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Hello Phipli, My reply was mostly in reference to your comment: "More frustratingly, at the time, and still to some degree, this forum ends up providing a large amount of support to BlueSCSIs that they themselves have sold. Search for "blueSCSI not working" or "BlueSCSI help" or whatever and...

EXTREMELY OFF TOPIC!! I don't mean to sound snobby or rude but don't you think that cost plays a large role here? A Zulu SCSI is closet to $70 here it the states while a BlueSCSI v2 is closer to $60 w/ WiFi (more feature rich to me as well). Just last night I used my V2 to transfer data from an...

That's odd, I have those exact SIMMs on my IIci (4x16 Slaton's) and they work perfectly fine, yes they are thin but have never given me any issues. I will say this, I was having intermittent freezing on my SE FDHD and a member suggested that SE's do not like 2 Chip SIMMs, which I had removed...

I've used a 128GB and downgraded to a 64GB because it was wasteful and even then its mostly empty. As davewongillies said, 32GB should be plenty of space.

I have had success using the BlueSCSI v2 and Joe's Computer Museum had stock of the fully assembled kit not too long ago. Also uses DaynaPORT emulation for WiFi connectivity.

I have had success ordering the recycled disks in both 1.44 and 720k from https://www.floppydisk.com/. They are 100% guaranteed to work and I have not found one with an issue. For the price, I don't think you can beat them. Shipping was fast they are quick to respond to inquiries.

I also concur with what Phipli suggests, here is my post from a few weeks ago: https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/iici-w-supermac-spectrum-24-pdq-no-video-output.46482/post-519747 I had a Nubus card that would warm up but my IIci would not see it which lead me to believe that the card was...

That makes two of us LMAO. Thank god for google!

I would not use that Flyback! It can arc high voltage out of the crack and hit sensitive electronics near by, not to mention your hand if you are trying to service anything. I have close to 20 CRT's in the garage, like MAC's they can become a bad habit, and I know for a fact that that is the...

Hello LaPorta, Well, you can add this issue to the two chip memory modules issues you mentioned. I started off my cleaning the board again and checked the pins on the SIMM sockets. All looked great. I reinstalled the 1MB SIMMs and tried the floppy format again. Same exact issue, it would...

Hello again LaPorta, I will check the pins but I used a soft bristle bush when I cleaned it so I would be surprised if any damage was done. I hope I didn't mess anything up. I do indeed have a photo of the SIMM's used: (Note I only used the 1MB modules, the 256k's are currently in an...

Hello LaPorta, This machine came with a dead HDD so I have only used it with the DB25 BlueSCSI. I guess I can take the internal BlueSCSI from my IIci and try it that way. I will try this tonight :) It came with 2.5MB of RAM but after upgrading my IIci's RAM I transferred the working x4 1MB...

I appreciate the effort in trying to find out if any damage would ensue. Glad your fix seems to be a viable one!! Thanks!

My MAC SE FDHD with a DB25 BlueSCSI (No internal HDD) has always crashed at random times. Sometimes after closing an application but not always. Well I found a way to make it crash every single time, no if ands or buts. If I try and Initialize a floppy it will format the floppy to the point...

I have no other advice but I am now interested in the outcome so please keep us posted!! Good luck!

You have a 040 in your IIci!!! I am so jealous! I gave up looking for an accelerator card as they want more than the value of the entire IIci!

I think the concern is not one based in complete fact. My IIci has a HDD directly above the floppy drive, like we are talking 1/2" away and you will never find an issue between the two. I saw a video on the subject a while ago and the person found that you would need the magnets to literally...

I am no expert but I have read in a few threads where others with odd RTC issues that the issue was usually a bad trace or bad contacts on the RTC chip. Might need to start probing around to make sure all of the pins are secure as well as correctly connected to the PCB. Sorry this might not be...

David, these writeups make my day. Also, glad my wife isn't the only one that thinks we are missing a few screws LOL I am a sucker for a good repair job. As always thank you for the informative post and keep up the good work!

You should try 128MB on a 68030 LMAO. My IIci takes close to 2 minutes to boot. Ordered a ROMINATOR to disable the RAM check as in software that is not possible for me and my setup. For now I just enjoy my beer while I patiently wait for boot up, its part of the nostalgia in my book.