At 01:27 -070008/22/2002, Gregg Eshelman uttered ;
>--- "James A. Reible" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well, I opened it up and sitting on the left side is >> a strange >> looking ..... something....... which I'll try to >> describe. >> Sitting at a shallow angle is a card that says: >> DayStar Digital Powercache. > >It uh, should be standing straight up. The adaptor card is parallel to the motherboard (horizontal) and the Powercache card is mounted at about a 30� angle. It looks like it's supposed to be that way, nothing is bent or anything and it has to be that way to fit under the tray that holds the hard disk and floppy drive. > >> This thing, which will fit in a regular NUBUS slot, > >Did you actually plug it into a NuBus slot? Not really, just set it there to see if it would. Also set it on a PDS slot on a IIci to see if it would fit there. Didn't actually seat it at all. If so, >you probably bent some pins. Hopefully didn't break >any off. Nope. >The Daystar PowerCache is a board with a 68030 CPU >and an optional 68882 FPU. So that supercedes/overrides the 68020 chip? The Mac II adaptor plugs >into the CPU and PMMU sockets. (Or is the CPU and >FPU sockets? My PowerCache manual is like 75 miles >away right now.) A manual?!?!? I can't even find a website for DayStar..... :-( Anyway, in its current condition >your Mac II won't do squat without the PowerCache >and the adaptor board in working order. > >Check for bent pins. If you find any CAREFULLY >straighten them. Break one off and there goes the >party. Plug the adaptor into the two empty sockets >and the PowerCache into the socket on the adaptor. >It will only fit one way. It will plug in easily. Yep, easy. > >Pop in a video card, connect monitor, keyboard, >mouse and see if it will power up! It had a Radius Mac II Full Page Display card in it and I just happen to have a Radius Full Page Display. :-) (Rescued that from the dumpster a few months ago!) Strange plugs on both but they fit. The monitor lights up so I guess it works...... There's no hard drive or floppy in it so should I just 'borrow' a HD from one of the IIci's? Will the II run on 7.6.1? > >Hmm, I wonder if you need the Power Central control >panel for the PowerCache in a Mac II? You have to >"lobotomize" it so it has to at least use the >PowerCache CPU no matter what. Probably needs it >for the PowerMath switch to enable the FPU on the >PowerCache. Lobotomize, interesting term considering I didn't understand anything you just said except lobotomize! What?? > >Are all the chips soldered to the PowerCache or are >one or two in sockets? All soldered. Is there an empty socket >or not? Not, no room at all on the thing. What does the silver color, rectangular, >metal "can" have printed on it? > K11040T 40,000 MHZ 9119 >The PowerCache came in 25, 33, 40 and 50Mhz versions, >any of which is a big upgrade for the Mac II. There's a big gold Motorola chip that says MC68030RC338 on it and a smaller Motorola chip that says XC68882RC33A There's also 2 Texas Instruments chips - 127CN and a mess of Korean chips and 4 more Motorola chips about the size of the chips on a RAM SIMM and then a lot more small square chips with yellow labels pasted on them with various numbers on them (802, 812, 822, 833 etc.) > >The PowerCache also has 23K of cache RAM on it. > >If you install IIx ROMs in your II then you can use >SIMMS bigger than 1 meg each in Bank A. It still >takes special SIMMs for certain sizes. > >Another upgrade for the Mac II was replacing the >IWM chip with a SWIM chip. That allows it to use >a 1.44M SuperDrive instead of being limited to >the 800K floppy drive. Then it can also use PC >formatted floppy disks. I found a website that has the manuals and software so maybe I'll be able to figure out what you just said! But I take it this is a GOOD thing to have in the machine? Somebody had to add it later? I can't believe the school would do something that 'risque'. > >But first see if you can get it running! Then you >can figure out if it's had the ROM and SWIM >upgrade. :) Think it'll run on 7.6.1? That's the oldest system I have handy but I suppose I could see if any of the 40MB hard drives I have in my junk box work and what system they have on them or I could install a fresh system using IIci. I have no floppy that works at all except for the one in my 6400. (At least I THINK it works, it did the last time I used it.........around Christmas I think........) But that's a superdrive or whatever it's called. That website I found, <http://www.linkology.com/daystar/> gave me the software but I can't find a manual, bummer. :-( Well, instead of stumbling blindly I'm now just staggering blindly. :-) Thanks for the help. If/when something happens, other than the monitor lighting up, I'll let you know. This IS a 'worthwhile' waste of time isn't it? Please? :-) -- --- Peace, Shakes --- "Knowledge is a deadly friend if no one sets the rules. The fate of all mankind I see is in the hands of fools." ---Peter Sinfield---1969--- -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
