This would be a perfect opportunity for 68k genius to figure it out (I have a Turbo 601 and extra SE/30 standing by for that day).Hey there! Just replying after all these years to see if you are gonna work on the 601 card now that “The Quarantine” is upon us!
Plus the ability to run A/UX, since DayStar apparently never got around to adding compatibility for the 040.You can feel the difference between the 50MHz DiiMO 68030 and the Turbo040, but the 030 accelerators offer better overall software compatibility.
I have never heard that sound from a PPC, sounds like something went really wrong!?Well, after some messing around this is as far as I got some time ago https://imgur.com/a/AnDMGOB (turn on audio)
It's doing *something* at least. It seems to be poking the soundchip when it shouldn't so I think it totally doesn't know what's going on in the SE/30.
This is all coming from the 601 though, the logicboard itself has no CPU installed.
I don't have an SGI or NeXT, so what other reasons would one have to put A/UX on a vintage Mac and run it 24/7?...A/UX box talking to an SGI and a NeXT
Well, just because I've been using Macs since my 128k in 1994 and repair them since the 80's doesn't mean I've been enlightened about the practical merits of running A/UX over standard MacOS. In all honesty, I've never installed A/UX before.That surprises me - you are much more enlightened than that
I’m somewhat interested in playing with A/UX. I wonder if there is a version of Perl that would run on it for network related utility CLI scripts doing ftp, etc. Maybe just shell scripts would work there. Would it make a useful server for other old Macs running System 7.5 or below? In anyway better than an old Mac running Mac OS 9 from a Unix level integration prospective? Likely limited by telnet and ftp for integration with modern systems...Well, just because I've been using Macs since my 128k in 1994 and repair them since the 80's doesn't mean I've been enlightened about the practical merits of running A/UX over standard MacOS. In all honesty, I've never installed A/UX before.
There are so many different things to occupy our brain power, especially those of us with families and kids at home. Until now, A/UX merely hasn't been one of those things for me. Even so, if there were some compelling reasons to for the average vintage Mac enthusiast to run A/UX, then it might make good material for a future video. And really, that's why I inquired about it. Thanks for sharing your reasons!
I installed it for the fun of it on my Q950; then I keep using it because I really like how each user has their own System Folder. So I kind of use it to spin up System 7 "playgrounds", if you like, to try stuff out (at least, stuff that will run A/UX).what other reasons would one have to put A/UX on a vintage Mac and run it 24/7
Slightly esoteric question, but to reduce the swapping of accelerators, is it possible to have BOTH a socketed Daystar Powercache 030 AND a Daystar Turbo 040 in the machine, and simply flip the 040 software switch to pick between them? That way you'd have the fastest 030 and 040 in a single machine without having to swap. This of course assumes you have the power to power these, but that's doable with new power supplies.
Forget the switch, I don’t even know if you can safely have both in the machine at all....is it possible to have BOTH a socketed Daystar Powercache 030 AND a Daystar Turbo 040 in the machine, and simply flip the 040 software switch to pick between them?
But electrically speaking, would having the socketed 50MHz 030 PowerCache installed while also having the Turbo040 in the PDS slot pose an electrical problem? I doubt the socketed board would power down simply because the 040 takes over processing, in which case the load on the PSU would be quite high. But even if the PSU could handle that load, I still wonder if the two boards are compatible such that they both could be installed at the same time.There is no switch for the Turbo 040. The 040 will always be active.
@Bolle Very kindly fixed my Turbo040 PDS accelerator, so I am eager to program my ROM-inator II MEGA with the above ROM. But it's been a while since I've used my SIMM Programmer and for the life of me I cannot find the documentation (USER MANUAL) for the programmer anywhere on the BMoW website. Do I need to convert that *.BIN file to a *.ROM file? If so, what is the procedure? And if anyone has a link to the programmer documentation (which covers things like concatenate, ROM image, etc.) I would be eternally grateful.Here is the ROM image (thanks again to OlePigeon): olePigeonPatchedROM-normalchecksum_disabled.bin - so it's the 040 driver, memory test disabled and some other features that you won't see with the accelerator installed (again courtesy of OlePigeon - his custom boot chime and icon are pretty awesome). So give it a try with your programmer. Just make sure the SIMM capacity is correct and write to the entire thing.