Dream peripherals (the return)

[equill]

... I always wanted a two-drive SCSI enclosure for my 840av (when I had one) that looked the same as the tower but about 1/3 - 1/2 as tall. And said "AV RAID" or something else cool on the front ...

The eBay seller macmetex had a Radius StudioArray (two-drive, but 68-pin) on offer for quite a while. It isn't currently listed, but I am not aware that it sold. It is at least worthwhile to drop him a line. He's in TX.

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[quicksilver]

I can't believe he still has all that Radius stuff listed! Any profit must have long disappeared in ebay fees. I bought what I think was his second to last StudioArray at least 3 years ago. I still have it though its suffered from mod attempts. For some reason I wanted to remove the StudioArray sticker from the front. Well once it was off I saw there was a recessed spot for a company name badge (BTW FWB used the same enclosure at some point). I don't know what led to painting it black and sanding it not necessarily in that order but it took off the texture that was in the original paint (maybe it was a black paint job I regretted). Its one of the last remaining Mac items in my parent's basement. Along with two 81/110s (not defaced by me). And man what I spent in buying those stupid 1' external SCSI cables that HAD to have the Sun-style clips. They are now in the box of 1000 SCSI cables = box full of money. This was all part of my interest in the VideoVision Telecast system. I've still got two Telecast boxes, two monster cables, one VV Nubus card, one VV PCI + Telecast card, manuals, video tape, software. All needs to go except maybe one 81/110. I never used the Telecast much but its still got more connections than much newer video capture systems. Problem is the rendering speed on the old systems its compatible with. But man that box with the lights is cool. [8D] Oh so I'll throw in something for the wish list so I can say this post is sorta on topic: more blinkenlights

 

[Unknown_K]

I passed up getting the studioarray for my PCI Telecast, just using an ata/66 card and ide drives. I did get all (I think) the manuals and software for the VV, my vhs tape is for the nubus setup, was there one specific to the PCI version?.

Quicksilver: Are you fireselling the VV stuff?

 

[Bunsen]

I had no idea how to join the top and bottom once some metal was cut from the middle - was told it couldn't be welded.

Pop rivets!

 

[Bunsen]

USB thoughts:

I note:

What is a USB Mass Storage Device?
* "the [linux] driver is really an interface between the USB stack and the

SCSI layer"

o When you plug it in, a USB Mass Storage Device appears to be

just another SCSI disk.

Another reference

So: if one could complete the necessary hardware, and run NetBSD/m68k with the JIT build of Basilisk II

Uses UAE 68k emulation or (under AmigaOS and NetBSD/m68k) real 68k processor

... perhaps the driver problem would not be so insurmountable.

 

[aphetica]

A processor upgrade for the dual 1.42ghz FW800 MDD G4. That's all I want.

USB on 68Ks would be cool too.

 

[paws]

I could go for accelerated graphics for my LC III PDS...

 

[trag]

A processor upgrade for the dual 1.42ghz FW800 MDD G4. That's all I want.

Well, there's always clock chipping... I don't know how much head room the processors in the 1.42GHz version have, nor how efficient the copper heat sink is. I have purchase four or five beefy heat sinks with heat pipes all over them from the PC oriented world, and one of these days I will find a circular tuit. Then I'll cobble some adapters to mount these heat sinks in the MDD (all chosen so their bases will cover dual G4s, and their height won't bump the hard drive mount) and test who provides the best cooling. Following that, serious overclocking to see how fast the MDD can go with stock CPUs and serious cooling.

Of course, the 1.42 GHz copper heat sink may already be as efficient as the specialized PC heat sinks, and the G4s may already be near the top of their performance ceiling...

I think there's a web site where some fellow took his MDD dual up close to 1.6 GHz. Since you won't get much bettter than 1.8 GHz from upgrades (IIRC) that's pretty good.

 

[wood_e]

I thought I saw OSX on a 68k machine once - it was slow as molasses in -10F weather... and I think it was running via a VM on linux

EDIT: AHH linky: http://mactalk.com.au/articles/68kpanther/

 

[mac-man6]

External raid tower built with cheap usb sticks. FW and SCSI connector.

