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    Beige G3 RAM and PSU questions:

    The rev D ROM does have support. Check the Heathrow feature control bits (32-bit register at offset 0x38 of the mac-io device). /** O'Hare/Heathrow specific registers. */ enum { MIO_OHARE_ID = 0x34, // IDs register (MIO_HEAT_ID) MIO_OHARE_FEAT_CTRL = 0x38, // feature control...
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    Apple LocalTalk interface box

    I think it does all the things the Z8530 SCC can. Same register set for all 68K and PowerPC Macs which include an SCC. https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/localtalk-but-faster.45615/post-505309 I'm not sure what you mean by RS422 signals. RS422 has differential pairs while RS232 has a single line...
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    LCIII EPROM?

    LC III's gestalt ID is 27? aka gestaltVail? The flasher has these 5 options for that gestalt ID: - Intel 28F020, write: 40400000 read: 40800000, 2 banks, 1 MiB each, not PDS (040, also works on Quadra) - AMD 28F020, write: 40400000, read: 40800000, 2 banks, 1 MiB each, not PDS (040, also works...
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    Question about the Macintosh Portable

    Since you have a ROM slot, it is possible for a ROM module to exist. I don't have a list of everything Apple made so I can't say if Apple did or didn't make a ROM module.
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    Question about the Macintosh Portable

    Asking me to prove a negative?
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    The "820-0961-A" mystery G3 3.3V FlashRom

    Wouldn't the G3 DIMMs be wired similar to PowerSurge DIMMs (except the voltage source)? Schematics at: https://bitsavers.org/pdf/apple/powerpc/PowerSurge/ROM_Flasher/ G3 and PowerSurge/TNT/8600 schematics are at: https://www.macdat.net/repair/apple_schematics.html Both G3 and PowerSurge...
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    Question about the Macintosh Portable

    The Macintosh Portable schematics have a slot named ROM and labeled J10. It's 16 bits wide and has 23 address bits (excludes address bit 0 because it's 16 bits wide) similar to RAM slot J11. This is for the M5120 (non-backlit). I don't have schematics for M5126 (backlit) version...
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    Imac G3 DV CPU SWAP (just a few steps away)

    That output appears to be good. Only complaint is your input command line was truncated at 80 columns width, but I think that's ok since everything else was not truncated. One improvement might be to do setenv fcode-debug? true and restart before doing the commands. But it appears that...
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    Imac G3 DV CPU SWAP (just a few steps away)

    I would have to compare the Part1.txt and Part2.of files of 4.1.9f1 and 4.7.1f1 to find all the differences, which you probably don't care about, such as adding support for vectors , 16-bit fcode numbers, booting from sata, etc. It's just Open Firmware stuff that mostly has nothing to do with OS...
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    Apple LocalTalk interface box

    Newer Macs with modem port to serial port adapter can use AppleTalk (LocalTalk). For example, a B&W G3 with Griffin gPort or similar adapter. https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/introducing-and-interest-check-circuittalk-localtalk-for-powermac-g4.40182/ http://alexhixon.com/jamport/index.html
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    Imac G3 DV CPU SWAP (just a few steps away)

    I have a 4.7.1f1 firmware updater that might work with your iMac. It's the latest 32-bit firmware updater that I have. It has config blocks for 66 different Mac models. Your iMac has prod-id:0x0081.00 which is renamed from "Kihei" to "P7". Versions of the firmware updater since 4.5.5d2 have...
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    Imac G3 DV CPU SWAP (just a few steps away)

    This is an iMac so the GPU is probably the original. Grab the iMac firmware from Mac OS X and we can compare to make sure the firmware updater flashed it correctly. It's probably fine since it has checksums.
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    Imac G3 DV CPU SWAP (just a few steps away)

    One way to tell if you did it right is to open the file that you created and compare its contents to what you saw when you did the command. In this case, it seems that only part of the output was saved. You need to increase the terminal scroll back buffer in your Linux app. In macOS, I use...
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    Imac G3 DV CPU SWAP (just a few steps away)

    "iMac Firmware Patched" is the firmware updater. If you open it in a text editor, you see that it starts with some Open Firmware code. \ Copyright: (c) 1998-2001 by Apple Computer, Inc., all rights reserved. \ 000419F1 20010914 hex device-end 0 to my-self The first line is an Open Firmware...
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    Imac G3 DV CPU SWAP (just a few steps away)

    Yes, that's the ratio. The document you posted makes this pretty clear. My suggestion would be to convert that document into a utility (a bash or perl script or Hex Fiend.app template) that parses the config block in order to understand your config block. The config block starts at 0x3F00, as...
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    PEx/PowerMac 9700 EVTA logic board observations.

    Thread title says 9700. But your post doesn't say 9700 anywhere. It mentions these: 6700, 9500, 9600. I wonder if some of those are mistyped. 6700 is a pizza box form factor of the 9700? Or is that a form factor you are choosing for your PEx case design? Does your PEx boot? Which ROMs are you...
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    Question about the Macintosh Portable

    Anything is possible if you throw enough code and electronics at it. Using the Macintosh Portable video output was discussed at: https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/macintosh-portable-video-adapter.32038/ Here's an Apple Macintosh Portable Video Adapter M0251 description...
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    DumbDD

    I didn't say you could not read the Apple Partition Map. I said that you cannot read from the Apple Partition Map and from the next partition in the same command. Below is output from my fork of DingusPPC. MetaImgFile lets you construct a virtual disk comprised of multiple disk images by...
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    DumbDD

    That's an Infinite Mac error message. It's not from Snow. That's a bug for @mihai to fix. I think device header means the part of the virtual SCSI HD that is not the HFS or HFS+ partition? i.e. the Apple Partition Map which is generated programatically if a disk image does not contain an Apple...
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