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bigsadhu
Junior Member
Cayman Island
462 Posts |
 Posted - 10 Oct 2002 : 06:33:03
My good buddy Joe delivery driver rocked up today with a Quadra 660 AV. Yay! Now this baby brings back some memories... After university I spent a period of about 5 years without so much as laying a finger on a computer keyboard. The machine that got me back on track was a 660 AV with a 15" AV monitor and the olde apple ergo split keyboard. I taught myself pagemaker and photoshop on it, and basically I can blame this old mac for the career that I now follow - graphic design. My new toy is in immaculate condition, except some clumsy idiot snapped off one of the case latches. Its going to need a bit of turbocharging, but thats half the fun, right? Its first task is to be a host for my oneScanner, however my crystal ball tells me that a RAM injection, a big mama hard drive and a SpigotPro AV board will be just the ticket to turn this *****cat into a snarling tiger. Cheers!
CC Air Marshall, 605 sQUADRAn "What Microsoft has got in there is a grotesque, badly-documented pile of poo it doesn't fully understand itself." - The Register, 23/8/02 |
Flash
Full Member
Australia
637 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2002 : 10:17:59
quote:
My new toy is in immaculate condition, except some clumsy idiot snapped off one of the case latches
*blush* I swear it just came off in my fingers! 68k ParaMedic |
Slomac636
Junior Member
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2002 : 11:31:51
Those darn things come off like butter on a hot knife, I've seen many it that condition. I've personally broke one myself, I tried to glue it, but that didn't work - DUCT TAPE!!!Macs Liberated: 9 - 6400/180 (main Mac), 660AV, 636CD, LCIII+, LCII (2), Classic II, Classic and SE. Yeah, I hate that friggin beach ball too... |
cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2002 : 12:32:09
My 660av is dead...  I'm gonna swap the full '040 chip into my 475, tho! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator
Mod of the Mac II series Forums
Total 68K Macs liberated: 7
My Site: http://cine.sytes.net
My Hotline Server: 840av.sytes.net
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tuuur
Starting Member
Netherlands
17 Posts |
Posted - 14 Oct 2002 : 05:50:08
Cine> exactly the thing I plan to do... :-D
Got a good LC475 and a sometimes malfunctioning 660AV.Is it just as simple as:
1. get 68LC04 out of LC475
2. get 68040 out of 660 (it's a centris btw)
3. put 68040 into LC475?
(I can hardly imagine this is all ;-) ) Oh, and what about the FPU of the 660AV? I ever understood that one. Is it integrated into the 68040? --
I'll never get out of this world alive... Liberated 15 68k Macs! |
gdogkzo
Junior Member
147 Posts |
Posted - 14 Oct 2002 : 13:01:24
Whats wrong with the 660AV, better fix it if possible than trash it.
YEs, that is the correct method.
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 14 Oct 2002 : 13:16:11
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Oh, and what about the FPU of the 660AV? I ever understood that one. Is it integrated into the 68040?
The FPU is integrated onto the chip, yes, so all you have to do is swap them! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator
Mod of the Mac II series Forums
Total 68K Macs liberated: 7
My Site: http://cine.sytes.net
My Hotline Server: 840av.sytes.net
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tuuur
Starting Member
Netherlands
17 Posts |
Posted - 15 Oct 2002 : 11:08:08
Nothing seriously wrong with the Centris 660AV. When you turn it on, first it doesn't boot. You can hear the disk spin, with the periodical check AV computers perform, but nothing happens; the screen stays black as well.
Second time around it boots. Furthermore, it refuses to boot from the caddy-type cdromdrive, and sometimes refuses to read from it as well. I only happen to like the 475 much better than the 660, don't ask why. Maybe downgrading the thing from 8.1 to 7.5 would help? --
I'll never get out of this world alive... Liberated 15 68k Macs! |
bigsadhu
Junior Member
Cayman Island
462 Posts |
Posted - 15 Oct 2002 : 15:26:49
quote:
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My new toy is in immaculate condition, except some clumsy idiot snapped off one of the case latches
*blush* I swear it just came off in my fingers! 68k ParaMedic
You're off the hook on this one Flash... that was one of my old 6100 that you vandalised. The 660 was done for by a different clumsy idiot. Cheers!
CC Air Marshall, 605 sQUADRAn "What Microsoft has got in there is a grotesque, badly-documented pile of poo it doesn't fully understand itself." - The Register, 23/8/02 |
Flash
Full Member
Australia
637 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2002 : 07:21:50
dude, ya gotta stop hanging out with clumsy people  68k ParaMedic |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2002 : 07:28:45
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dude, ya gotta stop hanging out with clumsy people
Sometimes I wonder how some people manage to operate a pilsener for sampling more than a couple of barley sodas! :rolleyes:jt  ™.
Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2002 : 03:07:19
quote:
Nothing seriously wrong with the Centris 660AV. When you turn it on, first it doesn't boot. You can hear the disk spin, with the periodical check AV computers perform, but nothing happens; the screen stays black as well.
Second time around it boots. Furthermore, it refuses to boot from the caddy-type cdromdrive, and sometimes refuses to read from it as well. I only happen to like the 475 much better than the 660, don't ask why. Maybe downgrading the thing from 8.1 to 7.5 would help? --
I'll never get out of this world alive... Liberated 15 68k Macs!
have you tried another PRAM battery? Those symptoms sound like a dead PRAM batt to me... -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
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tuuur
Starting Member
Netherlands
17 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2002 : 04:41:29
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have you tried another PRAM battery? Those symptoms sound like a dead PRAM batt to me...
Grrrr... not another one... :-\ That sets the total of prambatteries to renew to 9:
Centris 660AV - PB5300 - PB160 - PB180 - PowerMac 7200 - Classic - SE - Plus - IIx (in order of importance... :-) ).
Oh well, it' no wonder after so many years these things die. --
I'll never get out of this world alive... Liberated 15 68k Macs! |
660 happy 660 happy 660 joy 660 joy!!!
68k of the Week: kastegir's PowerBook 180.