Re: Yet Another IIci question

2002-04-10 Thread Goetz Hoffart
I have a Daystar PowerCache 030 upgrade in my SE/30 that plugs into the CPU socket complete with cache and FPU. Will it work in a IIci It will not work without an adapter card. The SE/30 PDS and the IIci PDS are *not* compatible. Most accelerator cards were produced for the IIci PDS and

Re: Yet Another IIci question

2002-04-10 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Goetz Hoffart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Daystar PowerCache 030 upgrade in my SE/30 that plugs into the CPU socket complete with cache and FPU. Will it work in a IIci It will not work without an adapter card. The SE/30 PDS and the IIci PDS are *not* compatible. Most

Re: Yet Another IIci question

2002-04-08 Thread Mark Benson
On Monday, April 8, 2002, at 06:29 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: Nope, it's a NuBus card. The original Rocket can either completely take over the CPU function or act as a Mac inside your Mac. The Stage II Rocket only works as a seperate Mac. The accelerator function of the original Rocket was

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread Cameron Kaiser
And pretty much any of them are outrageously fast with System 6. (The Turbo 601s won't work with 6, but the rest of the Daystars for the IIci will.) The DayStar 030 PowerCache also works with A/UX! :) Ooo! I'll have to try that! -- - personal page:

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread Mark Benson
On Sunday, April 7, 2002, at 06:54 AM, J.S. Garrison wrote: I'm kinda spoiled. I like the Daystar 68040/33 accelerator. I was about to say, if you are so impressed by the 50MHz 030s why not try a Radius Rocket 040. I have a friend who is supplying my IIci that is lending me his Rocket (he is

Yet another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread Teri Pittman
Okay, while we're all out happily hunting accelerator cards. I take it that the best way to add a modem to a IIci is to get an external serial port type. Am I right or am I missing something? I do know that externals are generally more stable, but have used internals in the PCs I've owned.

Re: Yet another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread Scott Holder
At 10:20 AM 4/7/2002 -0700, you wrote: Okay, while we're all out happily hunting accelerator cards. I take it that the best way to add a modem to a IIci is to get an external serial port type. Am I right or am I missing something? I do know that externals are generally more stable, but

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread the pickle
At 10:56 +0100 on 07/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: On Sunday, April 7, 2002, at 06:54 AM, J.S. Garrison wrote: I'm kinda spoiled. I like the Daystar 68040/33 accelerator. I was about to say, if you are so impressed by the 50MHz 030s why not try a Radius Rocket 040. I have a friend who is

Yet Another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread Mark Benson
I have a Daystar PowerCache 030 upgrade in my SE/30 that plugs into the CPU socket complete with cache and FPU. Will it work in a IIci, if so is it worth pulling out of my SE/30 (which hardly gets used) and whacking it in my soon-to-be-had IIci? I kinda thought seeing as they were both 1989

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread Mark Benson
On Sunday, April 7, 2002, at 06:33 PM, the pickle wrote: I was about to say, if you are so impressed by the 50MHz 030s why not try a Radius Rocket 040. I have a friend... says it boots 6.0.8 in 5 seconds :). Yeah, they're pretty damn cool too. The Stage Twos are a lot better than the

Re: Yet Another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread the pickle
At 19:49 +0100 on 07/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: I have a Daystar PowerCache 030 upgrade in my SE/30 that plugs into the CPU socket complete with cache and FPU. Will it work in a IIci, if so is No. it worth pulling out of my SE/30 (which hardly gets used) and whacking Definitely not. the

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread the pickle
At 19:51 +0100 on 07/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: Yeh - RocketShare is a cool sounding app. Does it run the second 'Mac' in a window? Yep, or you can run it in full-screen mode on a second monitor. Really cool stuff. Too bad it doesn't like running with anything past about 7.1. (It'll work with

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread Mark Benson
On Sunday, April 7, 2002, at 10:06 PM, the pickle wrote: At 19:51 +0100 on 07/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: Yeh - RocketShare is a cool sounding app. Does it run the second 'Mac' in a window? Yep, or you can run it in full-screen mode on a second monitor. Really cool stuff. Too bad it

CD-ROM inside. Re: Yet another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:20 -0700 on 07/04/02, Teri Pittman wrote: I take it that the best way to add a modem to a IIci is to get an external Try only way. The one NuBus modem I've ever seen was 2400bps. Also, about adding a CD, I'm guessing I would want an

Re: Yet Another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Daystar PowerCache 030 upgrade in my SE/30 that plugs into the CPU socket complete with cache and FPU. Will it work in a IIci, if so is it worth pulling out of my SE/30 (which hardly gets used) and whacking it in my soon-to-be-had IIci?

Re: Yet Another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread Mark Benson
On Monday, April 8, 2002, at 12:42 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Daystar PowerCache 030 upgrade in my SE/30 that plugs into the CPU socket complete with cache and FPU. Will it work in a IIci, if so is it worth pulling out of my SE/30 (which

Re: CD-ROM inside. Re: Yet another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread Teri Pittman
At 04:30 PM 04/07/2002 -0700, you wrote: Make a spacer to fit between the lid and the case. Step the top edge in to mimic the top edge of the case. Some sheet metal should work. Any heating and air conditioning shop should be able to make up the spacer and roll the top edge to make the step.

