Recent content by CuriosTiger

As far as I know, no such program existed in classic MacOS, except perhaps as part of A/UX. DumbDD is just an app that offers you that same functionality without having to use another computer/OS. Using file images rather than raw partitions is a convenience ZuluSCSI and the like are offering...

On UNIX systems, dd is used for writing raw data to a block device (such as a raw SCSI disk) below the file system layer. The applications are numerous. For example, it's a fast way to clone one disk to another (as long as the destination is at least as large as the source.) It's a decent way to...

Excellent work. I have 20MB in my own IIfx, and have decided that will have to do. My second IIfx has 8MB in it.

It does not. The IIcx does not have onboard video, so there's no onboard video performance to decrease. Also, if memory serves (pun intended), the logic for the IIcx memory banks are the same as on the SE/30 and the IIx, and the inverse of the IIci.

This is my suspicion. They do look like modern SIMMs. I do believe there's a restriction where the larger capacity SIMMs have to be in Bank A. But I'm not certain.

I mean, I bought an actual semi truck, if that would help you. But we'd have to rent a trailer... I don't haul any freight with my semi truck, although I'd make an exception for old Macs. Right now, it's a hobby.

The SIMMs are held in by retainer clips on either side. You would GENTLY, GENTLY, GENTLY push those aside with your nail, a small spudger or screwdriver, or ideally, a 30-pin SIMM removal tool. But it CAN be done with a nail or spudger. You just want to be VERY gentle, because these retaining...

I have a Quadra 700 as well, although mine is slightly bizarro because one of the NuBus slots was apparently mounted backwards. Mine came from an Apple Authorized Reseller that I used to work for. Come to think of it, the bizarro NuBus slot may be why they never sold it. But it works fine, I...

My 601 card runs at 66MHz, and I am not having heat problems. I have it installed in a Q650, but I'd think that it'd give off similar heat regardless? That said, I can feel radiant heat off the heat sink, and I imagine that if I populated the ADJACENT NuBus slot, that might be a problem.

Yep. Too bad they used an unobtainium connector for '040 PDS.

I don't blame you; it has become quite a mess. However, I'll be in Spain for a couple weeks in April/May and in my native Norway for several weeks in May and June, so the logistics I could potentially work around. But Jockelill just made me an offer as well. That said, if the hardware from...

I have two IIfxen, if that was a solicitation for testing help...and no, I'm not expecting free hardware.

I'd definitely be interested in something like that. Of course, I don't have a IIsi to put it in, but if that could be put on a NuBus card...oo la la. Is a 7" NuBus board really that much more expensive, even at six layers? As for the QuadraFPGA, is the connector you're referring to that...

This basically works fine as long as you get three things right: 1) SCSI ID. Apple used SCSI ID 0 for internal drives (no jumper needed). If you try to connect a second drive to a Mac that already has an internal drive using this method, you'll have a SCSI ID conflict. Typically resolved with...

Late to the party here, but an HDMI port directly on the NuBus backplate is far more elegant and Mac-like than an extension cable, but of course, that's easy to say without having to build it. It sounds like the biggest obstacle would be a design with an onboard FPGA — or indeed, with all the...