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[joshc]

Picked up an SE with a Prodigy 68020 16MHz upgrade. It has 16MB RAM.

 

[Phipli]

Picked up an SE with a Prodigy 68020 16MHz upgrade. It has 16MB RAM.

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That's beautiful

Surprise or did you buy it for the card?

 

[joshc]

That's beautiful

Surprise or did you buy it for the card?

Bought it for it - the eBay auction showed it working.

 

[Phipli]

BTW, I think there are ROM vs OS complications. Either they don't work in System 7, or you need a newer ROM, and they might have issues with FDHD??? There is an old thread about it somewhere. I think there is someone who would love to know how your ram is wired

 

[joshc]

BTW, I think there are ROM vs OS complications. Either they don't work in System 7, or you need a newer ROM, and they might have issues with FDHD??? There is an old thread about it somewhere. I think there is someone who would love to know how your ram is wired

Yeah, that thread is here and I've been reading through it.

Levco / SuperMac Prodigy SE accelerator and utility

About a year ago I bought - on eBay - a Prodigy SE accelerator board, which I intended to plug into the processor expansion slot on my SE which has a SuperDrive. Not knowing much about compact Macs or anything about the board, I put it in a drawer for safekeeping until I was ready. Recently I...

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So, mine appears to have 16MB of RAM installed, but the Mac sees 2MB because it's seeing its own RAM instead of the Prodigy RAM.

There is no MMU installed, despite the amount of memory on the Prodigy's memory board, which makes no sense to me.

I'm testing it with System 7.5 so far, it boots and works fine, and TattleTech recognises it as a 15MHz 68020.

So I just need to work out the RAM mystery...

 

[joshc]

Tried the diagnostic/interrupt command but it just causes a System bomb for me.

 

[joshc]

It does seem geared for System 6 only because the SE test program won't open under System 7, complains about MultiFinder.

 

[Phipli]

There is no MMU installed

Under the supermac sticker?

but the Mac sees 2MB because it's seeing its own RAM instead of the Prodigy RAM

Got Virtual installed? You can't copy it between machines, the installs are upgrade board model specific.

 

[joshc]

Under the supermac sticker?


Got Virtual installed? You can't copy it between machines, the installs are upgrade board model specific.

Just an empty socket under the sticker.

Haven't tried Virtual yet.

 

[Phipli]

Just an empty socket under the sticker.

Haven't tried Virtual yet.

The installer letdown you pick different boards

Weird there is no MMU and 16MB...

 

[Phipli]

Daft question...

16MB... or 16Mb? I.e. 2MB?

 

[Durosity]

Bought it for it - the eBay auction showed it working.

I saw that, was very tempted! How much did it go for in the end?

 

[mg.man]

I saw that

So... it'll be in your "Recently Viewed" list... do tell.

 

[joshc]

I made a best offer, £95.

Got a pretty cool swivel stand thrown in too...


This machine was aptly named Fangface because it does this on boot...

 

[mg.man]

I made a best offer, £95.

Nice score!

 

[Durosity]

So... it'll be in your "Recently Viewed" list... do tell.

I did have a look but couldn’t see it, but then it was a while ago and I have looked at loads since then. You’re also missing the biggest factor.. I’m exceptionally lazy

 

[Durosity]

I made a best offer, £95.

Got a pretty cool swivel stand thrown in too...
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This machine was aptly named Fangface because it does this on boot...

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Haha I do love the fang face! Nice score too, especially considering the extras and the RAM!