MYSTIC UPGRADE: Hacks/Mods Clarified
Today, a viewer of
my 475 Overclock video said he has an
LC575 board in his Color Classic
without the VGA mod and is using the
ResEdit hack (see 2.1.3 here) to "change the machine ID." He also said he was running System 7.5.5 but was having issues with
@phipli 's
Control Strip .
(NOTE: If you use System 7.1, you merely need the correct System Enabler, which I describe in my Mystic video here, and is true even if you have one of the two VGA mods installed — I use v1.1.) But to use the ResEdit hack on S7.5.5 means to modify the System File inside the S7.5.5 System Folder to change the "Boot Process" from 21 to
10, but leaving the Machine Gestalt ID at
99.
Motherboard inside CC | Gestalt ID | Must Use This Boot Process |
|---|
| Color Classic | 49 | 18 |
| LC575 with 640x480 VGA resolution | 92 | 10 |
| LC575 (33MHz) with stock 512×384 resolution | 99 | 10 |
However, the
MicroMac LC575 FAQ says that Boot Process change alone only works if your LC575 board is a 33MHz version. And it says if you have the
40MHz LC575 board, you must
change the Gestalt ID from 99 to 92.
In other words, the
2 required CHANGES for the
40MHz LC575 board when using the
STOCK RESOLUTION would be:
- Set Boot Process to 10
- Set Gestalt ID to 92
(And obviously, if you use ResEdit to make both changes, you would NOT need MachID Wannabe to change the ID.)
This is confusing because
PowerCC.org's Mystic page doesn't mention ResEdit at all and instead mentions the need to mod the LC575 motherboard ("logic board mod"). People show that process on the
68kMLA here. Indeed,
@Mr. Fahrenheit said he ONLY did the ResEdit hack but
got a Bus Error, and he later had success
doing the LC575 motherboard mod, and he later added that the motherboard mod worked for him
WITHOUT the ResEdit hack.
I never had to do any of that ResEdit or 575 MB hacking because after installing the 575 board in my CC, I only booted into S7.1 and therefore only needed Enabler v1.1. I didn't try S7.5.5 until I did the
68.4V VGA mod. I more recently switched to the
84V 13" High Resolution mod which also gives me 640x480. What I wrote above is info I gleaned from the internet and is not something I have personal experience with. Nevertheless, I do hope it helps (sorry, quite belated)
@jasa1063 and
@Nitram78 and also the viewer of my YouTube video (who I asked to post his experience in this thread).
Shhh!
, but I also want to update all of you 475 Overclock users about the impressive work forum member @frontein1 has done (and continues to do) in boosting acceleration for those who also own a Universal ROM SIMM from CayMac: