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QuickBench graphs below compare performance of NuCF to MacSD in my SE/30 with 50MHz CPU-socketed Daystar PowerCache. Interestingly, NuCF seems to be rather slow a Random Writes in the 1KB through 32MB tests, although it wins handily at all other tests. Below

If by "PSU" you mean the "external AC Adapter," then as I mentioned in my earlier posts, I purchased a brand new, modern power brick with more than a half Amp more power output than the stock, and to make the connector fit, I purchased a special adapter too. So it is absolutely not the external...

What is the complete list of compatible PowerBooks? I myself have a Wallstreet PDQ. When I used this mSATA-to-IDE adapter with this SSD, I found these two issues: 1. It wouldn't boot until I formatted it with FWB HD Toolkit 4.x. 2. Even though it boots OS 9.2.1 just fine and recognizes my...

I left the machine connected to the AC Adapter over the weekend. (The "good" one, not the one that never powers on.) It booted up right away when I pressed the power key today (Monday morning). I used it for 30 minutes without issue, then it suddenly lost power. I waited 60 seconds, then...

I’d like to provide an update since my post yesterday. I decided to leave my dead PDQ machine connected to my new AC Adapter for many hours to see if that would help but it didn’t. Still no sign of life on that machine. But then when I put the AC adapter back into my other PDQ, which I told you...

One downside though is that you can’t use SCSI hard drive benchmarking apps to do a direct comparison because NuCF won’t show up. NuCF isn’t this SCSI drive. So that FWB drive utility and SCSI Director Pro can’t benchmark NuCF. That’s why I turned to Norton System Info and MacBench instead.

I cannot speak on behalf of the creator, @zigzagjoe , but my guess is No, based on the fact he only specifically mentioned the SE/30, IIsi and IIfx machines. It's a PDS card, not NuBus. Normally cards that work in a IIsi and SE/30 would not work in a IIfx, but he did some engineering trickery...

I own a MacEffects clear mouse too and found it too stiff for me as well, but that is by design. Mark J. (owner of MacEffects) told me back in the day that he wanted to keep tooling costs reasonable (in order to keep the end user cost lower), so he didn't create a separate plastic piece for...

I recently purchased the latest creation by @zigzagjoe called NuCF. Here's his sales thread offering all the details. It's faster than any SCSI hard drive because it installs in the PDS slot of an SE/30, IIsi or IIfx. Below are my SE/30 benchmarks (with the IIfx at the end, created by ZZJ)...

I am currently waiting for Mouser to get their act together regarding backordered items. The last backordered item won't arrive until Oct. 19th, so I will place my order then and hopefully nothing else will go out-of-stock before then. But again, my gut tells me that recapping won't solve this...

It's been almost a month since my last post, so I want to provide an update so as to hear your kind thoughts. ONE PDQ NOW POWERS ON RELIABLY First, I've been testing one of my Wallstreet PDQ machines almost daily (the one with a 266MHz CPU card). For much of September, I left the stock Apple...

@wells And just when we all thought it couldn't get any better, you go and offer fantastic DIY kits at really great prices! Very nice! 🕺 I assume that neither kit includes the battery because Maclock already has one inside that can be used with the kit, correct?

Excellent work, @wottle ! I have the LISA FPGA so I am eager to see when that edition of your amazing case is complete. I don't have a 3D printer either, but I tend to use JLC3DP for most printers. However, the downside is they don't have vintage beige filaments. :-(

Here is an AI-generated (Gemini) synopsis/summary of both pages of this thread... Reverse-Engineering the Radius FPD/SE Card To date, this discussion documents the process of cloning a 1986 Radius Full Page Display (FPD) 64/68Hz card for the Macintosh SE. The project aims to map the board's...

Zane’s public statement about that is here: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/warpse-25-mhz-68hc000-based-accelerator-for-mac-se.253/page-16#post-21903

Some will think me odd for saying this, but there have been things that have taken place in the last couple months that have made me shed some tears. This thread too has caused me to shed a few, although for reasons of joy rather than sadness. And believe me, tears of joy are so much better than...

Well, I wish to humbly thank you for your contributions to this forum! I'm now looking forward to seeing how your project unfolds over time. Best wishes, James

@Trash80toG4 I apologize for not having followed your thread until today. Since you and I do not fear LLMs as some do, I used Gemini to highlight the main points of your two-page thread and compile a progress report. I did that for the sake of newcomers to this thread who otherwise may be...

I've been testing the Power button nearly every single day (except holidays) since my past post. Remember, I have two PDQ machines, and neither will power ON normally, even though they both did some years back. I got one of them to power on once and mentioned that experience in this post. But...

Never thought I'd be glad to hear its an AliExpress item, but in this new world of our precious vintage Macs being labeled as e-Waste and US Customs now blocking exports to destinations outside the USA, it's nice to know that I, being in Japan, could obtain that LCD without issue. Whew!