--- Ian Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2004/06/17, at 1:20, Jeff Walther wrote: > > > If you are set on upgrading the IIsi, then I > suggest you look for > > Daystar's right-angle adapter for the IIsi. > > Sounds good. I'll have to check the prices; the > Sonnet Presto 040 is > running between $10 and $20 on eBay, but it requires > an adapter for the > IIsi which would cost another $30 new. If this price > is right, the > DayStar/PDS Ethernet seems to be what I'm looking > for.
DayStar made two different CPU upgrade adaptors for the IIsi. One was a right angle design with the lower slot duplicating the IIci slot and the upper being simply an extention of the IIsi slot. The other was a short and straight IIsi to IIci conversion for IIsi PDS cards that would not tolerate being installed in the upper slot of the right angle adaptor*. This plugged onto the IIsi slot that many IIsi PDS boards had, then the IIci CPU upgrade plugged onto it. *Such as the Radius Hard Pivot videocard, according to the 030 Powercache manual. Soooo. The best way to upgrade the CPU and get ethernet on a IIsi is to dig up a dual slot DayStar adaptor and a 50Mhz 030 PowerCache with FPU and a IIsi PDS Ethernet card for the upper slot. IIsi Ethernet and video cards have a port panel connected by cables so it can mount to the slot hole in the back. Most IIsi PDS cards have a IIsi PDS slot near their top edge. With some clever hacking and choosing of the proper cards, it may be possible to build a IIsi with upgraded CPU, ethernet and video. However, I wouldn't place any bes on the power supply being happy with all that! What you must NEVER EVER DO is _directly_ plug any card designed for the IIci, IIvx, IIvi or Performa 600 directly into the PDS of a IIsi or SE/30. Turning the power on (possibly even with just the power cord plugged in) WILL FRY THE CARD and can fry the IIsi or SE/30. ===== It's total Fandemonium! http://www.fandemonium.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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
