Pin slot on G3 Whisper Perch?

[croissantking]

As long as it doesn't put you off the hobby

Might be a good way to learn KiCAD.

How is it 7.24GB in size?!

 

[Phipli]

How is it 7.24GB in size?!

It's all the pictures of cheesecake they've hidden in the settings files

 

[croissantking]

Is there a pin diagram for the Perch slot available online?

 

[croissantking]

It's all the pictures of cheesecake they've hidden in the settings files

Is it wrong that I am loving drawing up the schematic?

 

[Phipli]

Is it wrong that I am loving drawing up the schematic?

Hey, I just spent the time since dinner measuring the dimensions of every cap in a PSU. I'm not going to criticise. Last week I sat mapping out some of the Q610 logic board (need to do more on that) for a silly project.

 

[mg.man]

Last week I sat mapping out some of the Q610 logic board ... for a silly project.

And I owe you some pics... will try to get over to you in the next few days.

 

[croissantking]

Hey, I just spent the time since dinner measuring the dimensions of every cap in a PSU. I'm not going to criticise. Last week I sat mapping out some of the Q610 logic board (need to do more on that) for a silly project.

I'm not allowing myself to get any new Macs, as the several that I have each have so many secrets and surprises that keep me busy. Each one is a journey. I want to have the honour of being the first person outside of Apple Dev to get built-in USB working on a beige Mac.

 

[Phipli]

I'm not allowing myself to get any new Macs, as the several that I have each have so many secrets and surprises that keep me busy. Each one is a journey. I want to have the honour of being the first person outside of Apple Dev to get built-in USB working on a beige Mac.

Okay, I would still get a IIci. It's the one exception.

I've been mostly working through my backlog this year, but I did buy a 400MHz iMac logic board this evening. It looks like it could lead to a fun project and was £10.

I have a 7100, a beige G3 with dodgy video and a LW600 to sort, some power supplies, then I might do the PB145.

 

[mg.man]

The Whisper card doesn't have the video capture functionality of the Wings card.

Ahh... mine might all be Whispers then... need to check - but think they are all mic & headphone only.

 

[Phipli]

Ahh... mine might all be Whispers then... need to check - but think they are all mic & headphone only.

Some might have the USB footprint anyway...

 

[Phipli]

See here :

 

[mg.man]

Yep... this one was handy :

 

[mg.man]

The other 4 are still in the Macs (2 x desktop + 2 x MiniTower)

 

[mg.man]

I want to have the honour of being the first person outside of Apple Dev to get built-in USB working on a beige Mac.

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No bracket, but good for experimenting?

 

[croissantking]

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No bracket, but good for experimenting?

Shh! I might have a snipe set up on that ;-)

 

[croissantking]

The other 4 are still in the Macs (2 x desktop + 2 x MiniTower)

You can tell at a glance which have the USB footprint, as the audio jacks are shifted over (further away from the modem slot).

 

[Paralel]

Is their any speculation on why they didn't include USB to start with?

 

[croissantking]

Is their any speculation on why they didn't include USB to start with?

I think, it's impossible to say. My guess is that it was a marketing decision. Maybe Apple (or even Steve) made a last minute call to have USB be exclusive to the 'New World'/translucent plastics image. What do you think?

 

[Phipli]

It might have been included on the boards purely for prototyping and development work. If you need a feature for dev work, why not slip it into your current order for 100000 boards if it doesn't impact the cost?

 

[croissantking]

It might have been included on the boards purely for prototyping and development work. If you need a feature for dev work, why not slip it into your current order for 100000 boards if it doesn't impact the cost?

This makes a lot of sense actually.

The Beige G3 has a few other prototyping quirks, like the cache slot and PC floppy footprints.

Are there any other notable examples of this sort of thing on Old World Macintoshes?