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  1. Kai Robinson

    THE FLYBACK HAS BEEN LOCATED! For some reason the bag it was in, had been put in the 4th floor...

    THE FLYBACK HAS BEEN LOCATED! For some reason the bag it was in, had been put in the 4th floor kitchen/canteen/bar area of the office i work in...uhhh...why, i don't know. However, that means that fingers crossed, the Plus will be fixed soon!
  2. Kai Robinson

    Macintosh II Rev.A - Reversing the Discrete IC Implemented Origins of NuBus

    OK well, from a quick glance so far - Apple P/N 343S1027 is identical in pinout and function to the Ti SN74BCT2420 - Nubus Bus Transceiver, available at UTSource: https://www.utsource.net/itm/p/1008026.html The NuChip30, however? Made by Pinnacle Micro in Irvine, CA, by the looks of it. I...
  3. Kai Robinson

    What to do with a corroded, but working, Amiga 4000 motherboard?

    That trace damage looks pretty grotty but it depends on the copper hiding underneath the rotten mask - @Branchus and @Mac84 might be able to assist with this.
  4. Kai Robinson

    Macintosh II Rev.A - Reversing the Discrete IC Implemented Origins of NuBus

    Anyone can upload resources here - so feel free to upload it! :)
  5. Kai Robinson

    Macintosh II Rev.A - Reversing the Discrete IC Implemented Origins of NuBus

    You could use the pinouts referenced in the BOMARC schematics to see if they line up with the pinouts of the TI offerings. If the pins are merely re-arranged, you could build an interposer of some description, like the castellated PLCC replacements they use on NeoGeo & JAMMA boards.
  6. Kai Robinson

    Macintosh II Rev.A - Reversing the Discrete IC Implemented Origins of NuBus

    Might be time to rope in Porchy and Max for the reading of those as well. For the NuChip - I did send one with a broken leg to @jgrip for imaging - which might also come in handy, if it's an off the shelf ASIC like the BBU is.
  7. Kai Robinson

    Reverse Engineer the Spectre GCR?

    Porchy / @Bolle / @max1zzz may be up to the task :)
  8. Kai Robinson

    Mitsubishi CX-400 NLX PC diagnosis

    Hi there! If you're after a replacement chip - UTSource carry these in stock for $30 each https://www.utsource.net/itm/p/11615479.html You can probably remove the chip and lose the LAN functionality - just needs to be removed carefully, with hot air.
  9. Kai Robinson

    Woo! Orders to fulfill! :D

    Woo! Orders to fulfill! :D
  10. Kai Robinson

    Everything you wanted to know about the BBU, but were afraid to ask...

    Yep - PLCC is an acronym for Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier. I.e. square, legs on each side, can either be socketed, or soldered.
  11. Kai Robinson

    Everything you wanted to know about the BBU, but were afraid to ask...

    Good thing he's building a new one from that then ;)
  12. Kai Robinson

    Everything you wanted to know about the BBU, but were afraid to ask...

    The large 84-pin PLCC chip is the BBU. Now a little history - VTi were the original company that Apple contracted to make the BBU, based on VTi's ASIC design/logic gate layout. However, it's common in the industry, well, moreso at the time, to designate a second or even third source of your...
  13. Kai Robinson

    Retro & Vintage component suppliers list

    Site is unviewable to non-US residents, unfortunately. 😢
  14. Kai Robinson

    Logic Board - Macintosh Classic Reloaded

    Hi Chris - any 42 pin dual wipe socket should be just fine - I get mine from eBay UK, might as well get a few, just in case! :)
  15. Kai Robinson

    SE/30 was working one moment, then it wasn't

    Hmm - that could be a video RAM failure as well - still, worth re-seating everything and checking the caps aren't leaking everywhere.
  16. Kai Robinson

    1979 Olympus OM-10 SLR Camera

    Good to know! The first SLR i ever had was somewhat more basic, despite being newer - a Pentax P30. I shot typically in black and white and got excellent results from it: I was contemplating kitting this whole camera out with a filter, a lens hood, hot shoe flash and perhaps another lens...
  17. Kai Robinson

    1979 Olympus OM-10 SLR Camera

    I just found this in a charity shop for £30 - a bargain if you ask me, even if it had issues. However, i picked this thing off the shelf and to my amazement, it seems to work just fine. Shutter speed, ISO, all adjustable and seem to work - the battery inside it is still chugging away! The film...
  18. Kai Robinson

    630 mini?

    I will say this: IIci cases also work with Quadra/Centris 650 boards, and PM7100 boards, assuming you cut some of the port plastic away at the rear - i have this planned for a build based around a Q650 board ;)