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Does anyone know if a classic Mac OS wifi supplicant exists for 68k? I'm fairly doubtful, I don't think there would be enough power in a full 68040 to handle a wifi supplicant, but thought it would be worth asking if it was ever done. I've done some searching around, but have had no luck, hence...

My installation of System 7.1.2 on my Blackbird takes up only ~10 MB of hard disk space and uses ~3300 KB of memory, and can do most of what I can do with a modern system. Same trackpad, same keyboard, same LCD screen. Same ability to connect to external input devices and video output. Browsing...

Did Apple ever support multiprocessor Macintosh PowerPC systems during the early PowerPC era? I just came across a piece of Apple software that is meant for a dual processor PowerPC 604 system, it was made in 1996.

Just what the tin says

Can one shove Mac OS 9 on a Blackbird with a PPC card? Is it possible using editing of resources and/or external software? Has anyone tried it? I tried using the search function for the forum, but it appears to be rather stupid, so I got nowhere fast. Any info. is appreciated.

From what I've read Newer Technologies was able to essentially drop in a 740 G3 in place of a 603e processor on one of their blackbird CPU daughterboards because they are apparently fully pin-compatible, However, by the time their 740 G3 prototypes were completed, the interfaces for the CPU...

I read this and found it quite interesting: http://www.merlintec.com/lsi/mac512.html Do you think its true? Just changing memory timing could produce that much of a difference in performance?

As a branch off of a mini-discussion that started in the Classic II FPU/ROM thread. If anyone can post nice high-res pictures (at least 4 Megapixels per side), I'm sure, as was suggested, our collaboration would be willing to take a good whack at making new ones.

For all the Macs that have a built-in socket for an FPU, do they all require an FPU that is the same speed as the main processor and it clocks down if its rated higher or does it switch into an async. mode if the processor is slower than the FPU? My best somewhat educated guess is that FPUs in...

On the Wiki for the SCSI2SD it says the maximum card size for micro SDSC cards is 1 GB. Does anyone know why it says that? Is there a reason for this limitation? I recently installed a v5.0a SCSI2SD, with the latest bootloader and firmware with a 2 GB micro SDSC and it seems to be working just...

Anyone know of a decent place to get quality foil lined EPROM window stickers? I can get something like 40 of them for like $10, but I need way less than that.

Does anyone know how to decode Imagewriter II serial numbers to figure out what year they were made? The last of the 3 models, made after 1990, have alphanumeric serial numbers, but I have no idea how to figure out what relationship it has to when they were made.

Does anyone know if there is a resource anywhere that discusses the difference between the various ROM versions for the 3 different Imagewriter II models? I'm having a hard time finding much of any information on them.

This might be common knowledge, but I came across this accelerator matrix maintained by EveryMac: http://www.everymac.com/upgrade_cards/by_processor/ Its not 100%, but it seems to contain alot of information about alot of the processor cards available for Macs

Ok, assuming the silicon is good, and it should be, the only thing preventing a Classic II ROM drive from being a reality is that one doesn't exist, at the moment. I'm determined to rectify that by creating one, but the only things I know about ROMs is how to make a copy of them from a Mac, and...

I was looking at the way the memory is setup in the Classic II, and it finally dawned on me why the RAM is limited to 10 MB. They only used 24 address lines! As such, 10 MB RAM + 4 MB ROM leaves 2 MB of addressable space for things like VRAM, etc... through the EAGLE Gate Array chip. That's...

If one is using Duo Dock/Duo Dock II  with a 68882 FPU installed, is it accessible using a Duo that has a 68LC040 for a CPU? I've always heard that the 68LC040 can't be used with a 68882 FPU, but I can't find any mention or errata regarding the 68LC040 based Duo's, such as a 280c, not being able...

Are the expansion interfaces on the Macintosh Classic and Macintosh Classic II physically the same, and by this I mean same number of pins, same spacing, same size, etc...? I know the one on the Macintosh Classic is just for memory, while the one on the Macintosh Classic II is for an FPU and/or...

Just what the tin says, were there any full 68040 upgrades for Powerbooks besides popping a 550c processor into a 520/540?

Given the pin out for the Powerbook 5xx series charger, could one be powered by an AC adapter that only has two wires, one live and one ground? My thinking is I could tie the ground sense pin and ground pin to the ground, and tie the live wire to the live pin, and just leave the vBatt pin...