Durosity’s conquests and collection

[Phipli]

The IIfx is actually an inverse Tardis. It's bigger on the outside than on the inside. I know.. it messes with your head.

I don't know, I managed to fit quite a lot inside my IIx

 

[Durosity]

I don't know, I managed to fit quite a lot inside my IIx

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Cool! What all is in there?

 

[Phipli]

Cool! What all is in there?

Ooh, erm... In that photo, I think it has...

• 9GB disk, 18GB disk, SCSI2SD, floppy, extra fan because at least one is a 15000rpm disk.
• Ethernet card
• Radius Precision Colour XP
• Toby card
• DigiDesign AudioMedia II

It usually had a Rocket in it too, but I'd taken it out for some reason when I took the photo.

 

[cheesestraws]

I don't know, I managed to fit quite a lot inside my IIx

no cat?

 

[Phipli]

no cat?

That is an old photo, it's BC - Before Cat.

I made the bracket for the two hard disks and the one that puts the SCSI2SD so that the card and USB line up with the second floppy opening.

 

[Durosity]

Yeah I was admiring that bracket, it's pretty cool! Very nice setup.. my IIfx doesn't have anything in it. Like.. literally nothing. I got a case from @mg.man (thank you!) for a brand new board I have sitting around that hopefully works (it's in an upgrade kit box)... but it's lacking a power supply or any drives or nubus cards.

 

[Unknown_K]

That's probably the only downside to a Mac II/IIx/IIfx, no built in video, and decent cards are getting expensive (not that a IIfx is cheap to begin with).

 

[Durosity]

That's probably the only downside to a Mac II/IIx/IIfx, no built in video, and decent cards are getting expensive (not that a IIfx is cheap to begin with).

Fortunately I have quite a big selection of video cards to choose from for it.. but yeah, the prices for them has went up a fair bit recently. I’d love to get a SCSI card for it too, but they’re ridiculously expensive now.

 

[Unknown_K]

There were quite a few types of SCSI cards made for Nubus, the FWB Jackhammer and ATTO SEIV are the ones people spend crazy money for (being 68 pin native). There are a few 50 pin SCSI cards out there that are cheaper but harder to find.

 

[Durosity]

On a side note, I used to kinda know the guy that ran (possibly owned? FWB back in the day. He offered me a job in New Zealand and offered to help with relocating costs too. I sometimes wonder how life woulda turned out if I’d taken that offer.

And yeah I don’t think I’ve seen a sub £300 scsi minus card in a very long time.

 

[cheesestraws]

I’d love to get a SCSI card for it too, but they’re ridiculously expensive now.

The most fun option here, though rather rare, is the sixty eight thousand SCSI card, I think it was called the SCSI Bolt. Schematics and stuff are out there, if anyone wants an extremely niche reloaded type project...

 

[Phipli]

Fortunately I have quite a big selection of video cards to choose from for it.. but yeah, the prices for them has went up a fair bit recently. I’d love to get a SCSI card for it too, but they’re ridiculously expensive now.

Yeah, that's something I don't have. I have one of the weird Triangle backup cards, but I don't have any Nubus SCSI cards.

It isn't the worst thing though. If I feel the need for speed, I can always use a RAM disk.

I do have a a sound card that might have SCSI, but someone shipped it to me in an envelope  with a second card from the US and they both arrived quite badly damaged.

 

[Froggy814]

no cat?

Nah, he wouldn't put one in, the cat would be to expensive!

 

[Durosity]

The most fun option here, though rather rare, is the sixty eight thousand SCSI card, I think it was called the SCSI Bolt. Schematics and stuff are out there, if anyone wants an extremely niche reloaded type project...

Sounds like fun. Way beyond my abilities though.

I do have a a sound card that might have SCSI, but someone shipped it to me in an envelope  with a second card from the US and they both arrived quite badly damaged.

Ouch! Bad packaging drives me nuts.


On a completely different note, @croissantking has just figured out why the L2 cache on my PowerBook 550c’s Newertech NuPower 183c wasn’t working.

It needs a control panel. One that was available from their website all along. I’m both extremely happy it’s working and so utterly frustrated with my lack of finding that when I was searching for drivers a few months ago.

 

[Phipli]

Nah, he wouldn't put one in, the cat would be to expensive!

More likely to look like this with me :

 

[cheesestraws]

More likely to look like this with me :

I'm gathering this is precisely the opposite of a silent fan

 

[Froggy814]

More likely to look like this with me :

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Ya know, that might just fit!