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Heheh, funny you mention that as I'd pulled that same screw out this weekend to see if it would make a difference in the clearance on my Performer. It still pushed down at an angle due to the height of the EuroDIN and sockets, but I think it's not gouging the CPU anymore. Some progress I guess...

Ah, that makes sense. I'll have to pop the top open on another SE and see if I might have a different chassis that's more forgiving. I do see now that your build has a much recessed CPU with being soldered in, so that makes sense as well. I will say that my EuroDIN is likely making things...

Another vote for recap of both PS and board. I've had more LCs than I can count that came right back to life and ran good as new after. The longer you wait, the less likely this will be the case. If youre not comfortable doing it and depending on where you live, I'd guess someone in your...

So to anyone wanting to build up a Performer and planning to buy the 96 pin EuroDIN connector... probably hold off. My 68030s came in unexpectedly today so I went to install the finished product in my primary SE and it DIDN'T FIT. :( The EuroDIN increases the height by only a millimeter or...

Interesting solution for the CPU. Low profile SIMMs look good too. I wondered if the processor in a plus or 512k could be socketed and accellerators like these could replace the CPU rather than sitting on top? That way it would make for an easy restore to stock. Regarding the issue with it...

I was looking around for one to throw on the bottom of the Performer just to add the capability, but didn't find anything. Now that I know what they're called I'll have to look some more. (y) ~Dr. G

Well, final except for the 68030 which is still on the slow boat from China anyway. 😁 ~Dr. G

The final build in case anyone wanted to see the finished product. Thanks to Bolle for taking the time to re-engineer these boards and putting them out there for all to share and enjoy, and thanks to the gang for helping through the hurdles I ran into. Regards, ~Dr. G

Success! No, really... 😁 Extension installed and now TattleTech is showing a 68030 @16MHz with MMU. Speed test has me at 3.3 times stock with slightly faster graphics and math. Next/final builds will have the 68882 @25MHz as well because... reasons. Heheh. I do need to bench one of my...

Yeah, I'd love to try to build up an 040 board with RAM/Ethernet as well since then the CPU would have fast access to memory (and a lot more of it) and would have network (obviously). I don't think the cost would be to outrageous to add the network chip/jack and the extra RAM. The Tokamac from...

Well Thank You yet again! For some reason I had it in my head the Performer was plug/play. I'm sure that will sort things on the quick. :D Will report back ASAP. Looking forward to building some cleaner ones with proper 030 sockets, 68882, and board connectors. Then onward to the Tokamac...

I had the same thought as the OP in keeping my CC original but wanting a speed bump. That's one of the reasons I'm building a few of these for my CC and my LCs: https://github.com/TheRealBolle/Tokamac-LC I'm hoping it provides near 'mystic' performance at a reasonable cost, while keeping the...

Success! Welll, sort of... So new GALs came in yesterday, got them programmed and swapped onto the board, and was greeted with the familiar SE beep. After some uncomfortable pauses during boot I did eventually get to the desktop. So far, so good. Doesn't seem much peppier with the 030 so...

I'll weigh in as a bit of a retro purist. I almost never do a mod to a collectable machine that isn't reversible. I've had people ask me to drill A/V mods into their RF consoles a number of times and almost always refuse or steer them toward something that can be removed. I don't think it's...

Yup, exactly why I hadn't, as the there's a level of comfort with verification succeeding. Thanks again and will report back once I get some B+ GALs in hand. Thanks again, ~Dr. G

Doh, well that would have been good to know. Glad I didn't buy 50 of them. 🤪 Looks like there are some 16v8D-15 versions on eBay I can get for not too much more than I paid for the A ones I have. Will give that a go and hopefully that does the trick. As above, do you happen to know whether...

Bought a very nice looking (on the outside) IIci to add to the collection. Unfortunately someone else had taken up residence inside beforehand. Even after removing all the stuffing and cleaning out the rodent 'stuff'/dousing with IPA, I found it to be battery bombed and the board...

That brings up an interesting point as well. The pictured board on the site does indeed have a jumper to choose between Plus/Classic and SE. However, the board as built from Gerbers does not. It does however mention in the build notes that the GAL at U7 is only required for use in a...

Yeah, definitely seemed like the flash went fine on my TL866Plus, and the Lattice 16v8a was listed in XGPro. I pulled the images right from the site above and kept track of the images for U3-U7 prior to mounting so should be correct as well. I just wasn't sure if the board/SE were being grumpy...

Greetings all! Wondering if anyone has built one of these and what their experience might be: https://github.com/TheRealBolle/Performer-SE-PL-CL I got a stack of boards from JLC and put one together on the quick with parts I had mostly on hand to see how it worked before building a few nicer...