hi all. I have a few questions of everyone I have a Performa 400 (aka LCII) and i have been inspecting the mobo a while. I can see the solder spots where a 68882 fpu socket could be added, if the socket and fpu could be had. Anyone know anything about this? Also, i can see the spots near the left drive bay where another floppy socket might be, if implemented. I could easily hook up a floppy drive to this, or is it not seen by the controller? Then, on a similar "case modding" note, a cd-drive sould be mounted cross-wise in the case, replacing the FD, HD, and fan/speaker assembly, right? Oh, BTW, does anyone know if there are any "slim" cd-rom SCSI drives available. If so, it would be feasible to mount one facing up in a compact mac...
I have a IIci which has recently been freezing up on me. It froze twice doing similar operations: rename folder, and move files. These are both Finder operations, and I am using 7.5.3. I know I should go to 7.5.5, or back to 7.1, but recently I added a cache card to the system (mfd by apple). Could these problems be the fault of the cache card (bad chips?) or maybe by my entirely awkward setup (2x 12"color monitors, 1x nubus 24bit card, 8MB ram) meaning the cpu has to share ram with the RBV, and then i'm using ram doubler, slowing down the system further. Oh, if its any help, the file operations I was doing were on an external 240MB SCSI HD, connected to the mac's builtin external scsi bus. I think the coolest mod anyone could do to an SE/30 (besides stuff more into its already crowded case) would be to completely gut the system, put the working guts into a huge case designed for airflow, throw in a zip dirve, cdrom, and several HD's, not to mention ethernet, an '040 upgrade, a 32-bit clean ROM, and internal grayscale screen, all running OS 8.1, as a server for a home network. Perhaps the case could be made in the shape of a Lisa... anyhoo, anyone know why my IIci is all of a sudden poopin out on me? I mean no mouse, no interrupt, no keyboard; only the power switch on the back or the reset button on the front actually do anything. -------------------------------------------------------- Alan O'Neil My dual-monitor Mac cost over $8,000 new. HA! -------------------------------------------------------- -- 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:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
