Recent content by PB145B

A Macintosh and a McIntosh 😄

Wow, I finally ran an actual benchmark on the new drive and look at the difference in the disk speed rating compared to the original Quantum Q250 (right) and the new CDC/Seagate (left)! Ignore all of the other tests, I didn’t run those again because nothing else has changed since then other...

I don't think the 5.25" HH ones like mine have that issue, but I'm not 100 percent sure. The Quantum Q250s like the one that came in this Macintosh II DO have that issue though! I fixed mine before it even started so it should be good but I've seen plenty of cases where a slider ends up ripped...

The Macintosh II got a much-needed hard drive upgrade today! Found a really good deal on a Seagate ST2209N, which is a rebranded CDC Wren V 94211-209. The drive holds about 160MB formatted. These are very nicely built drives and very high performance for the era. Apple actually used this...

The IIci is definitely one I’d like to get someday. They still seem relatively easy to find and fairly affordable also. It’s is a nice form factor definitely! I agree, I’ll probably never use all of those slots! Cool to have them though. As for the size, I have a bunch of IBM PCs, XTs and...

Oh nice! I'd gladly pay that for one if I could find it.

That definitely makes sense! As @Juror22 pointed out later in this thread, I have the original Apple HMMU, not the 68851 PMMU. Yeah I do see a lot of battery-bombed IIfx machines and boards. Very sad! Thanks! Yeah the Mac II was definitely a massive change for the Macintosh platform! Man, $5...

Oh man, that's super cool! I'd love to find a new FDHD kit for my main SE (which is an early 1987 version). Yeah it may be because it's an '020. But there's still so much cool stuff you can do with it! But the original LC is also an '020 and seems to get far more love than the Mac II so I don't...

Yeah, the original Mac II doesn't seem to get much love compared to the later machines, which I think is unfortunate. But, that means they are still quite affordable today, so that's a plus! Oh man I'd love to have that poster today! So cool you got to use a Mac II back in the day! I wasn't...

Completely forgot to mention the software I'm running on here! System 7.1 with the update 3.0 of course. Runs very good on here! I'm used to 7.1 on an SE so this thing feels blazing fast to me! And, I'm using my external BlueSCSI with WiFi currently for network access! I want to get a proper...

Thanks! Darn, I swear I had more close-ups of the board, but I can't find them! I'll check it again next time I'm in there for the part number. Thank you! The FDHD upgrade is so handy to have. I mean, I could live without it but it sure makes things more convenient being able to copy small...

I got an original Mac II and I felt it deserved its own thread! https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/finally-got-a-macintosh-ii.50395/

I have been thinking about getting one for several years now and I finally decided it was time, I bought myself an original Mac II! Should have done it years ago, I LOVE this thing! Here's a pic of the Mac II right after I had gotten it fully working but before I cleaned it. You may notice...

I was born in 2001, but man I sure do love 1980s computers! I wish I could go back in time for just a little while and see these machines in their heyday. :cool: