Thanks! I'm going to be 'improving it' in the next installment with a 3xAAA to 18650 adapter and an 18650 holder. It is smaller and more secure. This hasn't given me issues and I did transport it to a computer show last month without issue but I also want my crappy HFT UV light back.
If it was in a 575 that might work but it's amazingly tight in there. I even went the extra mile and made the floppy and SCSI ribbon cables hug the top of that area and adhered them to the sub-chassis to keep them away from the motherboard. Normally that isn't an issue but it gets toasty in there. About 135 on the 601 heatsink. Supposedly they built the card the way they did to block the use of that PDS slot because of the extra power requirements of the 601 card. That being said, the CC that I didn't mess with this video does have a IIe card in it. It's a sweet little setup. Especially now that I've built the y-cable for it and can use a floppy emu with it.
I have the same DayStar PPC card, but I get an error whenever I try to boot using the 601 Processor Upgrade control panel. It chimes correctly, but leads to a "DUN DUN DUN" error sound with a Sad Mac. Have any suggestions on troubleshooting?
So sorry for the late reply! No idea why I didn't get a notification for this post! Do you have a universal installation of Mac OS? It needs the 'for all macintosh computers' version installed because of the PPC vs 68K stuff. Another thing to try could be carefully removing the cache card.
I have my PPC 601 processor installed on an LC 575 logic board when inserted into the back of a Color Classic. However, after enabling the 601 Processor Control Panel in Mac OS 8.1 and restarting, I hear the PPC chime, and just see a blank black screen. Nothing happens after this. Not sure what to do next.
Hmm. Check the cache card on it. Try removing it and trying to start up the system and see if that does anything for you. Late reply I know but it's what I would try first.
There is a reason they use lithium batteries in modern electronics. They don't leak. If you're going to use that system make sure you install dry cell or lithium batteries. No retro Mac is complete without After Dark. That is the era where PC really started to surpass Mac. In the past Apple/Mac has been able to do more with less but PC software and hardware advancements took hold thanks to more opportunity.
The leaking thing is a great point. I do want to use lithium but I am having trouble finding something I am happy with. I'm thinking of going with two coin cells through a 1.5V zener diode to give me 4.5V. It's a bit wasteful but at least it won't leak like these AAA batteries eventually will. Any recommendations on this front? I also don't like the giant battery pack blocking the rear vent a bit which I honestly didn't think about until after I went to put the rear cover on it yesterday.
@@DKJones96 The apparatus you had will work. Just get some AAA lithium batteries. They have a shelf life of 10 years. Or use a lithium coin cell like the 3v CR2032 like modern PCs use. If 4.5 is what you need and you want to use button cells, use Silver Oxide. Has long shelf life and won't leak.
Oh wow! Nice trick with the battery holder!
Thanks! I'm going to be 'improving it' in the next installment with a 3xAAA to 18650 adapter and an 18650 holder. It is smaller and more secure. This hasn't given me issues and I did transport it to a computer show last month without issue but I also want my crappy HFT UV light back.
I build one of these 20 years ago and im stil using it (for te retro games) 🙂
The PPC option is pretty awesome. With a PDS-riser or CPU-riser, you maybe could install the Apple2e-card as well.
6502/68K/PPC in one machine.
If it was in a 575 that might work but it's amazingly tight in there. I even went the extra mile and made the floppy and SCSI ribbon cables hug the top of that area and adhered them to the sub-chassis to keep them away from the motherboard. Normally that isn't an issue but it gets toasty in there. About 135 on the 601 heatsink. Supposedly they built the card the way they did to block the use of that PDS slot because of the extra power requirements of the 601 card.
That being said, the CC that I didn't mess with this video does have a IIe card in it. It's a sweet little setup. Especially now that I've built the y-cable for it and can use a floppy emu with it.
I have the same DayStar PPC card, but I get an error whenever I try to boot using the 601 Processor Upgrade control panel. It chimes correctly, but leads to a "DUN DUN DUN" error sound with a Sad Mac. Have any suggestions on troubleshooting?
So sorry for the late reply! No idea why I didn't get a notification for this post! Do you have a universal installation of Mac OS? It needs the 'for all macintosh computers' version installed because of the PPC vs 68K stuff. Another thing to try could be carefully removing the cache card.
I have my PPC 601 processor installed on an LC 575 logic board when inserted into the back of a Color Classic. However, after enabling the 601 Processor Control Panel in Mac OS 8.1 and restarting, I hear the PPC chime, and just see a blank black screen. Nothing happens after this. Not sure what to do next.
Hmm. Check the cache card on it. Try removing it and trying to start up the system and see if that does anything for you.
Late reply I know but it's what I would try first.
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There is a reason they use lithium batteries in modern electronics. They don't leak. If you're going to use that system make sure you install dry cell or lithium batteries. No retro Mac is complete without After Dark. That is the era where PC really started to surpass Mac. In the past Apple/Mac has been able to do more with less but PC software and hardware advancements took hold thanks to more opportunity.
The leaking thing is a great point. I do want to use lithium but I am having trouble finding something I am happy with. I'm thinking of going with two coin cells through a 1.5V zener diode to give me 4.5V. It's a bit wasteful but at least it won't leak like these AAA batteries eventually will. Any recommendations on this front?
I also don't like the giant battery pack blocking the rear vent a bit which I honestly didn't think about until after I went to put the rear cover on it yesterday.
@@DKJones96 The apparatus you had will work. Just get some AAA lithium batteries. They have a shelf life of 10 years. Or use a lithium coin cell like the 3v CR2032 like modern PCs use. If 4.5 is what you need and you want to use button cells, use Silver Oxide. Has long shelf life and won't leak.
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