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Macintosh IIx with IIfx board
Posted by: MJ313 on 2020-12-21 09:35:19 If It wasn't for me trolling to scrap pile for something 😀 Agree about the G4! The QS is my mostly daily driver of an OS9 machine these days.... There is a 199? Gateway full tower in all of its beige behemoth-ness that's been at the dump for months (presumably because no one wants to move it...) I've never played with one-- it's awesome looking. I'd be disowned if I brought it back. 🙂
Posted by: joshc on 2020-12-21 22:13:18 What graphics card do you have in yours? Mine had the typical toby when I got it. I put a radius 8xj in it which plays a lot nicer with my LG L1933TR 19". I think mine has the Apple Macintosh Display Card 630-0400 , it looks like this (two empty slots which I assume are for additional VRAM). I know very little about it, I haven't spent much time researching or using my IIfx yet. The photo of the screen I posted earlier is from a 15" Sharp LCD I am using with it, 640x480 res.
Posted by: dan.dem on 2020-12-22 02:47:38 The IIfx really sticks out there among the sea of generic PC stuff... But don't overlook the toaster to the right. It may be a flyable one. :b&w:
Posted by: jeremywork on 2020-12-22 22:33:59 I think mine has the Apple Macintosh Display Card 630-0400 , it looks like this (two empty slots which I assume are for additional VRAM). I know very little about it, I haven't spent much time researching or using my IIfx yet. The photo of the screen I posted earlier is from a 15" Sharp LCD I am using with it, 640x480 res. View attachment 39407 Almost positive that's this one: Macintosh Display Card 4•8 https://lowendmac.com/1990/macintosh-display-card-4-8/ Populate those slots to max the VRAM and you'll have yourself a Display Card 8•24
Posted by: joshc on 2020-12-23 00:15:27 Almost positive that's this one: Macintosh Display Card 4•8 https://lowendmac.com/1990/macintosh-display-card-4-8/ Populate those slots to max the VRAM and you'll have yourself a Display Card 8•24 Thanks for the tip, do you know which SIMMs are compatible? If I search on eBay most of the SIMMs that come up are the LC/Quadra VRAM ones.
Posted by: jeremywork on 2020-12-23 00:18:29 Those LC/Quadra ones are the correct type. It will accept two 256k SIMMs for millions of colors at 640x480.
Posted by: jeremywork on 2020-12-23 00:21:11 Thanks for the tip, do you know which SIMMs are compatible? If I search on eBay most of the SIMMs that come up are the LC/Quadra VRAM ones. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Macintosh-256KB-68-pin-100ns-VRAM-Video-Memory-SIMM-670-0269-LC-LCII-LCIII/131852599696 Check this out- even has 4•8 Display VRAM SIMM in the silkscreen 🙂
Posted by: joshc on 2022-02-13 00:54:13 Hmm, somehow I forgot to update this thread at all in 2021. Well, things have happened. This IIfx has had various upgrades done to it over the past year. - SCSI2SD added - Added a further 64MB RAM so it's now got the full 128MB RAM. - Second 1.44MB SuperDrive floppy drive added - A generous forum member donated an actual IIfx case in amazing condition to me. It's not even yellowed. It was from a battery damaged machine so I had to remove the rusty RF shield from that case and swap my good RF shields in, a bit of a tedious job but it came out looking good. The result was an empty IIx case which went to a different forum member to be repurposed as a IIx machine. - I recently had some 3D printed stands made, which are based on the ones Kensington used to sell. Now the IIfx can stand tall and look the piece. - Added a network card, various video cards and a Radius Rocket 040 card. Comparison with a yellowed 475: Things left to do - Not much really, A/UX install and just use the damn thing?
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