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| Formac Accelerator Driver (finally?) | |
| Posted by: Mirokai on 2020-08-19 04:48:56 Hello guys. I recently found a 33 MHz formac accelerator card in an old Macintosh LC. Fortunately the hard drive (Quantum) was still working and I got everything off it before it failed đ . Among other things I found a Control Panel file called "ProCPU_V1.06". I searched the 68kmla to get a hint on what to look for and noticed that nobody was able to find this "driver". It lets you enable the accelerator card and FPU + cache. It may work for other formac cards (SE, SE/30?) too. Just unpack it into the Control Panel folder on System 7 or up. I tried it on System 6 but it didn't work all the way. Please help me test it for other accelerator cards. View attachment ProCPU_V1.06.sit   | |
| Posted by: cheesestraws on 2020-08-19 05:17:54 Nice find! Could I suggest you upload this to Macintosh Garden too? | |
| Posted by: lobust on 2020-08-20 02:33:19 Nice job! Six months or so ago I passed on a Quadra 700 that came with an accelerator that needed that driver, I spent a great deal of time effort to try and obtain a copy of it, to no avail. Pretty confident that your post is the only copy of it on the internet! | |
| Posted by: Bolle on 2020-08-20 04:15:08 I think I have that driver already somewhere in my archive and I think it is available on the internet archive as well. Also that driver probably wonât do it for their Quadra accelerator, itâs only meant for the LC accelerators. | |
Posted by: Mirokai on 2020-08-21 02:55:44I think I have that driver already somewhere in my archive and I think it is available on the internet archive as well.I have to disagree. I have been searching the internet for hours when I got the LC and didn't find this driver. There are formac drivers (even cds) in the internet but not for cpu cards. You can access the ftp server from formac.com with wayback machine and find this https://web.archive.org/web/19991109095635/http://ftp.formac.com/public/updates/ProCPU/ProCPU-1.0.9.bin but the driver .bin file is broken. Look at the version number ... it is only 3 minor versions newer. | |
| Posted by: IlikeTech on 2020-08-24 11:57:43 That card looks super easy to clone. Hmmm. | |
| Posted by: Bolle on 2020-08-24 20:40:52 I've got Version 1.06 and 1.07 in my archive: View attachment Formac PRO 33-50 LC.sit.hqx That card looks super easy to clone. Hmmm. You could go for this instead if you want to build yourself an LC accelerator: | |
Posted by: ArmorAlley on 2020-08-24 22:00:39That card looks super easy to clone. Hmmm.If you were ever to attempt it, would you take a leaf from Bolle's book and put in ethernet functionality as well please? For me, the most important use of the LC-PDS slot is for an ethernet card. | |
| Posted by: Renegade on 2022-11-24 05:29:42 Hi, I just uploaded v 1.0.6, 1.0.7 & 1.0.8 to the Garden. Formac ProCPU LC 68030 accelerator board driver - Macintosh GardenThis is the control panel for Formac's ProCPU accelerator board, designed for Mac LC/LC II and Color Classic. Might work with other accelerators (untested). Version 1.0.8 was copied from my Mac Color Classic that came with this accelerator installed, labelled "Formac PL143" and features 68030 +...
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