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FINALLY! Got it to work. 512K Mac with Internal SCSI!
Posted by: olePigeon on 2015-11-23 17:14:45
I finally got my hack to work.  This will also work with a 128K. 🙂

I have some sort of SCSI upgrade I found in that huge lot I helped acquire.  It sits on the ROM slots, then you put in 2 512KE or Plus ROMs.

I have been playing with this off and on for the past year or so with little success.  It would always corrupt the drive after booting the first time.

I seriously have no idea why it works now.  It could be related to termination.  I did put a battery in.  It's tapping off the mains (I simply soldered a power cable.)  Perhaps it was getting corrupted because of a drop in power?  No idea.

In any event, this is probably the fastest you'll ever see a 512K boot.

Check this out! :lol:

https://youtu.be/Wg4-VJoQe5w

Posted by: Elfen on 2015-11-23 17:55:17
I used to have a couple of those with a Dove add-on memory board. Loved them!

Sounds like you had corroded pins on the SCSI/ROM chips that loosened up over time with you fiddling with it. Glad it works! Congrats.

Posted by: olePigeon on 2015-11-23 18:33:00
Perhaps the sockets were rusty.  I actually replaced the pins because a few them were broken off.

Posted by: CC_333 on 2015-11-24 11:17:25
This is neat!

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