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I have some Apple Restoration CDs that I just uploaded to the Macintosh Garden. My understanding is these were used by Apple service centers/partners to restore hard drives for specific Mac models to the same image they left the factory with, which in some (many?) cases includes items you would...

I've seen posts about adding RAM chips to empty pads on SIMMs/DIMMs to, for example, turn a 8MB stick into a 16MB one, and now I'm wondering if that's doable for "older" SSDs? In particular I have several STEC 128MB "Flash Drives" SLFLD25 - 128MM1U that appear to have pads for flash chips that...

One thing to note is that these CDs aren't really restore a HD to the way it shipped from the factory installers, more of just the base OS part. Apple did produce HD restoration CDs that could re-image hard drives for systems with what was on them from the factory (including demos, extra...

#5 here:? https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macintosh-os-752-power-mac-7200-and-7500 Also if you read the note on this one "Mac OS 7.5.2 (PowerBook 500 with PPC Upgrade)" it doubles-up as an install set for the PowerBooks 190, 5300 and Duo 2300c...

I've got a copy of the PPC upgrade card CD installer for 7.5.2 for the 520/540. I guess having an external CD-ROM was something a good percentage of folks had back in the day (I know I did). Come to think of it I need to look at what that OS shows in About this Mac on my PPC upgraded 540c...

I think the general, supports "all" Macs, installers don't identify specific models. What your noticing is there are special builds that do, at least for: 7.5.2 for PB 190/5300 7.5.3 for PB 1400 I'm not sure if this continued into 7.6 and beyond. I know there are machine specific version of...

Some more info on the 2.5 HD screw hole position change in ~1997. Old Style: Modern:

So here are the CF2IDE 2.5" HD bracket/adapter/holder STL models I found: 1) "COMPACTFLASH READER ADAPTER TO STD IDE HDD SIZE" https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/gadget/compactflash-reader-adapter-to-std-ide-hdd-size Comment: Modeled for the "B1" CF2IDE adapter and using the modern screw hole...

I've been using simple, cheap CF2IDE adapters along with industrial Compact Flash cards in my 1400 and 5300 PowerBooks for some time (also looking to do so in a 2300 Duo and "new" 190). I know there are other options with SD cards and what not but I just like this approach. One aspect that I...

Ah. I would have had my money on something involving flux... :-P

Good point that if you don't connect anything to the built-in video that means that the system is not using RAM based built-in video (RBV) so Bank A and B are equally as performant. it's only "Vampire Video" if you try to use Bank A RAM for System/Program memory and make use of the built-in...

Curious, has anyone brought a "dead" 2400c back to life by recapping its power/IO board?

Zane, I agree with you with one caveat, if you are not using built-in video (i.e you are using a PDS or NuBus video card) you *could* make the case that you want more then 65MB of RAM: Bank A 1MB (fixed), Bank B 64MB (4x 16MB SIMMs). I personally don't see the need for this other then the...

Do the grounding metal springs on motherboard A look good, the same as motherboard B? None missing, all making good contact with the bottom metal shield? Your description is giving me deja vu in my own Color Classic troubleshooting a couple years ago which I think I fixed by fixing a grounding...

Oh yeah there are! I find them super interesting to read through. The "Architecture - System Block Diagrams" are particularly neat. If you Google "<Mac_Model_Name> Apple Hardware Developer Note" it often results in a copy archived somewhere live today, alternatively you can get them off the...

Well the IIsi which this Extension is specifically for has a fixed 1MB soldered on the Logic board for Bank A. I imagine the author would have just hard code it to eat up the rest of that 1MB not used by the RAM based built-in video. I suppose if there is a way to code to detect how much memory...

IIsi RAM-Muncher INIT: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/iisi-ram-muncher-init I would think it could work on a IIci but probably only if you have 1MB of RAM in Bank A.

The issue is if you use the RAM based built-in Video on the iici you lower the system's CPU performance, as RAM Bank A becomes slower to access by the CPU. BUT this is ONLY IF you also use RAM Bank A for running system/applications. If you tie up the memory in Bank A (above that which is used by...

If you don't have a NuBus video card and need to use the built-in video you can speed up a IIci by using up the all the memory in Bank A (which is used by the built-in video) with Disk Cache and/or a RAM disk via the memory control panel. That forces programs to run out of Bank B which is...

Are you using onboard video? Using a NuBus video provides a nice ~10% CPU bump as the CPU doesn't have to compete with the onboard video for access to bank A RAM.