Durosity’s conquests and collection

[Phipli]

The IIfx is actually an inverse Tardis. It's bigger on the outside than on the inside. I know.. it messes with your head.

I don't know, I managed to fit quite a lot inside my IIx

 

[Durosity]

I don't know, I managed to fit quite a lot inside my IIx

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Cool! What all is in there?

 

[Phipli]

Cool! What all is in there?

Ooh, erm... In that photo, I think it has...

• 9GB disk, 18GB disk, SCSI2SD, floppy, extra fan because at least one is a 15000rpm disk.
• Ethernet card
• Radius Precision Colour XP
• Toby card
• DigiDesign AudioMedia II

It usually had a Rocket in it too, but I'd taken it out for some reason when I took the photo.

 

[cheesestraws]

I don't know, I managed to fit quite a lot inside my IIx

no cat?

 

[Phipli]

no cat?

That is an old photo, it's BC - Before Cat.

I made the bracket for the two hard disks and the one that puts the SCSI2SD so that the card and USB line up with the second floppy opening.

 

[Durosity]

Yeah I was admiring that bracket, it's pretty cool! Very nice setup.. my IIfx doesn't have anything in it. Like.. literally nothing. I got a case from @mg.man (thank you!) for a brand new board I have sitting around that hopefully works (it's in an upgrade kit box)... but it's lacking a power supply or any drives or nubus cards.

 

[Unknown_K]

That's probably the only downside to a Mac II/IIx/IIfx, no built in video, and decent cards are getting expensive (not that a IIfx is cheap to begin with).

 

[Durosity]

That's probably the only downside to a Mac II/IIx/IIfx, no built in video, and decent cards are getting expensive (not that a IIfx is cheap to begin with).

Fortunately I have quite a big selection of video cards to choose from for it.. but yeah, the prices for them has went up a fair bit recently. I’d love to get a SCSI card for it too, but they’re ridiculously expensive now.

 

[Unknown_K]

There were quite a few types of SCSI cards made for Nubus, the FWB Jackhammer and ATTO SEIV are the ones people spend crazy money for (being 68 pin native). There are a few 50 pin SCSI cards out there that are cheaper but harder to find.

 

[Durosity]

On a side note, I used to kinda know the guy that ran (possibly owned? FWB back in the day. He offered me a job in New Zealand and offered to help with relocating costs too. I sometimes wonder how life woulda turned out if I’d taken that offer.

And yeah I don’t think I’ve seen a sub £300 scsi minus card in a very long time.

 

[cheesestraws]

I’d love to get a SCSI card for it too, but they’re ridiculously expensive now.

The most fun option here, though rather rare, is the sixty eight thousand SCSI card, I think it was called the SCSI Bolt. Schematics and stuff are out there, if anyone wants an extremely niche reloaded type project...

 

[Phipli]

Fortunately I have quite a big selection of video cards to choose from for it.. but yeah, the prices for them has went up a fair bit recently. I’d love to get a SCSI card for it too, but they’re ridiculously expensive now.

Yeah, that's something I don't have. I have one of the weird Triangle backup cards, but I don't have any Nubus SCSI cards.

It isn't the worst thing though. If I feel the need for speed, I can always use a RAM disk.

I do have a a sound card that might have SCSI, but someone shipped it to me in an envelope  with a second card from the US and they both arrived quite badly damaged.

 

[Froggy814]

no cat?

Nah, he wouldn't put one in, the cat would be to expensive!

 

[Durosity]

The most fun option here, though rather rare, is the sixty eight thousand SCSI card, I think it was called the SCSI Bolt. Schematics and stuff are out there, if anyone wants an extremely niche reloaded type project...

Sounds like fun. Way beyond my abilities though.

I do have a a sound card that might have SCSI, but someone shipped it to me in an envelope  with a second card from the US and they both arrived quite badly damaged.

Ouch! Bad packaging drives me nuts.


On a completely different note, @croissantking has just figured out why the L2 cache on my PowerBook 550c’s Newertech NuPower 183c wasn’t working.

It needs a control panel. One that was available from their website all along. I’m both extremely happy it’s working and so utterly frustrated with my lack of finding that when I was searching for drivers a few months ago.

 

[Phipli]

Nah, he wouldn't put one in, the cat would be to expensive!

More likely to look like this with me :

 

[cheesestraws]

More likely to look like this with me :

I'm gathering this is precisely the opposite of a silent fan

 

[Froggy814]

More likely to look like this with me :

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Ya know, that might just fit!

 

[Phipli]

I'm gathering this is precisely the opposite of a silent fan

Square end fan blades for extra turbulence. Plus 16 cylinders of compression ignition for extra rumble.

Probably not the most efficient fan. The engine to power it does seem overkill.