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    Making modern iMac G3 Mezzanine peripherals

    Considering the motherboard PCB runs directly between the mounted ports and the mezzanine (except the modem; that's a daughterboard) I don't think a VGA port will fit there. (Not S-Video btw, that's a legacy serial port borrowed from the IrDA.) I'd sooner try to move the factory iPort PCB into...
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    Beige G3 Locks Up at Welcome to Macintosh Screen?

    I'm relatively sure OS 9 runs a second memory test including a cache test at the point shown. Failing the cache test usually produces a message to contact a service technician, so I'd start by pulling some of the RAM to see if it's stable in a reduced configuration. If you were able to get...
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    I'm still after one of those RasterOps cards too, they're far less common than the Thunder/24...

    I'm still after one of those RasterOps cards too, they're far less common than the Thunder/24. If you track down a DSP card for the SuperMac, the ones marked 'Image Processing Accelerator' run their two DSP16As at 64MHz and the 'GX' branded ones are run at 80MHz.
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    Both can accept DSP daughterboards (pretty sure the RasterOps would be identified as a Horizon...

    Both can accept DSP daughterboards (pretty sure the RasterOps would be identified as a Horizon 24 if populated.) The GWorld RAM is unique to these and the 8•24 GC, and compatible sticks are hard to find for these! If you have a moment to take closeups of the RAM chips I'd be thankful :)
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    I've heard rumors of the RasterOps being legendary though I haven't been able to find any...

    I've heard rumors of the RasterOps being legendary though I haven't been able to find any performance data or even resolution capabilities beyond the RasterOps matrix on Gamba's site, which indicates it's at least good for 1152x870@24-bit.
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    Looks like a RasterOps PaintBoard Pro and a SuperMac Thunder/24, both very strong options. As...

    Looks like a RasterOps PaintBoard Pro and a SuperMac Thunder/24, both very strong options. As DSP capable cards go, the SuperMac isn't as fast as the later Thunder II or Radius Thunder IV but is still very quick.
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    Best Quicksilver Graphics Card?

    The Radeon 9000 Pro is going to be the most commonly available G4-ADC 9/X accelerated card. There's also the Geforce4 Ti4600 which has G4-ADC, very quick acceleration in 9, but only emulates Quartz Extreme in OSX (so isn't a great choice there despite strong numbers.) It's also noted to have a...
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    How many floppy drives can a SWIM chip control? (just curious)

    Looks like the SE uses an additional GLU chip to control both internal drives on /ENBL1 (assume the portable does the same,) still only two /ENBL lines on the IWM itself. ⌘⇧1 - Eject Drive 1 ⌘⇧2 - Eject Drive 2 ⌘⇧0 - Eject Drive 3 ~need to test this but if memory serves...
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    How many floppy drives can a SWIM chip control? (just curious)

    Thanks for this tidbit, I had assumed it was a high quality homebrew job but it makes more sense to be one of the AE units. There's no identifying information on it though, so I may never have found out. It seems they cut into a II/IIx/IIfx blank to fit the connector... A mod to make it fit...
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    How many floppy drives can a SWIM chip control? (just curious)

    My recollection is rusty, but I had thought the Macintosh implementation of IWM/SWIM only allows for one drive per port, which is why the daisy chain port on external drives is often plugged with a plastic cover. Apple IIs IWM could use the daisy chain feature for up to two 5.25 and two 3.5"...
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    Who has a iMac G3 with either a Sonnet Harmoni processor upgrade and or a item that uses the Mezzanine slot?

    I haven't grabbed a Rev A/B, but I have stored pictures away as the auctions have gone by. Here's what I've seen: --- First, there's the Griffin iPort, which uses the physical slot opening but not actually the mezzanine interface. The PCB runs cables to the standard 8-pin mini-din serial...
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    The Great Gazelle PCI Hack Thread, Part 2

    Well I'm confused... could've sworn I hit 'post' over on the eBay finds thread tab I had open, but when I went checking that thread today I found the post was here instead. Sorry about that!
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    The Great Gazelle PCI Hack Thread, Part 2

    Haven't seen one of these before... "486 Module" from Reply Corp in 1991 - could be another prototype to the DOS cards that Apple/Reply first built. $200 BIN or offer. If I knew more about how it works I might bite... ;) https://www.ebay.com/itm/184945310628
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    Benchmarking Mac II NuBus Networking (A/ROSE, OpenTransport)

    The biggest advantage I've found when using the A/ROSE card is that its host system will respond nearly as quickly under load as it will when idle. Practically, this only matters when I'm connected to the A/ROSE "server" computer from a different "remote" Mac and transferring files using the...
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    6360/6400/6500 L2 Cache modules

    still had this one in my desktop clutter... 🙃
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