Recent content by killvore

With a G3 accelerator on a 7100/80 board, there does not seem to be the need for additional cooling. After an hour of quake the temp was 41 degrees C. Will test with the naked 80MHz PPC 601 at some point.

If you want to check out a well executed 3D printable bracket for the blueSCSI, I am a big fan of this one: https://www.printables.com/model/661675-desktop-bluescsi-v2-mount-for-board-revision-20231 There's plenty of good options but I use this one a lot because: - it lines up with and screws...

There's two different LC cases - one has a plastic assembly for the fan and the speaker, and the other the speaker and fan clipping in separately. The one with the plastic assembly has the case opening for the fan placed farther back which means the LC475 board would oartially block it, and the...

I've just received a large collection of IIcx/IIcis and machines with compatible logic boards. Both the Quadra 650 and Quadra 800 logic boards will fit in the Quadra 700 case, unmodified, and are directly compatible with the PSU. This is just a drop-in replacement. The Power Macintosh 7100 will...

There's an adapter you can use to piggyback into the molex connectors for the hard drive and CD-ROM coming off of the power supply that lets you power any extra fans you want to add - I think I'm using a set I got with some Noctua fans like this: https://www.noctua.at/en/products/na-sac1 If you...

First off - congratulations! These are great machines that are a lot of fun to work with. In order to preserve the tabs at the back, I would recommend dremeling off the little plastic hook that locks it on to the lower case. Yes it's destructive but it means you will not snap the tabs. If you...

You mentioned a G3+HPV upgrade for one of them - did you find a way to run the G3+HOV combo with the lid closed? I tried but the passthrough ribbon that connects the G3 to the HPV sticks out too far so I couldn't close it up!

It should fit, I put a 7100 board in a IIci case and it works great, lines up with the PSU and everything. You need to dremel some room in the back for ports though, since they are different between the IIcx/i and the Q650/700. You can even trim the plastic around the lock tab (circled in pink)...

Ha that's right! Hope the Adjustable Keyboard and the HPV card is still working - I hadn't recapped it iirc 😅 I saw a PCI firewire card btw which should work? seemed reasonable - https://www.finn.no/recommerce/forsale/item/454291512

The G4 QS boots OS9 natively as well, so you don't have to use OSX if you don't want to 😄

System 7.6.1 with Speed Doubler runs really fast even on the PPC 601. Absolutely worth giving it a whirl even if you don't stick with it, it's got that 'classic' look - plus System Picker makes it easy to choose between multiple system installs if you want to switch. The iMac G3 is like the...

I have a 5400 board, and the macdat image matches the one I have. However, mine does not have the set of empty pads between the marked capacitor and the big chip on the bottom, that area is just empty on my board, and my reference numbering is slightly different. So there may be multiple...

Oof, that's a rough plastic period for sure! I don't have many machines from that period (partially for this exact reason), I have had ok success with hitting the plastic with a hair dryer for a bit to soften them up - just don't overdo it! But you really do want to keep the fiddling to a...

Hey, first off congratulations! You have a solid machine on your hands - and it is understandable that navigating the rapidly evolving mac 90s is a challenge 😆 For games, it's actually pretty capable but marred by some quick and dirty ports. I would suggest checking out anything published by...

You're absolutely right - I was thinking about it in the context of a single thread where it's bad enough, but this attitude is not great for a retrocomputing forum or indeed any interaction with another human being in any situation whatsoever. Makes me wonder what the rest if their life is...