LaPorta
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I got this thing at an insanely reasonable price, courtesy of @obsolete. This is the first accelerator of any kind I’ve ever had…I never seem to get lucky like some of you, every machine I ever find is almost always bone stock. I wasn’t sure what to expect…
My SE SuperDrive has 4 MB RAM, and a new BlueSCSI to replace my old v5 SCSI2SD. Initially had partitions with 6.0.8 and 7.1. I started the machine after putting the Performer under 7.1…and wasn’t immediately impressed. I figured this thing would make opening folders and the like under 7.1 a lot faster, but it failed to. Still was somewhat slow. So, I tried 6.0.8 and did notice a bit more pep. I confirmed via TattleTech that the CPU was recognized and working.
At this point, I was thinking of ways to see if the machine actually was faster. I happened upon the two most science-based tests I could think of: AfterDark and StuntCopter, of course! So, the Fish module in AfterDark would run incredibly slow on the 68000. I tried with the Performer and WOW…the fish were moving like race cars! Definitely speedier! Used StuntCopter 2.0, which runs at basically Mac Plus speed on a normal SE. with the accelerator, I needed to slow it by 4 to get it to play regularly.
Clearly, it is working well and is making things speedier in ways I may not always appreciate. Only downside is I lose my MacCON SE, but a SCSI WIFI solution should work, too. I just ditched 7.1 - no real need to use it that I can see.
One last thing: I have not experienced any sound issues with games that others have reported. Disk-based games don’t seem to be affected: the accelerator probably doesn’t work under their systems I would surmise, and the Performer control panel isn’t in the system folder, either.
A good addition thus far!
My SE SuperDrive has 4 MB RAM, and a new BlueSCSI to replace my old v5 SCSI2SD. Initially had partitions with 6.0.8 and 7.1. I started the machine after putting the Performer under 7.1…and wasn’t immediately impressed. I figured this thing would make opening folders and the like under 7.1 a lot faster, but it failed to. Still was somewhat slow. So, I tried 6.0.8 and did notice a bit more pep. I confirmed via TattleTech that the CPU was recognized and working.
At this point, I was thinking of ways to see if the machine actually was faster. I happened upon the two most science-based tests I could think of: AfterDark and StuntCopter, of course! So, the Fish module in AfterDark would run incredibly slow on the 68000. I tried with the Performer and WOW…the fish were moving like race cars! Definitely speedier! Used StuntCopter 2.0, which runs at basically Mac Plus speed on a normal SE. with the accelerator, I needed to slow it by 4 to get it to play regularly.
Clearly, it is working well and is making things speedier in ways I may not always appreciate. Only downside is I lose my MacCON SE, but a SCSI WIFI solution should work, too. I just ditched 7.1 - no real need to use it that I can see.
One last thing: I have not experienced any sound issues with games that others have reported. Disk-based games don’t seem to be affected: the accelerator probably doesn’t work under their systems I would surmise, and the Performer control panel isn’t in the system folder, either.
A good addition thus far!
I grabbed the Brainstorm 20 or so years ago, brand new, for $20. As mentioned, you lose the expansion slot, but I’ve got an Asante EN/SC on it for Ethernet. I love that machine.
