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  1. btb

    Compact Mac Video Adapter

    Guess I should add some photos so it's clear what hardware I'm talking about. First, a WARNING! label on top, which identifies it as the "SAYETT DATASHOW HR/M Video adapter": The connector on the back: Turns out that warning isn't even applicable since they actually used the SE's expansion...
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    Compact Mac Video Adapter

    Ah nice, thanks. Another fun bit: This PCB is three layers. never seen that before
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    Compact Mac Video Adapter

    On the adapter board, the white wire is labeled “dot clock” Pin 19 of the GLU is, unsurprisingly, a clock line, but I don’t know precisely what it should be called. It’s the same signal used as FCLK by the IWM. Is there no complete schematic of the SE out there? I know SE Reloaded exists, but...
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    Compact Mac Video Adapter

    I also acquired a Mac SE with one of these inside. The clip was attached to the GLU chip, pin 19
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    Reliability of safety filter caps: RIFA vs. WIMA

    Sometimes they have WIMA MP-3 capacitors - these are metallized paper, and will fail exactly like the RIFA caps do.