Macintosh IIx with IIfx board

[MJ313]

If It wasn't for me trolling to scrap pile for something

Agree about the G4!  The QS is my mostly daily driver of an OS9 machine these days.... There is a 199? Gateway full tower in all of its beige behemoth-ness that's been at the dump for months (presumably because no one wants to move it...) I've never played with one-- it's awesome looking.  I'd be disowned if I brought it back.

 

[joshc]

What graphics card do you have in yours? Mine had the typical toby when I got it. I put a radius 8xj in it which plays a lot nicer with my LG L1933TR 19".

I think mine has the Apple Macintosh Display Card 630-0400 , it looks like this (two empty slots which I assume are for additional VRAM). I know very little about it, I haven't spent much time researching or using my IIfx yet.

The photo of the screen I posted earlier is from a 15" Sharp LCD I am using with it, 640x480 res.

 

[dan.dem]

The IIfx really sticks out there among the sea of generic PC stuff...

But don't overlook the toaster to the right. It may be a flyable one. :b&w:

 

[jeremywork]

I think mine has the Apple Macintosh Display Card 630-0400 , it looks like this (two empty slots which I assume are for additional VRAM). I know very little about it, I haven't spent much time researching or using my IIfx yet.

The photo of the screen I posted earlier is from a 15" Sharp LCD I am using with it, 640x480 res.

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Almost positive that's this one: Macintosh Display Card 4•8

https://lowendmac.com/1990/macintosh-display-card-4-8/

Populate those slots to max the VRAM and you'll have yourself a Display Card 8•24

 

[joshc]

Almost positive that's this one: Macintosh Display Card 4•8

https://lowendmac.com/1990/macintosh-display-card-4-8/

Populate those slots to max the VRAM and you'll have yourself a Display Card 8•24

Thanks for the tip, do you know which SIMMs are compatible? If I search on eBay most of the SIMMs that come up are the LC/Quadra VRAM ones.

 

[jeremywork]

Those LC/Quadra ones are the correct type. It will accept two 256k SIMMs for millions of colors at 640x480.

 

[jeremywork]

Thanks for the tip, do you know which SIMMs are compatible? If I search on eBay most of the SIMMs that come up are the LC/Quadra VRAM ones.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Macintosh-256KB-68-pin-100ns-VRAM-Video-Memory-SIMM-670-0269-LC-LCII-LCIII/131852599696

Check this out- even has 4•8 Display VRAM SIMM in the silkscreen

 

[joshc]

Hmm, somehow I forgot to update this thread at all in 2021. Well, things have happened.

This IIfx has had various upgrades done to it over the past year.

- SCSI2SD added
- Added a further 64MB RAM so it's now got the full 128MB RAM.
- Second 1.44MB SuperDrive floppy drive added
- A generous forum member donated an actual IIfx case in amazing condition to me. It's not even yellowed. It was from a battery damaged machine so I had to remove the rusty RF shield from that case and swap my good RF shields in, a bit of a tedious job but it came out looking good. The result was an empty IIx case which went to a different forum member to be repurposed as a IIx machine.
- I recently had some 3D printed stands made, which are based on the ones Kensington used to sell. Now the IIfx can stand tall and look the piece.
- Added a network card, various video cards and a Radius Rocket 040 card.

Comparison with a yellowed 475:










Things left to do

- Not much really, A/UX install and just use the damn thing?