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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
 Posted - 04 Apr 2002 : 01:13:41
I now have(or at least should have)A Quadra 840av
1.2 gig hard drive
o.s 8.1
CD caddy drive
CD Caddy
SVGA monitor adapter(monitor is being used at this moment on my pc)
33600 serial modem(can connect to 25 pin or 9 pin sockets on computer!:-))
ADB keboard & mouse.
64 meg ram
an extra half meg of vram I want:- A projector
1/2 meg vram
another 64 meg of ram(or upgrade to 256 meg)
A way to network my ST with my Quadra
Magic o.s
more drives
more power
MORE POWER
MORE POWER
MORE POWER no Santa cruz font? err I want:- Scanner
Printer
Camara
Video camara
Speakers? (do I need speakers)
What else can I want? shaktiman |
shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2002 : 03:28:56
Well I am buggeringly scared.If....... the modem connects via db 9 or db 25 then am I going to need a db to din adapter? or 8 pin or............................. shaktiman |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2002 : 07:25:52
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Well I am buggeringly scared.If....... the modem connects via db 9 or db 25 then am I going to need a db to din adapter? or 8 pin or............................. shaktiman
you need a DB-9 to DIN-8 connector to plug into the modem or printer serial ports (paper and telephone handset icons respectively) DO NOT plug any serial device into a DB connector on ANY ADB equipped Mac EVER! the 512k had DB-9 serial connectors, but i don't know about the Plus offhand. mostmodems can use the adapter in the old Palm Mac Connection Kit (about $15 retail) other than that it's catalog order time unless you have an extra modem or printer cable to hack onto a DB shell that will mate with your cable. the palm cable might require a gender changer, i don't recall, but i'll dig mine out if you can find a source for that and no other adapter. which modem did you get, maybe somebody will know about compatability.
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2002 : 09:11:23
Shaktiman...the Quadra 840av can only take up to 128MB of RAM!!! Didn't already tell you a couple times?  666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
Posted - 05 Apr 2002 : 01:25:53
I be careful what I plug and where, ty trash.Somebody advised a link to me to a spanish or Italian site which claimed to have a hack to up the quadra to 256 mb. I couldnt read the forin ritin and gev Up. ;-) shaktiman |
TiMacLover
Senior Member
USA
1282 Posts |
Posted - 05 Apr 2002 : 02:30:42
You need SIMM doublers which are super rare, as much as Apple I's. I have vram 1/2meg iThink or a full dunno.Jeremy "I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon" - Pink Floyd Covert Ops 68k
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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
Posted - 06 Apr 2002 : 02:08:26
I have good news:-), but also bad news:-(I have connected my quadra to a monitor(cheering). The hard drive with o.s 8.1 is reportedly corrupted. I get asked if I want to initialise the drive. Should I do this? Can I retrieve o.s 8.1? I am going to email the guy that sent the drive see if he will help, How will I get an o.s otherwise? Does anyone have or know of a simple dialer program to enable me to connect to the inrternet? The good news? well I earlier reported that the data cable connecting the drives wasnt long enough but with this second look it is so I now have a cd drive, floppy drive, 1.2 gig hard drive and a 500 mb hard drive. shaktiman |
candyPunk
Full Member
USA
856 Posts |
Posted - 08 Apr 2002 : 18:21:11
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You need SIMM doublers which are super rare, as much as Apple I's. I have vram 1/2meg iThink or a full dunno.
What?? They're not hard to find. I know a place to get SIMM doublers or even SIMM quadruplers. Might not work too well though. It's a huge pain in the ass to find anything at MCM, but at www.i-mcm.com, you can get these, no problem. I might have the cat# somewhere if you want. And yes, they're for 72 pin SIMMs { candyPunk }
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Captain Z
Mobile Ops Commander
USA
637 Posts |
Posted - 08 Apr 2002 : 21:10:29
There is another link for SIMM Stackers
http://maxcom-1.com/simm.htm------------------
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Marchie
Chaplain
USA
911 Posts |
Posted - 16 Apr 2002 : 15:17:05
WOW! I've been looking for thise things for a LONG time!one important thing to remember tho: SPEED! If you want to put 30 pin SIMMS into 72 pin Macs, then you have to be sure that the speed of the 30 pin simms is fast enough (usually 80ns or faster) I have lots of 32 pin simms, but most at 100 or 120ns, so not much use in newer macs. A few quadruplers tho would let me use all these 256k SIMMS I have in some of the 68k Macs I have.. hmmm... ~Marchie ~Chaplain Marchie Holder of the Compact Mac -
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SiliconValleyPirate
Junior Member
United Kingdom
273 Posts |
Posted - 18 Apr 2002 : 00:57:50
I don't know wether this is relevant to the conversation but SIMM stakers will likely not fit in an 840av, the room between the memory banks and the PSU/Drive assemly is pretty tight.--
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 18 Apr 2002 : 01:37:07
quote:
I don't know wether this is relevant to the conversation but SIMM stakers will likely not fit in an 840av, the room between the memory banks and the PSU/Drive assemly is pretty tight.--
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Agreed. They'd have to be pretty slimline, because the clearance between the mobo and the plastic case frame is pretty small. Sorry to say, but now that i think of it, i really don't think that a SIMM stacker will fit.  -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - 18 Apr 2002 : 11:25:18
It probably won't fit in a 650 either... no space between RAM and drive chassis...
Very cool concept though...expecially if a person makes their own case from scratch...
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