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  1. alxlab

    Crystal Quest crashes?

    Tried playing Crystal Quest on my Macintosh Portable 5120 but it crashes. Is the any trick/version to get it to work or am I sol?
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    BlueSCSI on Macintosh Portable

    https://www.tech-insider.org/mac/research/acrobat/9204.pdf It's maybe "intentionally" designed to behave the way it dees right now based on the info above. Perhaps it's spending extra time always checking for an installed PDS card when the total ram is above 5MB on a Macintosh Portable and...
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    BlueSCSI on Macintosh Portable

    I only see that issue with the new 7MB ram card I got.
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    BlueSCSI on Macintosh Portable

    Performance my 1MB apple card After sleep: These are the cards I tested. 1MB left and 3MB right
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    BlueSCSI on Macintosh Portable

    Regarding the software installed on my Portable for the benchmarks, it's pretty much stock System 6.0.8 with just the Iomega driver extension. I did do the benchmark on 7.1 with update 3 and it was slightly slower. @Androda regarding the 7MB card performance vs the 3MB, if it's not too hard...
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    BlueSCSI on Macintosh Portable

    Mac OS 6.0.8 with my old 3MB card After sleep: Hmmm maybe the psram on 7MB is being set into a low power/low performance state during sleep and doesn't recover.
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    BlueSCSI on Macintosh Portable

    Mac OS 6.0.8 with 7MB card After sleep
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    BlueSCSI on Macintosh Portable

    I'll test out Speedometer results on my Macintosh Portable with the 7MB card installed tonight as well. If it is an issue hopefully it can be fixed with a firmware update of the FPGA.
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    Macintosh Portable Battery Adapter

    How'd the printing of that case go? One reason I didn't go with the original Macintosh Portable battery case design for my battery adapter is because it would take a lot of support material or compromise the surface finish of one of the sides to print on an FDM printer. The main reason...
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    BlueSCSI on Macintosh Portable

    I just read this from https://lowendmac.com/1989/mac-portable/ Sounds like you might have had that issue.
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    Macintosh Portable Battery Adapter

    Just an update about the using supercapacitors based on recent tests. It seems like using 6F or 10F supercaps is not sufficient to spin up newer SCSI hard drives with higher current draw. The original drive `CP-3045` 40MB is alright and another `IBM-H3171-S2` 160MB drive worked alright, but...
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    Macintosh Portable Battery Adapter

    Love it! Very much in the spirit of this project.
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    Macintosh Portable Battery Adapter

    Just curious but why both v1.1 and v1.2? v1.2 allows you to use a battery like v1.1 with the addition of the super cap stuff.
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    "Spicy O'clock" project has started

    I wouldn't consider those clips marked in red as the weakest point. If it's PLA I'd be more worried about the little arms pushing down on the heatsink snapping off. Regarding installation, you're not meant to forcefully snap on the clip with no tools. You're supposed to clip on one edge of the...
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    "Spicy O'clock" project has started

    Yeah HTPLA is kinda interesting. For me personally the 2x the price of PETG and ABS and the need to do the extra step post heat treating are not necessary for this application. If I needed something over 100C it would probably be the best choice for ease of printing. Carbon fiber adds even more...
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    "Spicy O'clock" project has started

    Actually a quick follow up on FDM printing and why you see mostly PLA and PETG and not ABS, ASA or Nylon. It's mainly because of ease of printing. The different plastic tend to shrink more or less when they cool. If a plastic shrinks a lot then it can cause the part to curl at the edges when...
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    "Spicy O'clock" project has started

    Hey JDW, Sorry for the late response. Haven't really been on the forums that much of late. My initial thoughts like you said is that PETG should be fine. Most sites quote anywhere from 70C-85C for the temperature where it will start to deform. ASA and ABS would give a big margin at the ~100C...
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    Macintosh Portable Battery Adapter

    Ok just finished updating the git repo with the info for v1.2 with supercapacitors. I've tested only with a M5120 with copying between the floppy and mechanical hard drive. If anyone is able to test on a Macintosh Portable with backlight (M5126) let me know. Pretty sure it will be no problem...
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    "Spicy O'clock" project has started

    With regards to where to get the heatsink clip I'm always willing to sell the designs I've made by just PMing me either on this forum or on the Tinker Different discord. My initial thought would be to sell just the clip for $5 USD and a clip with the heatsink for $10 USD. At some point I'll have...
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    Macintosh Portable 34 pin to 50 pin Hard Drive Adapter

    Hey Eric yes I do have some for sale if you're interested at $25USD + shipping.