Recent content by Renegade

So, the most recent pickup took place last night. A guy who lives a 45-minute drive from my place was selling a few Macs on a classifieds site. Not really expecting anything to come of it, I made a modest offer, and the guy replied very quickly, “Okay, but then they have to go TONIGHT.” So I...

I don't post on the forum very often, but I figured this would be a good time to share my stories about salvaged Macs. I started collecting Macs around the year 2000. It’s no secret that back then, it was relatively easy to find them at reasonable prices. I was also lucky enough to get my hands...

That's awesome. I hope that someday there will be a project for the 5120.

I've always wondered why an alternative utility, SystemSwitcher, has never been very popular.

The 40MHz variant for the Mac II was for sale last year on Yahoo Japan. Judging by the photos, it seems this version came with some kind of module designed to replace the HMMU/PMMU, and obviously the connector to plug into the 68020 socket. Seller also included SWIM and ROM upgrade. Funny...

@Oliver_A I am following your project with interest, but I am remaining silent as I have no relevant technical knowledge in this area. That said, you did not specify where in the world you live. Depending on that, the community could potentially organize to lend you one or another Mac Quadra...

Some have chosen to convert to ATX. Jmacz posted about this last week. See here.

Here maybe ? : https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/system-6-collection

Well, it was that simple. With the aforementioned modification to the System file, the Gestalt ID returned by the machine is ‘99’, which corresponds to the LC 580. And the Soft475 extension doesn't accept this, quite logically. However, it is possible to work around the issue via Wish-I-Were by...

For some unknown reason, the Soft475 extension doesn't work on my CC Mystic. It is crossed out in red during start-up, as if it didn't recognize the machine. The control strip doesn't work either. My Mystic doesn't have the VGA mod and boots with patched systems (gestalt 99 edited from 21 to 10...

@thisisamigaspeaking , do you mind posting pictures of your DayStar board ?

I've finally found it: Daystar Powercard 030, IIx variant. https://archive.org/details/TNM_DayStar_Digital_Domestic_Price_List_various_c_20170901_0029/page/n3/mode/2up

Thank you guys.

Any brand you'd recommend ?

I see, thanks for the explanation.