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Did some more reading and found reference to Firmware V1.1 here: Unfortunately Adaptec's link no longer works and a Google search provides no direct download for this Firmware revision. Also interesting is the last bullet point, which notes that optional SCSI cards in some G4 computers are not...

I’m pretty sure version 1.3 came included with the updated firmware. I didn’t see a separate link to update just the firmware.

So I downloaded version 1.3 of Adaptec's 2906 driver from their Microchip website, and version 6.1.2 of the PowerDomain control utility. Same problem as before - the Adaptec driver works perfectly (it recognizes my external SCSI drives and mounts them to the desktop) but the PowerDomain software...

I'm using the B&W's main Quantum HD. I could run the software on one of my external SCSI drives but I'd need to install an OS first. Hopefully it's not an extensions conflict. Those can be a PITA to resolve. Funny thing is the SCSI Probe software works perfectly and I can mount any external...

Well they should be compatible - they were both included in the Adaptec 2906 install disc for the PowerMac series. Anyway, I've uploaded the readme for the PowerDomain utility. On Page 19 it shows under "About PowerDomain" the 2906 card as being compatible hardware for the PowerDomain...

I tried the 2906 card again in slots #2, 3, and 4 - I still get the -69 error when opening the PowerDomain utility. For some reason slot #1 is facing the wrong way on the motherboard. If I install the 2906 card there the SCSI port on the card will be inward and not outward. Anyone know why...

I got the Portrait Display to work with the uncapped IIfx (with caveats, of course): (1) Initially, installing the Sony PS from my OrangePC IIfx made no difference. I still had a greyscale image with no cursor or welcome screen. I then moved the 8.24GC card from NuBus slot #5 to slot #2, and...

Really? So nobody here has dealt with these Adaptec SCSI cards? C'Mon Man!

Nope, just a pair of IIfx units and a Quadra 950. I had a IIcx at one point, but that was sold years ago (GE power supply was going bad and I didn't want to bother fixing it). I concur. I was viewing some old WP docs on my OrangePC IIfx and I can understand the appeal of these monitors. I've...

Zapping the PRAM on the uncapped IIfx yielded nothing (still get a bright grayscale screen on startup). I’ll try swapping power supplies but I doubt it’ll help.

A couple of things: (1) It turns out I don't have the Portrait Display card at all, but rather the Mac II monochrome video card (820-0285-A). This card appears to be incompatible with the Portrait Display based on the lack of image and total black screen (2) The Portrait Display works perfectly...

I’m using an authentic Apple 13w3 cable. I’ll try the 8,24GC and see what happens.

I picked up a Portrait Display around the same time I purchased my other IIfx. Of course, there's problems: (1) The Portrait Display does not show an image at all when connected to its Portrait Display video card (only the front LED indicator light and the fan inside the monitor work) (2) If I...

Awhile back, I purchased one of these Adaptec SCSI cards for my B&W G3. The card itself works perfectly fine and I can mount all of my external SCSI hard drives in OS 9.2.1 without issue. The problem I'm facing is when I open the PowerDomain control utility, I get two error messages - the first...

Updating this as I tried a "newer" NOS HP 95a cartridge from circa 2004 and it also suffers from smearing. I haven't been able to source a last-generation 95a cartridge from 2007-ish for free or cheap, but I would image that all of the 95a cartridges from any era are all suffering the same fate...

Thanks for the info. I wouldn’t write-off this board though - sound is strong and all the other ports work as they should (NuBus slots included).

I picked up another IIfx a couple of weeks back. Motherboard is in decent shape (all original caps) and it came with 20 megs of RAM. Couple of things: (1) The power switch in the back doesn't seem to work - more on that later (2) The IIfx came with the HD carrier/sled for 5.25" drives, not the...

Was this the SE/30 in Brantford by any chance?

I stand corrected. I got confused with Riven - The Sequel to Myst. That (and the accompanying Making of Riven movie) requires a minimum 90MHz PowerPC processor to run. The original Myst only requires System 7.0.1 or higher, although I swear I had a PPC only version somewhere. This is all part of...

I only have the PPC version