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  1. JDW

    Just got this IIc and.....

    I did not grow up using Apple II computers and therefore cannot tell you from personal experience what variations of the screen garbage there are. The test for that is super easy though -- just make time to connect your keyboard. If the artifacts vanish, then your previous photo will provide...
  2. JDW

    BlueSCSI v2 Pico - Low cost, open hardware, fast SCSI device!

    @eric In layman's terms, when would the cited "small number of users" of BlueSCSIv2 user experience the aforementioned "SDIO timeouts"? When using WIFI only? When performing specific tasks?
  3. JDW

    Just got this IIc and.....

    Not sure if there is an “exact pattern” but you can see at 4:55 a display pattern that the 8-bit Guy gets without a keyboard attached…
  4. JDW

    Just got this IIc and.....

    You could try to tap the Composite output pins on the 15-pin connector to see if that works… https://devonhubner.org/AppleIIc_Video_Port_Breakout/ More talk about it here: https://www.applefritter.com/content/apple-iic-video-output-15-pin-connector
  5. JDW

    Logic Board - Macintosh SE Reloaded

    Congrats, @pff000 !
  6. JDW

    Just got this IIc and.....

    I assume you are trying to use the Composite RCA video output jack on the back. My IIc is the same. No Video out via that port. People have told me I need to apply solder to that connector as a potential fix, but because I have Plamen's (A2Heaven) IIc-to-VGA adapter, I've not set out to do...
  7. JDW

    BLAZING. FAST. MAC. The Performer PDS 68030 Accelerator by MacEffects!

    @phipli I only brought my SE/30 motherboard home with me for the weekend, but below are the test results using recommended RAMometer app. (And yes, I chose to Shut Down all background apps to ensure the best results.) I ran it 85 times only because I stepped away for about 15 minutes to...
  8. JDW

    BLAZING. FAST. MAC. The Performer PDS 68030 Accelerator by MacEffects!

    @YMK PerformerSE & Apple Personal Diagnostics v1.1.3 Very odd because when I first launch the app and run ONLY the CPU Speed > Memory test, it shows 1.61x faster... But then if I click "Run All Checks" it drops that Memory score to 1.09x faster... That huge change doesn't instill...
  9. JDW

    BLAZING. FAST. MAC. The Performer PDS 68030 Accelerator by MacEffects!

    Thanks for the tip. Seems to be "Memory" under "CPU Speed" within the "Benchmark Checks" button... No time this evening so I'll run that tomorrow and post back then.
  10. JDW

    BLAZING. FAST. MAC. The Performer PDS 68030 Accelerator by MacEffects!

    NOTE: All tests below were done with 33MHz Crystal (FPU only) installed in MacEffects Performer-SE. GemStart 3.0 Control Panel Info JDW's Speedometer 3.23 Results with GemStart 3.0 (System 7.1) Ron's Speedometer 3.23 Results with MM Performer 2.2.1 (System 6.0.8) JDW's Speedometer 3.23...
  11. JDW

    BLAZING. FAST. MAC. The Performer PDS 68030 Accelerator by MacEffects!

    There is no XTAL socket. I soldered the XTAL's 4 pins directly to the PCB pads. Separately from that, I see a README file... It says... Interestingly, your recommended Macintosh Garden download contains v.2.1 (within "gemstart.sit"), not the recommended (above) v.2.2: The MacEffects...
  12. JDW

    BLAZING. FAST. MAC. The Performer PDS 68030 Accelerator by MacEffects!

    I have very limited time today, time that will be used only to test your recommended control panel. Tomorrow will be very busy for me as well, but if I can check the frequency tomorrow, I will try. Otherwise, that must wait for Monday. Even so, what you are suggesting is that the...
  13. JDW

    BLAZING. FAST. MAC. The Performer PDS 68030 Accelerator by MacEffects!

    More specifically, you seem to be referring to DL#14... And it seems I need to expand the file named "gemstart3.sit": Very interesting... It uses the same icon as the v2.2.1 Control Panel I am using now... I must assume that means we must use the file named "gemstart.sit" with System 6?
  14. JDW

    BLAZING. FAST. MAC. The Performer PDS 68030 Accelerator by MacEffects!

    Yes, as per the instructions. Similar photo showing solder blob appears on @Bolle 's Github page. On that same Github page, the following text appears (I added clarity in brackets): All PCB files and renders at shown at Bolle's Github. I simply dropped the files into the Gerber viewer at...
  15. JDW

    BLAZING. FAST. MAC. The Performer PDS 68030 Accelerator by MacEffects!

    @phipli I installed the official Control Panel and Extension shown on the MacEffects Performer page. I will give your recommended drivers a try later today and report back with Speedometer 3.23 benchmark results at that time. @YMK There is indeed a huge memory bandwidth difference, and I...
  16. JDW

    BLAZING. FAST. MAC. The Performer PDS 68030 Accelerator by MacEffects!

    NEW BENCHMARKS I ran Speedometer 3.23 on my stock SE/30 just now, since my Machine Record file didn't have SE/30 scores. Stock SE/30: Stock SE/30 (left) versus Performer-SE (no XTAL added, CPU=FPU=16MHz): Stock SE/30 (left) versus Performer-SE (with 33MHz FPU XTAL): CONCLUSIONS...
  17. JDW

    BLAZING. FAST. MAC. The Performer PDS 68030 Accelerator by MacEffects!

    Very interesting. Thank you for confirming that I am not losing my mind. I would have thought a doubling of clock speed would result in a far bigger boost to FPU benchmark scores, but your own tests show that to not be the case.
  18. JDW

    BLAZING. FAST. MAC. The Performer PDS 68030 Accelerator by MacEffects!

    I also have a Performer-SE from MacEffects and have been testing it on my SE, both with and without an optional Crystal Oscillator. Results are as follows, inline with the results from @Ron's Computer Videos : JDW's TESTS JDW's Speedometer 3.23 Test (No FPU XTAL, stock 16MHz operation)...
  19. JDW

    Battery damaged SE 30 help needed

    So you repaired that broken trace and the vertical lines shown in your photo vanished, correct?
  20. JDW

    New to Me Mac SE/30

    A good start would be classic games like Dark Castle and Prince of Persia and Spectrum Holobyte Tetris, not to mention Lode Runner. Then move on to Utility apps like Norton Utilities 3.5, SCSI Director Pro 4.0, and Speedometer 3.23. There are so many utilities though. I probably have more...