Search results

So I have run into some interesting quirks of the Radius Rocket and it's relationship with the System Software & associated extensions. RocketWare 1.3.2 on System 6.0.8 = Rock solid stable, everything works including sound, but only 8mb of RAM addressable out of the 64mb on card, OS...

The caps are solid state tantalum and are unlikely to be bad across two logic boards. I will try swapping it into a PM7100. Perhaps my AppleCD300 internal drive went bad from the overclocking fail of the MacClip when it nuked the SCSI controller. Parts that could be to blame: Logic Board The...

I regret ever buying a Newer Tech MacClip Jr. Ever since I had a failed attempt at using one the whole system hasn't been right since. To put things short, the MacClip fell off of the clock oscillator while the system was on. It just popped off on its own! This of course caused havoc as the...

The IIcx Introduction keynote I moved my IIcx to System 7.1.1 Pro today, seems to be running well under the newer OS. The upgrade process was pretty smooth, even the Rocket drivers still work.

Seeing System 6 run on a 68040 is a bit of an experience. It's too fast. When the Rocket takes over and reboots the system the stock startup chime plays faster and at a higher pitch because it's just that fast. I've run into two problems with System 6: It can't address more than 8mb of RAM...

It's alive! The IIcx is restored. The worst part were the axial caps, total nightmare. A small fragment of C14's positive pin broke off in the through hole. I couldn't get it hot enough to remove even with my Hakko set to 850 degrees Celsius. I had to bodge the new cap to that small...

They aren’t 472v. They are 16v. Nichicons markings aren’t clear.

I have ordered the caps to do both the IIcx and IIci boards. I am short on other components so only 1 system at a time will be fully working. Nichicon and Kemet caps. Nichicon AlPoly and traditional axial, Kemet for the tantalum.

Solder paste when used with a good iron will just magically melt and adhere to only the pad and the SMD contact leg. All you have to do is carefuly apply just enough paste, hold down the part with tweezers, apply heat with the iron to the pad and leg, and then clean the board to remove any...

I would restart with proper SMD caps. Japanese aluminum polymer would be a way better choice instead of cheap generic electrolytic caps. Solder paste makes these jobs much easier.

I would argue that Gassée would have went all tantalum in the IIfx, if only because it is best. It's clear that Apple intended to go down that road. Switching just two caps to the cheaper SMD electrolytic probably saved a fractional amount of money. Had Gassée been left in charge of product...

The IIfx is an all around better machine than the IIvx. Faster, better case, better build quality. A IIfx will not boot without 2 good PRAM batteries. This is the first thing you should check. There is a jumpstart procedure where you short a certain pin of the power supply but I cannot recall...

Your board is all SMD tantalum, no SMD electrolytic. You don’t need to worry about leaking caps. The Axial caps may need to be replaced eventually when they drift out of value too much. You will know when that happens - random resets and crashes.

The Ethernet NB actually makes a tremendous difference that is not immediately evident just checking raw speed. While the IIfx's 40mhz 030 was slammed unstuffing a huge file for a CAD/CAM package I was able to transfer more games over the LAN to the Mac. The transfer progressed at the normal...

I will need to get my IIcx or IIci running first before testing RocketWare. Apparently the IIfx does not support using a 33mhz Rocket with RocketWare, only RocketShare. Not sure if this is true or not.

Just wondering if the Rocket is compatible with SoftPC or not. It would be really cool if you could boot an emulated x86 PC on a StageII Rocket within a Mac. A PC within a Mac within a Mac! I'm getting an unimplemented trap error each time it tries to run on the Rocket StageII.

Nice Quicksilver! Mine is a lot rougher as the side door will not latch completely shut. The Dual 1ghz model must fly in OS X and OS9! My single 867mhz one does well in OSX and fantastic in OS9. The only thing I dislike about the QS series is the loud CPU fan and poor CPU fan grille on the back...

Ok, I finally got my IIfx running in a stable manner. Sometimes it's cranky because the PSU needs a recap to supply enough power for the tons of power hungry nubus cards. Some days it chooses to work perfectly. Non Scientific AFP test: Server: Mac OS 9.2.2 on QSG4 867 16.8MB AudioMedia II...

Sadly I do not have any PDS CPU upgrades. My only CPU upgrade would be a Radius Rocket 33 in RocketWare mode, replacing the host 030 and memory bus with the fast 040 and bus on the Rocket. The speed bottleneck between the Rocket and the rest of the system via Nubus should be insignificant as the...

Unfortunately I don't think my dentist will be open to loaning me his ultrasonic cleaner. ;) Today I removed all SMD capacitors off of the IIcx logic board. The IIcx board is pretty much pristine. It seems the older style SMD caps without markings on the top tend to leak slowly rather than...