Durosity’s conquests and collection

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.
 
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.
 
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).
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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...
 
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.
 
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. 😅
 
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So today I got a Two Page Monochrome Display. I already had the NuBus card and cable, so when the display appeared I snapped it up.

It has a weird base.. it was clearly designed for using on top of the Macintosh II case as it’s the same width and depth, but it’s offset to the side. And even weirder if the monitor is on the left side of the case. It won’t spin round to be straight on with the front of the Macintosh II, it’s like 1-2° off. It’s very weird! But I like it!
 
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So today I got a Two Page Monochrome Display. I already had the NuBus card and cable, so when the display appeared I snapped it up.

It has a weird base.. it was clearly designed for using on top of the Macintosh II case as it’s the same width and depth, but it’s offset to the side. And even weirder if the monitor is on the left side of the case. It won’t spin round to be straight on with the front of the Macintosh II, it’s like 1-2° off. It’s very weird! But I like it!
Hum, I think the stand on mine is similar but different. I'm trying to think how. It's away as sadly the flyback is failing. They're lovely screens. Does your card have enough VRAM to do 256 greys?

Congratulations on the acquisition :)
 
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