Re: Yet Another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread the pickle
At 01:27 +0100 on 08/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: it's no biggy until I hae to give the RR back. I presume the Rocket is a PDS upgrade right? NuBus. the pickle FAQ http://macfaq.org/index.shtml Software Archive ftp://download:[EMAIL PROTECTED]//Users/thepickl/Sites/Archive/

Re: Yet Another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope, the IIci CPU is not socketed. It doesn't use the PDS slot it's an 030 socket upgrade, Right, see what I scribbled up there. although that's slightly academic given that the IIci has a soldered CPU and it won't work anyway. I

Re: CD-ROM inside. Re: Yet another IIci question

2002-04-07 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 04:30 PM 04/07/2002 -0700, you wrote: Make a spacer to fit between the lid and the case. Step the top edge in to mimic the top edge of the case. Some sheet metal should work. Any heating and air conditioning shop should be able to make up the

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread Teri Pittman
At 11:51 PM 04/05/2002 -0800, you wrote: 9.1 is OK on a 110Mhz 601 PowerMac but on a 100Mhz Power IIci with its 25Mhz bus speed would be torture that not even an Al Queda terrorist should be subjected to. ;-) duck-n-run! Thank you, Gregg. That's pretty much what I thought I was reading

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread J.S. Garrison
-- From: Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) Subject: Re: Another IIci question Date: Sat, Apr 6, 2002, 6:12 AM At 11:51 PM 04/05/2002 -0800, you wrote: 9.1 is OK on a 110Mhz 601 PowerMac but on a 100Mhz Power IIci with its 25Mhz bus speed would

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you, Gregg. That's pretty much what I thought I was reading (except I wasn't aware of the OS versions involved). I'm starting to think the wisest course for this IIci is to max it out on RAM, play around with it a bit, and keep my eye out

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- J.S. Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Y'know, I'm dumbfounded at this one. I have a 6100/66av that ran OS 9.1 just fine. Even went to iTunes radio stations that would broadcast in my speed-zone, (28.8k), and got music hiccupingly. Now with the Newer 240Mhz. card in it, I have no

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread mart
Teri Pittman wrote: I'm starting to think the wisest course for this IIci is to max it out on RAM, play around with it a bit, and keep my eye out for a cheap Power Mac or G3 or 4. A lot less costly but very much worth the effort is the addition of an '030 accellerator card like the 'Diimo 030

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread Scott Holder
At 09:29 PM 4/6/2002 -0800, you wrote: I'm starting to think the wisest course for this IIci is to max it out on RAM, play around with it a bit, and keep my eye out for a cheap Power Mac or G3 or 4. A lot less costly but very much worth the effort is the addition of an '030

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread J.S. Garrison
-- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mart) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) Subject: Re: Another IIci question Date: Sat, Apr 6, 2002, 7:31 PM Teri Pittman wrote: I'm starting to think the wisest course for this IIci is to max it out on RAM, play around with it a bit, and keep my eye out

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread the pickle
At 21:54 -0800 on 06/04/02, J.S. Garrison wrote: A lot less costly but very much worth the effort is the addition of an '030 accellerator card like the 'Diimo 030 cache card'. Runs on 50 Mhz. Got one in here; makes the OS 7.1 on this IIci really zippy :) -mart I'm kinda spoiled. I like

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 21:54 -0800 on 06/04/02, J.S. Garrison wrote: A lot less costly but very much worth the effort is the addition of an '030 accellerator card like the 'Diimo 030 cache card'. Runs on 50 Mhz. Got one in here; makes the OS 7.1 on this IIci really

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-05 Thread the pickle
At 09:37 -0800 on 05/04/02, Teri Pittman wrote: Okay, this question concerns accelerators and cache cards. I've been reading about accelerator cards for the IIci and it sounds like the Daystar Turbo 601 would be a good match. I'm seeing NuBus and PDS cards. I You *do* realise how much those

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-05 Thread Teri Pittman
You *do* realise how much those cost, right? Well, at this point, I'm surfing ebay *grin*! Since I keep reading that this is a good upgrade, I'm trying to learn as much about it as I can. First upgrade will probably be more RAM, as it only has 8MB on board. It'd be cheaper to get a 7100 mobo

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-05 Thread Sam Macomber
It'd be cheaper to get a 7100 mobo and cram it in there, which would give you a native PPC-based motherboard for about 1/10 the price of a Turbo 601. You'd need new RAM, of course, but everything else would transfer right over... o never knew anything beyond a Q700 mobo would fit..

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-05 Thread the pickle
At 15:24 -0700 on 05/04/02, Sam Macomber wrote: o never knew anything beyond a Q700 mobo would fit..I sense a project coming! ;) The IIcx mobo was substantially similar in form factor to the 700, 650, 800, 7100, 8100, and many of the PCI-based boards. With anything after about the

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-05 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, this question concerns accelerators and cache cards. I've been reading about accelerator cards for the IIci and it sounds like the Daystar Turbo 601 would be a good match. I'm seeing NuBus and PDS cards. I understand that these are

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-05 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on stuffing a 7100 board into a IIci. So the 7100 uses 72 pin SIMMs? I haven't really checked the specs on those yet. The IIci was set up as a desktop publishing computer and it has quite a few programs installed on it. I would need to make