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Well, there you go . . . so long as you don't develop a taste for the sweet variety in old paint. I guess the AI files will probably do the trick by themselves. I'll get a full set of .PDF versions set up to post. Doing the Tri-Slot version for prototyping should be the first step I think...

SWEET! Thanks much. :D I've got the boards laid out in AI8 for form factor and the traces as well so schematic capture should be a breeze. I need three boards, TwinSlots for 6360/5x00 and TAM. Third one's a TriSlot beauty for the 6360. Yes it'll fit nicely with topbar mod @chelseayr. ;) I can...

@zigzagjoe if someone here or over there comes up with a source for the PDS connector, I've got a small box full of Blackbird bits and pieces headed your way. Bringing those internals to life and put to good use in a test rig chassis will be most entertaining, if and when. ;) Hope you don't...

Excellent! Does anyone know the spec or availability of the connector needed for Blackbird PDS interface?

Lucked out for a change! Looks good to me so far, dunno about connector availability. How does memory mapping line up? Luckily the Blackbirds have a pokey bridged PDS slot, later systems are 25MHz if memory serves. I'll drop this tangent now . . . couldn't help myself. :oops:

Yeah, it was a crazy notion that popped into my noggin. But the only stupid question is the one that isn't asked. ;) Good point about partition capacity. Interesting, haven't looked at CF cost/capacity in a very long time. Amazon's got 4GB Transcend Cards for $21 and no-names for $17, very...

Oopsie, missed that in responding to @LaPorta great goings on! Indeed, the IIfx PDS is a slot dying for expansion. How much overhead would be involved using an SD->CF adapter. If not too, too much of a hit, much higher capacity cards are available in SD, if supported? Again, fabulous work.

Amazing once again! Perfect for a IIsi and SE/30 fast mass storage solution. Methinks you'd want that in a IIfx PDS variant, you know I do! :D

Been a bit, have you got details to post on your Pi Pico interface? Please post a thread about it in hacks. Target matrices: Macintosh Portable (given) PowerBook 1400 PowerBook 100 PowerBook 190/5300 PowerBook Duo

Thanks for the tips! First step is to get it up and running at all. ;)

Very nice, welcome to what's now a gang of three! ;) Correct, you need to rob signals from CSII go full-on PCI for Slot D. I used a cheap single slot RA riser card, removed the connector and hotwired from there to my cable monster test rig just for a screen shot op in TattleTech. Don't see...

I misunderstood, thought you meant an AIO released after the 575 was available with a Trinitron display. What a shame. If any, they really should have put a Trinitron in the gorgeous, black PowerMac 5500 Director's Edition. Now THAT would have become a collectable, even if only 15" CRT in the...

Didn't see anything like that, got linkage? BTW, take everymac with a block of salt at least 25% the size of the monster needed at LEM. ;)

Thanks! That sounds like a very interesting experiment, might give it a whirl some day, but the video appears to be lost to time. I've been leaning toward 7.5.5 or even 7.1 Which puts me back down Quadra 630 and IIx/Rocket memory lanes respectively. 6.0.8 is a real temptation as that's what...

Just need to use MODE32 to overcome the 8MB limit, no?

Yep, that's why I said origin was the Quadra 630 sire (introduced three days prior to LC/68030LC equipped variants) of all I like to call the A/V Slot Macs/Architectures. ;) edit: 1995 580 would be the first changeover to A/V slot/6x0 series logic board for the 5x0 series, Great Logic Board...

Never thought about the 5x00 as being a reason for the setup. It goes back to the Quadra 630 desktop. I think it most likely Apple was laying the groundwork the upcoming 6x00 tower case/subwoofer differentiation. Backplane power switch, internal speaker connector and AMP for sound are on that...

That one would be an illogical -00, you're safe with a Serial #-1 DeclROM sticker I think? ;)

@nyef Reverse engineering the Luggable's LCD interface might prove to be the most interesting of projects?

Work backwards from info on modern LCDs and general info on them. Maybe there's a history of LCD development? https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+an+lcd+works&atb=v464-3__&ia=web