Even better, flash disk made with that really cheap DDR2 ram with an IDE/SCSI connector. There's a PCI card already out made by Gigabyte but it uses the more expensive DDR(1?) ram.

 

[aphetica]

I think there's a web site where some fellow took his MDD dual up close to 1.6 GHz. Since you won't get much bettter than 1.8 GHz from upgrades (IIRC) that's pretty good.

Yes, I've seen that site and I think I have it saved somewhere, but I always misplace the link. I believe he got it up to 1.67ghz. I would try it; I'm confident in my soldering skills, but my machine generates so much heat as it is, I'd have to do as he did and invest in additional fans. Maybe some day. :/

 

[Dan 7.1]

a bloody pci sata card for macs which doesn't cost $80 >

 

[Anonymous Freak]

68k/PPC/x86 Chips on the same board. that way, you could run a system like parallels type that under system 8.1 (for the 68k AND PPC support) you can use windows 2k Pro, and move them around much like you do under OS X

Hrm, can you use a Radius Rocket in a NuBus PowerPC? Combine that with a NuBus DOS compatibility card, and wish granted!

 

[Christopher]

7200rpm ATA laptop drive that doesn't cost a buttload. iBook processor upgrades, mac laptop hard drive size lime remover with a simple firmware hack. XPostFacto updated for Leopard(its open source anyways). Wireless power up to 800 ft. Macrovision to be removed from all VHS decks. DVD deck for you car, none of this crappy "portable" dvd players with the screen. cheaper MacPro with upgradeable parts.

 

[Bunsen]

68k/PPC/x86 Chips on the same board.

Hrm, can you use a Radius Rocket in a NuBus PowerPC? Combine that with a NuBus DOS compatibility card, and wish granted!

Yes you can. Nubus DOS cards are pretty slow though. If you want anything faster than (I think) a 486, you're looking at a PCI card, which rules out your Rocket.

OrangeMicro made the only true Nubus slot x86 cards as far as I know. The one in the 6100DOS was an '040 PDS card with a 601 PDS adapter bracket.

/edit/ seems there was also the following:

Apple / Reply Corp. DOS compatibility cards for the PowerMac / Cyrix Cx486-DX2/66 / fits the PDS slot on a 7100, the card is titled "DOM 7100"/

There ya go. No G3 and no HPV/AV video as the PDS slot is taken, but add a good Nubus video card and the Rocket, and you're in business. Presumably it'll fit the 8100 PDS as well.

 

[Christopher]

So if it's DOS. Could you get a hard drive and install windows say either 3.1 or 95 on the hard drive and use the DOS card? Sounds rather un realistic but its a thought!

 

[Aoresteen]

A new 40Mhz 68040 or 75 Mhz 68060 motherboard with:

PCI SLOTS

IDE Ports 2 each that support 2 devices (Master/Slave)

USB 2.0 ports

DVD drive support

10/100 Ethernet on board

VGA port w/1024 x768 True color support

Support for 2 Gigs RAM (2 RAM slots)

OS 8.1 released as Freeware

 

OS 8.1 SOURCE code to allow patching to support new features.

Micro ATX MOBO sized to fit any micro ATX case & power supply

 

[Quadraman]

I'd like to see a peripheral that stops Apple from suing fansite owners who try to support Apple's obsolete hardware long after Apple has stopped.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

Nubus slot x86 cards / 6100DOS

So if it's DOS. Could you get a hard drive and install windows say either 3.1 or 95 on the hard drive

I have run Windows 95 on my 6100 DOS Compatible with no problems at all. Theoretically, Windows 98 is even a possibility, but I wouldn't count on it being usable. (I made sure to leave Internet Explorer 4 *NOT* installed on Windows 95 specifically because it installed the Windows 98-style desktop that slowed it down.)

 

[Charlieman]

also the following:

Apple / Reply Corp. DOS compatibility cards / fits the PDS slot on a 7100

Reply Corp produced the original Houdini DOS card for Apple. They reserved manufacturing rights and produced their own variants for a variety of Macs. Eventually, the Reply Corp DOS card division was purchased by Radius who didn't really do anything with it.