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    SATA? In an old world PCI Power Mac?! IMPOSSIBRU! (Updated 11/22/23)

    The original part was a 5v 512k prom - I think it was an SST39SF010. I switched the strapping to 3.3v when I installed a socket and the MX29LV040. It had been working fine (on another machine) for a couple of years. In fact, I checked that the 3.3v supply was good because there's a suggestion...
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    SATA? In an old world PCI Power Mac?! IMPOSSIBRU! (Updated 11/22/23)

    It was the eeprom (MX29LV040). It worked fine for a while. Then I pulled it from its socket to try something. On replacement, it became flakey and soon failed completely - it didn't read correctly on my TL866II+ and wouldn't flash. Another eprom (SST39LV040) was fine .. flashing it in situ with...
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    SATA? In an old world PCI Power Mac?! IMPOSSIBRU! (Updated 11/22/23)

    Not sure what link you're referring to here. In fact, the actual 3112-based card that works for me in the PM7600 is this that I posted about much earlier - https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/sata-in-an-old-world-pci-power-mac-impossibru-updated-11-22-23.1494/post-10750 The card that doesn't...
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    SATA? In an old world PCI Power Mac?! IMPOSSIBRU! (Updated 11/22/23)

    I was initially suspicious of the early OFW version of 1.0.5 in the 7600 but people had reported success with the SeriTek reflash in similar machines with this version. And I know that the ROMs are identical in the cards because I flashed them both myself.
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    SATA? In an old world PCI Power Mac?! IMPOSSIBRU! (Updated 11/22/23)

    I got a PowerMac 7600. Nice condition but the original hard-drive was deceased; the CDROM was seized; the floppy needed service, and more RAM would be nice. Obviously this was a candidate for the PCI-SATA treatment. So I took a SeriTek-reflashed board from my B&W G3 and stuck it in the 7600...
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    LCIII C22 polarity

    And via HackerNews too. :rolleyes:
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    Macintosh SE/30 and Blue SCSI v2 with Pico W - Internet Woes

    I played around with this (see: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/bluescsiv2-wifi-with-se-30.3410/) and used a cheap-ish Vonets repeater close to the SE/30. Not ideal but workable.
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    A (mostly) successful IIsi restoration

    With worse PSU damage, it might have needed that. But I got the old dog fixed up!
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    A (mostly) successful IIsi restoration

    I bought a Mac IIsi for repair from the web (thrift store site). Under $100 including tax and shipping. It arrived quickly was very well packaged. It was in reasonable cosmetic condition. The logic board was in good shape. The PRAM battery was dead but intact. There were typical signs of SMD cap...
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    OS X 10.7 or 10.8 preferred on a Macbook 4,1?

    I have Snow Leopard on my 4,1 for sentimental reasons :cool: . I also dual-boot to 64-bit Ubuntu. I think 10.7.5 is the latest release officially supported (though you may be able to finesse something later). I have upgraded to 4GB of RAM (though 6GB may work) and a 250GB SATA SSD.
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    Netatalk 2.4.0 released

    Dedging the log, I saw sequences like this: Jun 23 19:34:29.946265 afpd[10829] {logger.c:405} (D5:Logger): Setup file logging: type: Default, level: LOG_MAXDEBUG, file: /var/log/afpd.log Jun 23 19:34:35.952955 afpd[10829] {afp_config.c:302} (I:AFPDaemon): pi:AFPServer@* started on 65280.81:129...
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    Netatalk 2.4.0 released

    To serve my ancient machines, I decided to downgrade my Pi 4 from the apt-installed Netatalk3 as follows: remove Netatalk3 git clone Netatalk2.4 install required dependencies libgcrypt and Berkeley DB build meson and build Netatalk (per the vanilla INSTALL.md instructions). This built fine...
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    ChatGPT-4o Mac fail

    ChatGPT-4o is pretty impressive at identifying stuff from photos. So I threw it this: and asked "identify this computer". it confidently replied: Some details are correct .. but no. More training need.
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    BlueSCSI v2: Sluggish Performance on SE/30

    I'm glad I have the same ROM/OS configuration as yours. But I'm seeing frequent instability from MacBench. For example, it always fails to save the results file completely and choosing to quit without saving always hangs the OS! But here's my result: And that's as bad as yours! Checking the...
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    BlueSCSI v2: Sluggish Performance on SE/30

    I recently upgraded my SE/30 from a BlueSCSi v1 to v2 with PICO-W for DaynaPort Wifi. Subjectively, the disk performance does seem poor. I'm attempting to run MacBench 3.0. So far though, I've seen a failure and a hang .. but I'll keep trying. Note, however, that my machine isn't stock and...
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    Marchintosh 2024: A/UX Installation on a Overclocked Centris 650

    Good to see A/UX live on. I installed A/UX 3.1 on my IIcx some years ago and have since carried it forward to IIci, SE/30, Q700 and Q650. It's somewhat pokey on pre-Quadra machines and the MacOS side is rather hampered by being only 7.0.1. But in its day, it was super-impressive. And many of its...
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    Migrating from SCSI2SD v5.2 to BlueSCSI v2

    Sorry I missed this .. I used to do this regularly. It's a manual process that's straightforward but does require some precision. Here's what you need to do: If you haven't already, get a copy of the SCSI2SD User Manual from https://www.codesrc.com/mediawiki/index.php/SCSI2SD_UserManual and the...
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    BlueSCSIv2 Wifi with SE/30

    I'd brought an SE/30 back from the dead: replaced the vacuum-less CRT and assorted video components, recapped, added 64MB RAM, installed 32-bit ROM and BlueSCSI. It now runs MacOS7.6, A/UX, and NetBSD-3. Nice machine, but only serial networking. TCP/IP over LocalTalk is possible but it’s slow...
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    Arch Linux on a Black MacBook2,1

    I've been longing to replace the MacBook4,1 that I'd foolishly recycled years ago, so I acquired a cheap, semi-functional unit and restored it. It needed only a hard-drive, a new battery and a RAM upgrade to 4GB. It's a bit more battered than my original pristine machine .. but its perfectly...
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    Fixing A Dead PSU From A G4 MDD

    Several years ago, I repaired my API1PC36 REV:A PSU using badcaps.net resources. For me, it turned out to be a starter cap in the primary circuit. https://www.badcaps.net/forum/troub...4-mdd-acbel-power-supply-issues-api1pc36-400w Watch out for the high voltage that doesn't decay too quickly...