imactheknife
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Picked up a iifx finally it came with a boat load if stuff. 3 nubus cards, maxed ram etc. too bad it was battery bombed as usual. Any useful parts on this to salvage?? Case good, yellowed etc.
The cards are nice, and sooner or later someone will make a IIfx reloaded. Then all the custom parts can be moved over.Picked up a iifx finally it came with a boat load if stuff. 3 nubus cards, maxed ram etc. too bad it was battery bombed as usual. Any useful parts on this to salvage?? Case good, yellowed etc.
*looks up* Says nothing.....he cards are nice, and sooner or later someone will make a IIfx reloaded. Then all the custom parts can be moved over.
Phipli pretending he doesn’t know*looks up* Says nothing.....
Well, it wasn't in the list I read 5 minutes before.Phipli pretending he doesn’t know
I pulled them out for now. Will see what board looks like after.The CPU and FPU look OK.
It's not list-worthy yet, but getting closer...Well, it wasn't in the list I read 5 minutes before.
Sweet!! Good job..wow.. on a iifx board which chips in the battery area are hard to find replacements for? Obviously in the case of transfer to new board, some chips will need to be replaced.It's not list-worthy yet, but getting closer...
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Spent the last two days placing 200 decoupling caps across the board. Parts placement complete, only some minor routing and cleanup to be done before I'll have to start checking everything once more.
I don't trust the Bomarc schematics too much but they're all we got to work with.
Wow that great! I have two FX battery bombed boards that both give me a death chime. I'm guessing somewhere there are broken traces from the battery goo that seep through the vias onto the interior layers. It would be great to do a rebuild the board. It looks impressive.It's not list-worthy yet, but getting closer...
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Spent the last two days placing 200 decoupling caps across the board. Parts placement complete, only some minor routing and cleanup to be done before I'll have to start checking everything once more.
I don't trust the Bomarc schematics too much but they're all we got to work with.
Remember that there is a lot of work building a body snatcher board, a lot of times it is easier to diagnose the original board if there are only a few bad traces. A new board isn't an easy way out! It's a big undertaking.Wow that great! I have two FX battery bombed boards that both give me a death chime. I'm guessing somewhere there are broken traces from the battery goo that seep through the vias onto the interior layers. It would be great to do a rebuild the board. It looks impressive.
Yeah, especially not with those Nubus connectors. Sheesh. Can you get those things new? I might look into it if there's ever a IIci reloaded, because I don't think the Nubus slots on mine work. That, or the network card I have is dead.A new board isn't an easy way out! It's a big undertaking.
oh, nice! Thanks for telling meYou can buy NuBus connectors - DIN 41612 is what they go by on electronics distributors like Digikey and they are usually in stock, still in use in many systems.
This one?Yeah, especially not with those Nubus connectors. Sheesh. Can you get those things new? I might look into it if there's ever a IIci reloaded, because I don't think the Nubus slots on mine work. That, or the network card I have is dead.
Oh I can appreciate how difficult it can be to make a board. I was lucky enough to find working replacement iifx boards. Kind of sad I wasn't able to get them to boot properly. Which is why I hope a new board can be made like the SE/30 reboots. It is remarkable with the efforts being made. I'm impressed.Remember that there is a lot of work building a body snatcher board, a lot of times it is easier to diagnose the original board if there are only a few bad traces. A new board isn't an easy way out! It's a big undertaking.