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I dunno about the internal workings of the AMD chips, but the modern Intel chips have a very RISC-like microcode that all the x86 instructions are broken down into. The silicon doesn't actually have paths for the x86 instructions, which makes the RISC vs CISC debate extremely poorly defined.

w00t! I'm very glad to hear that it's working for you!

Which means that your Turbo040s would fit the same as the later ASIC-based ones? ;-)

I've got an SE/30 torn apart in the basement right now. I'll look into the same fitment issues in hopes of reproducing your results. I *really really* want it to fit without going to a two-boards-with-cable solution. Personally, I see no problem with a solution that blocks SIMM bank B. Most...

Try low-level formatting it again; SCSI drives as a whole don't die if you botch a low-level format, you just have to low-level format them _again_. That's because the drive firmware is stored on a chip instead of on the disk. You might need to use something like SilverLining or the MicroNet...

__IGNORE ALL THIS IF YOU'RE USING A NuBus SCSI CARD__ The fact that you have 4 instead of 3 SCSI ID jumpers indicates that you have a 68-pin SCSI drive instead of an older 50-pin one. Older 50-pin SCSI only supports SCSI ID numbers up to seven. Your biggest problem is probably that jumper on...

The common speed grades come out to 12MB/s, 20MB/s, and 40MB/s, being 80x, 133x, and 266x. Since we want the JackHammer and the NuBus to be the bottleneck, I'd pick the 266x card just to be totally sure. They're about double the 133x price, about USD80 for 8GB. On one hand, you're spending...

I don't know anymore of any source that's better than the others, but the folks on this board are usually pretty good about having things, and there's always eBay... not nearly as much good NuBus loot on there as there was about 5 years ago, but that's progress :-/ Before you get a video...

System 7.5.5 is a great system, but it's not a very good choice for that Mac. The best way to remedy this is to get more RAM, as 8MB is paltry for even a 68k Mac. I personally like 8.1 and 8.6 on early PowerMacs, but as porter said, 7.6.1 is the best choice for System 7 on the PowerMac. If you...

I think that if I wanted the best Quadra 650 I could build for general use in System 7, here's what I would do: Sell the PPC card unless you really need PowerPC... it's not optimal for running System 7. Get one of the NewerTech 50MHz 68040 upgrades Max out the RAM Get a SiliconExpress IV or...

I see that there are some new NEC ones on eBay right now, but it'd be about USD20 and that seems excessive for parts that might not fix a spare board I don't really need...

While tinkering with a jailmac SE/30 motherboard and a IIfx ROM SIMM today, I discovered that the "Load Bank A first, larger memory must be in Bank A" restriction of the SE/30 has nothing to do with its memory controller, but to do with the RAM detection routine they use in the SE/30 ROM. The...

And in fact, many do. Look at all the Abandonware that's been legally released for old Macs, for example. It just makes us sad pandas when someone forgets to or can't do this.

Something really crazy must have happened with the chassis ground!

that foamy stuff is exactly how I quieted the 15,000 RPM hard drive in my computer at work. I love that idea. :)

So far at about 100 USD it's a great deal if you're into LISP.

I've been mirroring it for a couple years now at http://www.fenestrated.net/mirrors/ The more mirrors the better!

Ooooh. I never thought of doing RAID in System 6. That sounds awesome!

1GHz TiBook is the fastest PowerBook that (natively) boots MacOS 9

Good show on going back to University and recuperating your financial situation!