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I thought about mounting the fan on one of the transistor heatsinks, but would it even help?

https://github.com/luRaichu/polyphloisboisterous030

Here are the board files https://github.com/luRaichu/polyphloisboisterous030 I hope to see someone build this!

SRAM at that speed is still much more expensive than DRAM even today. And you would need to write your own logic, which is not something I understand.

If the DRAM is run with 0 wait states, does that negate a need for cache memory?

Finished building second unit today, this time with correctly assembled headers. Here's what the socket on top of the 68000 looks like. When fully seated, the bottom of the upgrade actually touches the top of one of the SIMMs. Not a big deal for me but I will try to make it shorter in the next...

Infinite time? you just specified a finite amount of time, 1 trillion years

thank GOD it's friday

22-degree sockets are available. https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/te-connectivity-amp-connectors/5822134-3/1122083

Why not use a 4MB 72-pin SIMM? The socket is still available on DigiKey.

What's the maximum amount of memory the Mercury 030 can address? How would you integrate the RAM expansion logic into the Performer? At a glance, the Mercury 030 GAL U3 seems slightly different than the Performer's GAL U3.

I installed a fan in the Plus for good measure... https://archive.org/details/mac_Macintosh_Repair_Upgrade_Secrets_1990/page/n155/mode/2up

I fondled the keyboard of a Macintosh 128k in a museum and to me it looks and feels slightly better than the Plus keyboard It's not convenient to be swapping floppies every time you want to load up a program, just get a SCSI disk emulator. BlueSCSI seems to be the cheapest at this moment, works...

Right now on eBay there's a parts/repair mouse for $23 and a few others for $40-50. I think my price is fair

It did work last time I tested it but I can test again with my Plus

@Swabbie I'll sell you a beige mouse for $30

Just remove the back case and front bezel and scrub with soap and water... If it chimes that's good. If the screen stays black or flickers that's because of a cracked solder joint on the analog board. https://archive.org/details/mac_The_Dead_Mac_Scrolls_1992/page/42/mode/2up Those mains cords...

@Cory5412 On the suggestion of others, please rename this thread to "Honey, I shrunk the MicroMac Performer" to make it more easily findable in searches. Thanks. I did ding up my first assembled Polyphloisboisterous '030 by trying to desolder the headers so I decided to build another one. The...

Go on over to TinkleDifferent then

I don't think the internal Quantum HDDs can spin down... But if it's a Quantum it's certainly got stuck heads due to melted rubber bumpers inside. Turns to goo after a long time :(