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The protocol used by the SCSI driver is well documented by saybur on their github. I don't see why that documentation couldn't be used to add ethernet over USB to scsi2sd. Of course the moral problem with that is it's effectively diverting money away from anyone who would buy the Scuznet board.

https://github.com/TaraHoleInIt/MinivMacArduino It's incredibly rough though.

Hi. I did a weird thing and have Mini vMac running on the ESP32 microcontroller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7QIIHTyWcA BUT! It only supports the mouse so far while I figure out a keyboard input scheme. In the meantime, what can be played entirely with only a mouse? I tried copying...

There's no EEPROM visible on the card which makes me think it's embedded in the controller itself. Then we just have to wonder if they made different chips for Mac/PC versions or if they all have a large EEPROM.

Hi. I found a Promise Ultra 133 TX2 in one of my junk bins and it looks remarkably similar to the Sonnet Tempo 133... In fact if we look at the option rom headers... Promise PC ROM: Sonnet Mac ROM The Sonnet firmware updater does not recognize the PC flashed card which I would expect...

So far so good... I ran gzip -9 on /dev/random for like 5 minutes and it didn't shut itself off so now I'm confident enough to start putting it back together.

Will do. Had to defer to my dad on the soldering so it'll be a few days before I get it back. While I managed to get the caps soldered in the joints were messy and my hands are just too unstable to fix it. I figured it was best to quit while I was ahead and before I ended up doing some damage...

Cap carnage: https://i.imgur.com/REK6X6H.jpg

Actually it looks like I'm just going to be replacing those. My hands are just too shaky and I'll be lucky to finish even them. e: c10    :    16v     2200uF c13    :    6.3v    2200uF c16    :    6.3v    2200uF c21    :    10v    3300uF

The one closest to the vent holes has certainly popped it's top. It's just a question of whether I replace just those output filter caps or whatever I can find.

Why hello there... So is the procedure to just replace all of them or just a few?

I have to clean my workbench before embarking on either the ATX conversion or taking the PSU apart and today is just one of those days lol... Kinda sucks because I REALLY wanted to play with this G4 for a while, maybe get a decent video card in it at some point. When I do I'll be sure to take...

When I first got it the PRAM battery was in backwards. Leopard installed but kept powering off during that intro movie, finally got passed it by leaving the battery out for 10mins and leaving the case door open. The CPU got fairly hot when closed so maybe that missing fan is an issue as well...

I've done a few resets before and I can try that again. I did end up repasting it and it worked for MUCH longer almost finishing the OSX install before shutting off again. The old paste was dry and crumbly so I applied fresh Arctic MX4 and put it all back together, I was super excited to see...

Found it: http://web.archive.org/web/20081221044555/http://fastmac.com/downloads/newagpinstall.pdf Everything lines up and seems to be configured correctly so this is a Fastmac CPU card and not a Gigadesigns one. The heatsink is on there pretty firm so I don't know about repasting it or even...