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  1. Trash80toG4

    Breaking the 36MB RAM limit on the LCIII

    Uniserver successfully upgraded LCIII onboard DRAM chips to double the capacity to 8MB in Bank A, that worked just fine. His hack maxed out what the IC Package supported. So I don't think there would be a ROM limitation. I'll try to search out that thread at the MLA. edit: found something...
  2. Trash80toG4

    What are your vintage grail items?

    TAM was desk candy as was that silly little Cube, meant more for for reception desktops at .com, so called professional offices and at the fashionista 57th St. hair salon where my brother was a colorist in that day. They were aimed at those into GeekChic decor in the jIvesian mold and fairly...
  3. Trash80toG4

    What are your vintage grail items?

    I've never thought much of the TAM, screen real estate's pathetic/3400c PB tiny for a desktop machine. Some frog design concepts and TAM design studies really rock though. Building an improved PseudoTAM is on my wish list, if not a Grail level gottagedone kinda thing.
  4. Trash80toG4

    TinkerTales from the crypt . . .

    Glad to see you guys like this stuff! ;) Though really tempting, decided that LisaP is much easier crated up and moved as the bare Lisa2 bezel. The guts of the 12" RGB 'zaTopper will be easier to crate up as is in its "new" sheet metal can with its plastics packed up with the lighter equipment...
  5. Trash80toG4

    TinkerTales from the crypt . . .

    BenchMacXL 12" RGB PizzaTopper BenchMac w/Peripherals Shed attached. Rudimentary Sheet metal fab using hand tools. 12" Wiss Seamer tryout success. OMG I so miss my box and pan brake. :rolleyes: This is the BenchMac that was to be replaced in order to get the beautiful 17" Sony...
  6. Trash80toG4

    TinkerTales from the crypt . . .

    Absolutely, but It'd be better to have that in a dedicated "Inspirations" thread for all to post I think. Get one started. :) This thread is dedicated to re-documenting my own two decades running backlog hacks projects. Adding up to date rapid prototyping and SBC/accessory tweakage is the aim...
  7. Trash80toG4

    TinkerTales from the crypt . . .

    Front Bezel will swing out like so for access to Optical, ZIP and USB/Firewire Solid State drive module in 5.25 bay format. As for the Logic Board housing setup, the LCD assy will be hinged as well for removal of the 6500 board from the front. credit to @joethezombie and his Avatar for the...
  8. Trash80toG4

    TinkerTales from the crypt . . .

    This one has its attached pics intact: https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/a-little-bit-of-lisa.27641/ Been thinking about the LisaP variant too much today while I should really be packing . . . It'll look more like this: Depth will be determined by 5.25" Laptop Optical Drive...
  9. Trash80toG4

    TinkerTales from the crypt . . .

    Technology available to us for tinkering has advanced by leaps and bounds since the G4 era. Mac hacking and most any other kind of tinkering has benefited so very much from advances in 2D and 3D CAD/CAM since I made the move from the Big Apple to the Bermuda Triangle of NC. So much has happened...
  10. Trash80toG4

    Rebuilding the ComputerLab from spare leftovers and scrap . . .

    Gee, thanks . . . :-/ . . . it's out from under the stack of pots and pans on the cold back burner, sitting between the four ATM. Dunno where it'll land next. Your SE-40's vertical Logic Board Drawer mount, the customized computer lab shelf, access to a water jet, RPi LCD bundle...
  11. Trash80toG4

    Rebuilding the ComputerLab from spare leftovers and scrap . . .

    Had some fun with it already, thanks! But playtime is on hold for some time, what a mess, see below: Last night I got the main system dragged off the teak desk out in the dining area and set up! This morning I trimmed back the protruding left corner of the KBD drawer. Looks and feels like it...
  12. Trash80toG4

    A takky Mac…..

    Very nice. Love the mounting clips, does the board slide out vertically? The right angle alignment for an "L" configuration looks great. But that second pic has me wondering about angling the board far enough to the rear to allow you to retain the FDD? Looks easy enough to test fit using...
  13. Trash80toG4

    Rebuilding the ComputerLab from spare leftovers and scrap . . .

    @ScutBoy here's an idea if considering any kind of corner desk or storage solution for your project: But first, thanks much for that Little Green Grail! :D Sun stuff pics after the carpet installation. Dunno whether to call it a two legged corner desk, three with one inverted leg contraption...
  14. Trash80toG4

    A takky Mac…..

    Much as I believe my Quadra 630 with full 68040 is the best, you can upgrade its lesser offspring with same. I guess I'd have to give the nod to the LC/DOS version that has a second (16MB limited?) SIMM Slot. In the PPC versions I'd have to say the 6400, as the faster bus speed and marginally...
  15. Trash80toG4

    A takky Mac…..

    Hopefully sound less like a jet plane? Mine's fairly small. At this point I can probably find a laptop of desktop DVD trayloader to replace the DVD player only in there now.
  16. Trash80toG4

    Rebuilding the ComputerLab from spare leftovers and scrap . . .

    Here's a relevant pic. Showed the Mac101/DrexelMac in this spot in the ADB KBD thread at the MLA, but this is its dedicated purpose: It's a three (or several more) surface, spread the long term project out workstation with integrated copystand for documentation and lighting of 3D FedexSaw...
  17. Trash80toG4

    A takky Mac…..

    Same same, pretty much interchangeable through the entire 630-6500/5200-5500 mobo drawer series. No way to do the three way projection implementation that way. Rear screen projection COLOR Compact sans LCD, rear for movie projection and scaling/blowing up artwork and best of all, vertical for...
  18. Trash80toG4

    Rebuilding the ComputerLab from spare leftovers and scrap . . .

    Nowhere very fast! All major projects are on hold after the carpet is installed and everything back in its new or old place. I have a shattered plastic prototype that needs my full attention. I want to get that done so I can move it on to its owner before I move to a new place in six to 24...