I had this great idea for a hack a while back. (Hey, we all want
Applefritter fame.) I had a Sun Sparc IPX with a dead motherboard. I don't
even remember where I got the IPX or why I had it. Anyway, I noticed that
the size of its case was just the right size for an SE motherboard! So I got
an SE motherboard, put it in, and chiseled away at the back of the IPX to
make openings for all the ports. But I finally got fed up because I couldn't
figure out how to get the power supply in there and connected properly and
whatnot. (I probably could have used a different ps, but I don't know much
about electronics and I have this fear of inadvertantly killing myself.)
Anyway, my impatience prevailed, and I gave up the project in a fit of
annoyance. But now the idea is out there... and maybe some of you with a
little more ingenuity could undertake this idea....
:)
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*** Amber Rhea ***
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For great justice
on 9/26/01 6:59 AM, (Vintage Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Heh, I thought I was the only one with a SparcStation IPX that I wanted to
> hook up to a Mac.
>
> I messed around with this a couple of months, and it is possible, but you
> need a serial cable that supports hardware-handshaking (IIRC). My standard
> Mac Serial Cable doesn't do this, bu I have a Mac to PC serial cable that
> does work.
>
> Give me a day or two to look it up, but IIRC, the IPX and Mac serial ports
> are for all intents and purposes, the same. I know I was able to hook my IPX
> up to my PC with a Mac-to-PC serial cable.
>
> Cheers,
> Adam.
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