I have a SCSI2SD, Aztecmonster and a Floppyemu.
I installed one SCSI2SD at the front of an external SCSI case that came with an opening for small media. It lets me swap media and move the enclosure from one computer to another.
The Aztecmonster feels a little faster. I’ve considered replacing...
I've used a Sonnet SATA card in a MDD with both SSD and mechanical hard drive. They benchmarked the same. The only advantage was that the SSD didn't spin down.
I liked the Kensington Turbomouse Pro trackball
I'm using a MDD to play a few games. For gaming I found mechanical hard drives to be a pain. I tried various hard drive setups but right now I'm using a Compact Flash with ide adapter. Fast and inexpensive
I have several Sonnet SATA cards. They are bootable.
I've used one in an 8600.
Earlier cards listed MacOS 8.5 as minimum OS but I've heard of people using earlier OSes.
About 6 weeks ago I picked up a batch 9 Mac Pros for $50 each from a company that mostly wanted them out of their store room. One was a 2010, 2 were 2008 and the rest were 2006. I kept the 2010 and put 2 on CL and have almost made my money back. I keep meaning to put some others on CL but keep...
Picked up a 2009 2.66 quad core Mac Pro for parts for $50. No RAM, HD or video card. Installed those and it booted right up. Have to run it a bit to make sure it’s stable and maybe do a firmware update to 5,1
Depending on which G5, I'd say 1.5 to 2x.
The G5 iMacs do have a reputation for bad caps in the power supply
For even more speed you might also consider a 2006 or 7 intel iMac. Those will run 10.4.
And if you want hugely hugely more speed, there's the 2007 8 core Mac Pro but any 2007 or...
It's very very rare to have a floppy controller with 20 pin connectors and adapters to 19 pin. In virtually all IIe with a 19 pin connector the cable is permanently attached to the card. Best choice is to either find another floppy controller or a physical disk of a copy program.
I got the SATA extension, had to modify it a little so it would fit. Tried it out with an external power supply and the drive showed up right away. It was late and I thought I’d think about the next step the following day.
At 6am I wake up with a question. I’d tried a couple of different...
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