Recent content by fogwalker

Thank you, JDW and register, for the detailed and helpful advice. It's nice to know how, as well as why, to do it the right way.

Is it possible to install the Silenx fan without soldering? I was thinking that one could cut the old fan's wires as close to the fan itself as possible, strip off some insulation from them as well as those attached to the new fan, and then twist them together and wrap with electrical tape. It...

As you probably know, DayStar made an SE/30 PowerCache that replaced the original socketed CPU and was contoured to very nicely accommodate the various features of the logic board. If your board wasn't socketed, you'd send it in and they'd make it so. Of course, most SE/30 logic boards aren't...

Trag, that's the most hopeful information yet! Mine too is an earlier one (packed May 1993) on that yellow-brown board, so perhaps the missing pins actually are intentional. Presumably I'll eventually be equipped to test it, but until such time won't know unless there are other similar...

Thank you to all for your input thus far. I'm currently unable to test it and wondering if I should look for another one, but of course won't know for sure unless it is tested. If my orientation is reversed, the missing pins would be 24, 25, and 26 instead, which are ground, open, and...

I have an FWB JackHammer for NuBus that I've never used since I'm looking for a certain machine to go with it and other cards (I've been leaning towards a Quadra 950 while still considering a Workgroup Server 9150/120), but haven't found a quality example yet. Yesterday I decided to take...

Yes, the RAID discussion has primarily involved mirroring. Trag, would you provide more information about your adapters? Specifically, I'd like to know the following: 1) Do they have pin headers for the HDD activity light? 2) Onboard termination? 3) SCSI ID setting (presumably via jumpers)...

Certainly TylerEss is more expert than I am on these matters (which I've appreciated and have benefitted from), but allow me to explain why I conclude that FWB HDT 3.0 would support RAID on an SE/30: 1) My understanding is that no 68030 Macs included the NCR 53C96 SCSI controller and thus none...

Thank you TylerEss for this very informative and helpful post. In addition to Remus 1.4, FWB HDT 3.0 also supports RAID, as their RAID Toolkit was merged with HDT beginning with that version...

I appreciate both of your input, TylerEss and JDW. While JDW notes the slower write performance of flash memory versus HDDs (and that a CF card implementation is likely to be slightly slower yet than an SSD), nonetheless I don't expect my usage to involve significant write activity, so this...

'Tis not a stock SE/30! And trag is correct about the SIMMs I referred to above. My curiosity drove me to call the supplier, who confirmed that the kit is indeed composed of (4) 4 MB SIMMs. My pessimism regarding their ethical standards was unjustified.

I've read this thread with great interest, as for some time I've been considering the options for a software-based (FWB Hard Disk Toolkit 3.0) RAID 1 array in a heavily upgraded SE/30 (accelerator, video card, RAM, etc.) utilizing the best overall storage technology. This was discussed...

The links for both items work if they are cut and pasted, but not if they are just clicked on since for some reason the highlighting on this forum cuts off the URLs. The possibility of the "kit" being (4) 4MB SIMMs makes sense, except that the listed weight for both items is identical at...

As we know, far cheaper RAM is available than these: http://www.edgetechcorp.com/store/Products/Standard-SIMMs-(Desktops)/Fast-Page-Mode/30_pin-non_Parity/16MB-5-0v-FPM-30_pin-SIMM--Unbuffered-60ns-8_chip.htm 16MB 5 0v FPM 30-pin SIMM Unbuffered 60ns 8-chip $17.70...