OrangePC Card on IIfx

[Byrd]

So you’re recommending I should go to 16MB total? Any particular brand of RAM sticks to lookout for?

... yes (doesn't it already have 16MB but gone bad?)? It would be the sweet spot as 4 x 16MB (64MB) might not be fully cacheable on this 386/early 486 design. 30pin 4 x 4MB kits would be readily available in your region, maybe even new

 

[Concorde1993]

... yes (doesn't it already have 16MB but gone bad?)

The card has 10MB currently

 

[testdriver]

got an orange386 and still trying to figure out where to put it since ISA extenders i havent come across as of yet

iici and into its digidesign expansion chassis. dedicated a macintosh ii/x to it?

 

[Byrd]

The ISA slots are a nice inclusion but fitting anything in there is quite the design flaw! I'd look out for a ISA riser card from a 386, 486 slimline case (with 90 degree slots) that allows you to fit a card in upside down, so to speak. Other option would be a really low profile network or sound card.

 

[Unknown_K]

The card has 10MB currently

386DX (32 bit memory) and above need 4 of the exact same SIMMs, you cannot install them in uneven pairs. 3 and 9 chip SIMMs work best (parity) unlike macs which don't care.

 

[testdriver]

got an orange386 and still trying to figure out where to put it since ISA extenders i havent come across as of yet

iici and into its digidesign expansion chassis. dedicated a macintosh ii/x

The ISA slots are a nice inclusion but fitting anything in there is quite the design flaw! I'd look out for a ISA riser card from a 386, 486 slimline case (with 90 degree slots) that allows you to fit a card in upside down, so to speak. Other option would be a really low profile network or sound card.

the inception idea is a good one but the isa extender needs to be created precisely to fit.

The isa cards i want is a soundblaster 1.5 and a mpu clone. Best method is to make a ribbon extender into a breakout chassis.