yea, i know what scsi looks like 50 or 68 pin ribbons. what i can't
remember is what did the older IDE look like? they didn't have ATA back
then, did they?
hell, i should know i'm 50 year old EE!
peace.
billy j
is William Ahearn a user on this site?
does tghis all appply to the IIfx also?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Etienne Le Sueur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Vintage Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 4:25 AM
Subject: Re: LCII acquisition
> Scsi hard drive usually have a large 50 pin plug on the end.. if you know
> what an ide hard drive connector looks like, then you will know whether it
> is scsi or not.. the vram slot on the lcII is the big blue one.
> the LCII has a place for an FPU (68882) with solder pads.. you can solder
a
> socket into one, which Is what I have done.. but you also need the fpu,
> which William Ahearn kindly sent me, but i am unsure whether he has
another
> one, or whether you are able to solder a 68 pin socket on to the
> motherboard. trusy me, its not something you want to do every decade, or
> century :)
>
> Etienne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vintage Macs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> billy j
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 8:20 PM
> To: Vintage Macs
> Subject: Re: LCII acquisition
>
>
>
> Steve, thanks for help.
>
> the IIfx has 16 Meg in it now. the LC II has 11 Meg.
>
> how can you tell if the HDs are scsi or not? what does the Mac FPU look
> like? VRAM? where is it on MOBO?
>
> i understand scsi and other computer stuff, so talk as 'heavy' as you
wish.
> i just don't know the Macs!
>
> where can i get new or used Mac memory, etc?
>
> i need some sort of screen saver for the 2 Macs, where can i download
them?
>
> there's a PC to Mac to PC xfer appz ( i have a PC on the web now) people
> have talked about, where can i get it? CNET?
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Vintage Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 4:23 AM
> Subject: Re: LCII acquisition
>
>
> > Billy J
> >
> > You will need to install more RAM (30-pin 120ns) to bring it up to 12M
> > total (it will see something like 10.2M total). You can look for a PDS
> card
> > that lets you add an FPU. Max out the VRAM with a stick of 512K
(replacing
> > the 256K stick (keep it just in case)). Its up to you as to whether you
> > want to add an external CD-ROM, HD or even another floppy drive.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > PS....Ask away if you have more questions. :)
> >
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