techknight
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Pretty sure I have a spare lobo for an LC475, if you wanted to stick it in an old LC1 2 or 3 case if you have one.
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Performa 6205 - YUCK!
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One other thought about all of this is that you're unlikely to get to 40MHz, but PowerBooks with '040s in them do exist if space considerations are above all else.
That said, the 630/6200 are put together in a way other home computers generally aren't. (Interestingly: backplane designs are very common in like UNIX workstations from the '80s and '90s.) If you see one and try to clean it out and you discover you don't like the design, I don't know if there's an awful lot to be done to change that, other than, I suppose, just not pulling it apart that way.
Because, IDK, in a lot of ways that sounds like a Quadra 650 to me. (THough: a 650 is still most of the depth of the 630.)
Regarding the a/v system: It was input only. There was a composite output kit that, if I remember correctly, tied into the video output modules that either connected the machine to the multiscan 14 built into the case of the 5200 or to the graphics output port, but I'd have to go look.
There are probably various revisions, but I don't think that they fundamentally change anything. I know for example there was a tv/fm version of the tuner, which would be better to have today if you had an interest in FM input.
You could also get one of the atsc/ntsc converter boxes and it should be good for devices (VCRs, et al) that could output to cable channel 3/4.
This gets back to an overarching point I've been making for a few years that Ll Macs are bad computers and most, if not all, of them have their own problems when it comes to really using them.
That said, the 630/6200 are put together in a way other home computers generally aren't. (Interestingly: backplane designs are very common in like UNIX workstations from the '80s and '90s.) If you see one and try to clean it out and you discover you don't like the design, I don't know if there's an awful lot to be done to change that, other than, I suppose, just not pulling it apart that way.
This is probably because I've never really taken the plastic cladding off a 6200 or 6500 but is what you're describing basically making the machine taller and less deep?
Because, IDK, in a lot of ways that sounds like a Quadra 650 to me. (THough: a 650 is still most of the depth of the 630.)
Regarding the a/v system: It was input only. There was a composite output kit that, if I remember correctly, tied into the video output modules that either connected the machine to the multiscan 14 built into the case of the 5200 or to the graphics output port, but I'd have to go look.
There are probably various revisions, but I don't think that they fundamentally change anything. I know for example there was a tv/fm version of the tuner, which would be better to have today if you had an interest in FM input.
You could also get one of the atsc/ntsc converter boxes and it should be good for devices (VCRs, et al) that could output to cable channel 3/4.
techknight
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if space is really a concern, I think I have a Duo 280C kicking around which I believe is an 040.
bigmessowires
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I think I'm going to stick with this form factor, shove a Q630 board in the case, and try to stop grumbling about things being too big. 
Maybe I'll satisfy my desire for a SMALL 040 machine another way, with a custom case for a Quadra 605 (see other thread).
The only Quadra 700 that I see on eBay at the moment is asking $719. Maybe it's part of a new trend where the price equals the model number? You should definitely hold on to yours if they're really that valuable!
Maybe I'll satisfy my desire for a SMALL 040 machine another way, with a custom case for a Quadra 605 (see other thread).The only Quadra 700 that I see on eBay at the moment is asking $719. Maybe it's part of a new trend where the price equals the model number? You should definitely hold on to yours if they're really that valuable!
techknight
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Well, I dont know if this is a 575 or a 580/630 board, but might be worth a shot:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/APPLE-MAC-MACINTOSH-Motherboard-old-vintage-art-work-computer-FOR-PARTS-White-/391832120828?hash=item5b3b03adfc:g:CxcAAOSw-K9ZDYL5
http://www.ebay.com/itm/APPLE-MAC-MACINTOSH-Motherboard-old-vintage-art-work-computer-FOR-PARTS-White-/391832120828?hash=item5b3b03adfc:g:CxcAAOSw-K9ZDYL5
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Trash80toHP_Mini
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That's the board of my dreams! If anyone takes a chance on that two memory slot equipped DOS Compatible beauty, I have a suggestion:
Desolder the stinkin' tiny ration of DRAM ICs with which Apple lamed the Mobo. Then jumper CAS and RAS lines as needed from those pads over to appropriate pins on the slot labeled "Single Banked SIMM only."
Addressing that miserably hobbled and newly missing bank on the mobo should then be supported in all its maximized goodness over on the flip side of the double banked SIMM you've placed where Apple told you not to put it.
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Desolder the stinkin' tiny ration of DRAM ICs with which Apple lamed the Mobo. Then jumper CAS and RAS lines as needed from those pads over to appropriate pins on the slot labeled "Single Banked SIMM only."
Addressing that miserably hobbled and newly missing bank on the mobo should then be supported in all its maximized goodness over on the flip side of the double banked SIMM you've placed where Apple told you not to put it.
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