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The Apple Hi-speed SCSI is faster on the IIgs but with the small IIe programs it really isn’t a factor. You can have multiple HDs with either. I’ve always used 2 partitions with a IIE and 5 with the IIgs. There’s GUIs for the IIe and I occasionally use one but I always liked ProSel 8. Either...

I don't think it's write once media. The disks have write protect switches for each side. To me it looks like a version of MO. Hopefully I can find some time to do a disassembly and find the write protect switch.

I can’t find anything online except an advertising pic. In the pic it appears to be connected to what I think is an Olivetti 286. I solved one issue. I could see it on my Apple IIs but got a SCSI error trying to format but couldn’t see it on a Mac or the Mac would hang at boot up. This morning...

I picked up an Olivetti OD-810 drive with some cartridges and have been trying to get it working with something. I don’t have an install disk or software. Anyone have any knowledge of this drive? I tried with several Macs and either they can’t see it or they hang. On the Apple II the Apple...

I’m getting a slightly less on my MDD but the SSD is an old slower one. It came off an old RAID array I picked up with a bunch of hardware.

I had my G4 Digital Audio out and decided to do some benchmarking. It has a processor upgrade, a Sonnet dual 1.8ghz G4. On the built-in ATA using an adapter with a SSD I was getting 60 MB/S reads The ATA66 didn’t do quite as good but close enough that I’d never notice With the same setup on...

The SATA card came with the SD adapter. I don’t know the brand. More likely it was just a slow SD card. I have a number of extra small SSDs so I likely won't use it again. What I found confusing was that I got better speed from the ATA cards than the SATA card. All using the same SSD. I also...

I’m a little confused I hauled an 8600 with a 450mhz G3 card out of my storage locker. It had a Sonnet SATA card connected to a SD card adapter. This setup was a little faster than the built-in SCSI but not a lot. So I connected the SATA card to a real SSD. With MacBench it showed as being 4...

While deciding what to bring to I retro computer meet I came across my IIci. It booted up nicely but I noticed something was off. The time wasn’t correct but it also wasn’t the default. After a bit of disassembly I found it still had the original battery. Still putting out 2.6v. I guess I missed...

I have a BlueSCSI and a ZuluSCSI that I’ve used with an Apple Rev C SCSI card. I had problems with the BlueSCSI card and the Rev C. Sometimes it’d boot, sometimes nothing would happen. The ZuluSCSI worked well all the time with the Rev C, Hi-speed and Ramfast SCSI cards.

The PC Transporter should work in any slot that's set to Your Card except 3. Which slot are you installing it in? Do other cards work in that slot?

I don’t have aftermarket processors for the MDDs but I do for quicksilvers and DAs. I really noticed the difference a larger cache made with those. To use the 1.42 effectively you either need to change the motherboard or do some resistor changing or it’ll run at 1.1ghz in a 133 bus. Haven't...

I was looking through some stuff and found another adapter. No name on it but looks like a more compact iMate and this one worked

One is from tinkerboy, the other I bought off ebay which still has them https://www.tinkerboy.xyz/product/tinkerboy-usb-mouse-to-mac-converter-adapter-for-macintosh-with-db9-mouse-port/ https://www.ebay.ca/itm/126965649542? I’m reminded that I do have a Wombat bi-directional ADB to USB...

They make adapters that let you use a USB mouse with the Apple II mouse card or a Mac that uses 9 pin mice. The iMate adapter was made to let you use an ADB mouse or keyboard on a USB Mac. The idea was to have the USB adapter on the mouse card and then connect the iMate to it to use an ADB mouse...