac 7100 in there. Cheapest way to upgrade. That one looks like it could be a IIci or IIvi stuck in there.

 

[ArmorAlley]

Was there a upgrade path from the IIcx to the IIci or Quadra 700?

 

[finkmac]

Was there a upgrade path from the IIcx to the IIci or Quadra 700?

I believe so, but it would have involved a new bottom bucket.

 

[joshc]

Was that best practice in the late eighties?

Perhaps not 'best practice', but yeah it was fairly common. There were a lot of DIY upgrades back then as well, people chopping cases in various ways to fit cards or logicboards that otherwise wouldn't fit.

 

[Phipli]

Perhaps not 'best practice', but yeah it was fairly common. There were a lot of DIY upgrades back then as well, people chopping cases in various ways to fit cards or logicboards that otherwise wouldn't fit.

I'm waiting to see a 6100 with a rectangle cut in the lid for a PDS video card

 

[joshc]

I'm waiting to see a 6100 with a rectangle cut in the lid for a PDS video card

I've already seen one, it's on the forum somewhere with a photo.

 

[Phipli]

I've already seen one, it's on the forum somewhere with a photo.

Hah! It will have been tempting in the "zero value computer" era.

 

[MrFahrenheit]

If you cut away at the back, you can stuff anything up to a PowerMac 7100 in there. Cheapest way to upgrade. That one looks like it could be a IIci or IIvi stuck in there.

I think it's most definitely a IIci. The IIvi lacks a floppy drive port, and also has sound input (and one less ADB for the spot where it goes).