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| Posted by: joshc on 2023-03-01 07:49:34 Picked up an SE with a Prodigy 68020 16MHz upgrade. It has 16MB RAM.    | |
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-03-01 08:32:07Picked up an SE with a Prodigy 68020 16MHz upgrade. It has 16MB RAM.That's beautiful Surprise or did you buy it for the card? | |
Posted by: joshc on 2023-03-01 08:33:02That's beautifulBought it for it - the eBay auction showed it working. | |
| Posted by: Phipli on 2023-03-01 08:34:09 BTW, I think there are ROM vs OS complications. Either they don't work in System 7, or you need a newer ROM, and they might have issues with FDHD??? There is an old thread about it somewhere. I think there is someone who would love to know how your ram is wired 🙂 | |
Posted by: joshc on 2023-03-01 08:45:31BTW, I think there are ROM vs OS complications. Either they don't work in System 7, or you need a newer ROM, and they might have issues with FDHD??? There is an old thread about it somewhere. I think there is someone who would love to know how your ram is wired 🙂Yeah, that thread is here and I've been reading through it. Levco / SuperMac Prodigy SE accelerator and utilityAbout a year ago I bought - on eBay - a Prodigy SE accelerator board, which I intended to plug into the processor expansion slot on my SE which has a SuperDrive. Not knowing much about compact Macs or anything about the board, I put it in a drawer for safekeeping until I was ready. Recently I...
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So, mine appears to have 16MB of RAM installed, but the Mac sees 2MB because it's seeing its own RAM instead of the Prodigy RAM. There is no MMU installed, despite the amount of memory on the Prodigy's memory board, which makes no sense to me. I'm testing it with System 7.5 so far, it boots and works fine, and TattleTech recognises it as a 15MHz 68020. So I just need to work out the RAM mystery... | |
| Posted by: joshc on 2023-03-01 08:47:12 Tried the diagnostic/interrupt command but it just causes a System bomb for me. | |
| Posted by: joshc on 2023-03-01 08:51:04 It does seem geared for System 6 only because the SE test program won't open under System 7, complains about MultiFinder. | |
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-03-01 08:51:44There is no MMU installedUnder the supermac sticker? but the Mac sees 2MB because it's seeing its own RAM instead of the Prodigy RAMGot Virtual installed? You can't copy it between machines, the installs are upgrade board model specific. | |
Posted by: joshc on 2023-03-01 08:54:06Under the supermac sticker?Just an empty socket under the sticker. 😀 Haven't tried Virtual yet. | |
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-03-01 08:56:12Just an empty socket under the sticker. 😀The installer letdown you pick different boards 😉 Weird there is no MMU and 16MB... | |
| Posted by: Phipli on 2023-03-01 08:57:13 Daft question... 16MB... or 16Mb? I.e. 2MB? | |
Posted by: Durosity on 2023-03-01 09:23:21Bought it for it - the eBay auction showed it working.I saw that, was very tempted! How much did it go for in the end? | |
Posted by: mg.man on 2023-03-01 10:29:04I saw thatSo... it'll be in your "Recently Viewed" list... do tell. 😉 | |
| Posted by: joshc on 2023-03-01 11:35:44 I made a best offer, £95. Got a pretty cool swivel stand thrown in too...  This machine was aptly named Fangface because it does this on boot...  | |
Posted by: mg.man on 2023-03-01 11:48:00I made a best offer, £95.Nice score! | |
Posted by: Durosity on 2023-03-01 12:01:26So... it'll be in your "Recently Viewed" list... do tell. 😉I did have a look but couldn’t see it, but then it was a while ago and I have looked at loads since then. You’re also missing the biggest factor.. I’m exceptionally lazy 😂 | |
Posted by: Durosity on 2023-03-01 12:03:55I made a best offer, £95.Haha I do love the fang face! Nice score too, especially considering the extras and the RAM! | |
| Posted by: joshc on 2024-09-01 23:12:23 It's been a while since I last acquired anything at all. I got another Kensington Trackball that I don't need. Already got one like this in beige that is ADB only. This is my 4th trackball. I mainly bought it because I like this colour combo. It's a dual ADB/USB one, although the cable is a little yellowed (it's made of that strange translucent plastic from the late 90s/early 2000s), and the extension for ADB is missing, though I guess I could make my own.  | |
| Posted by: Durosity on 2024-09-02 08:38:23 They’re cool! I’d love to get a beige one of them someday, the one that has the same profile as the original standard keyboard. | |
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