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| Posted by: trag on 2015-09-19 01:17:42 To connect the Outbound to a Plus or SE as described in the article you need a docking card installed in the host machine. I've been hoping to find one of those docking cards for 20 years now. Chances are slim. A Mac with the docking card installed can't boot unless connected to the Outbound (no ROMs) so anyone finding a Plus or SE with a docking card installed is likely to trash it as a non working machine, unless they have more than a casual interest in the machine. All that said, with the SCSI adapter, one can boot the Outbound in disk mode and it will look like an external hard drive to a Mac connected through the SCSI port. Not ad cool as the docking card but the earliest example of disk target mode on a Mac. | |
| Posted by: aplmak on 2015-10-05 18:57:30 James this is the European power supply I have... per the message I sent you.. Won't work here in the U.S.   | |
| Posted by: aplmak on 2016-06-14 19:33:21 James picked up this rare outbound monitor today!!! Very rare.. And some Outbound diagnostic ROMS. The monitor connects SCSI!! Pretty crazy! Sorry the pics uploaded sideways.. It's a portrait oriented style monitor    | |
| Posted by: BadGoldEagle on 2016-06-15 07:07:03 Whoa! Nice find! The ad says it will work on any SCSI Mac! I didn't know those existed! Want one now, badly! | |
| Posted by: aplmak on 2016-06-15 10:19:18 I know really!!! I saw that originally too... SCSI monitor.... weird.... we'll see how well it works 🙂 | |
| Posted by: james_w on 2016-06-16 01:52:17 Huh, that's pretty cool! 😀 | |
| Posted by: aplmak on 2016-06-16 08:57:44 I also got boxes full of outbound stuff!!!! Mostly stuff for the notebooks.... like 6 or 7 processor daughter cards!!! ROMS... hard drives... plastics... spare machines....  | |
| Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-06-16 11:52:39 Holy cow. Â Looks like you hit the jackpot. | |
| Posted by: aplmak on 2016-06-16 12:12:47 Some interesting notes on the 125 that people who have one should read... Some VERY IMPORTANT "Don't Do's" in the article.. when it comes to trying the RGB connector on an external monitor... or ram that uses higher voltages may corrupt the EPROM.... a must read for 125 owners.. https://wiki.68kmla.org/Laptop_Model_125 | |
| Posted by: aplmak on 2016-06-16 12:14:32 Yeah this guy apparently was an outbound former dealer.. and also programmed for Apple... A great contact for outbound lovers to have! | |
| Posted by: aplmak on 2016-06-16 12:32:33 What's curious is this one daughterboard that appears to have a 50mhz. 030 chip and the RAM sticks have thin tape on the backside of them blocking the back connectors.... ideas??  | |
| Posted by: rsolberg on 2016-06-16 15:24:14 My guess is that the tape is due to some kind of non-standard wiring in the RAM slots. SIMMs have redundant contacts- only the front or back contacts are used by a slot as the contacts on one side address all of the module's RAM. This is why a "30 pin" SIMM actually has 60 contacts and a "72 pin" has 144. | |
| Posted by: aplmak on 2016-06-16 16:15:14 Wow never knew that.. Perhaps it's to bypass the automatic Silicon RAM disk Outbounds make for over 4mb's | |
| Posted by: unity on 2016-06-16 19:13:25 Wow, I could use a few things. I may hit you up if you are willing to sell some stuff. | |
| Posted by: trag on 2016-06-16 20:18:04 Great find! Did you ask your source about the docking interface card for the Plus or SE? Can he provide any insight or guidance to installing larger than 80 MB hard drives in the 125 -- not so much to provide more storage, but rather vecause those old Connor drives are hard to find. I actually wrote most of the stuff in the referenced Wiki. It didn't come from an Outbound employee. It's based on my experience. I think Lapis or maybe Focus Enhancements sold a line of SCSI based displays back when. Reviews said they were kind of slow but good enough for presentations, IIRC. | |
| Posted by: Huxley on 2016-06-17 07:25:12 I have nothing of real value to add to this thread, as I have no firsthand experience or knowledge of the Outbound machines. However, I remember *lusting* after them as a kid when I'd been given a big box of early MacWorld magazines by a friendly school librarian, so I'm just delighted to see someone here taking ownership of a cache of Outbound stuff. Such a weird, cool machine - I hope you have a blast with it! Huxley | |
| Posted by: aplmak on 2016-06-17 09:28:17 Sure if someone is in need of stuff let me know!!! 🙂 I may or may not have it... I don't have the wanted stuff such as external floppy drive or cable, or the SE connection board... | |
| Posted by: james_w on 2016-06-18 09:33:49 hey aplmak this is awesome! I'm after a manual and installation disks for my 125 - don't suppose there are any in your lot? | |
| Posted by: aplmak on 2016-06-20 10:58:33 I'm still waiting on some more stuff... I will let you know!! 🙂 | |
| Posted by: james_w on 2016-06-20 14:26:26 thanks! I bid on the loads of Outbound spare parts going on ebay but gave in in the end to whoever won, shipping US -> UK is just too much of a killer and I can't keep sending stuff to my New York office or they'll get annoyed with me! | |
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