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Posted by: chrisrueckert on 2023-04-03 12:59:11
Was that best practice in the late eighties?IMG20230403215636.jpg
Posted by: olePigeon on 2023-04-03 13:01:54
If you cut away at the back, you can stuff anything up to a PowerMac 7100 in there. Cheapest way to upgrade. That one looks like it could be a IIci or IIvi stuck in there.
Posted by: ArmorAlley on 2023-04-03 13:03:01
Was there a upgrade path from the IIcx to the IIci or Quadra 700?
Posted by: finkmac on 2023-04-03 13:22:14
Was there a upgrade path from the IIcx to the IIci or Quadra 700?
I believe so, but it would have involved a new bottom bucket.
Posted by: joshc on 2023-04-03 14:10:50
Was that best practice in the late eighties?
Perhaps not 'best practice', but yeah it was fairly common. There were a lot of DIY upgrades back then as well, people chopping cases in various ways to fit cards or logicboards that otherwise wouldn't fit.
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-04-03 14:21:29
Perhaps not 'best practice', but yeah it was fairly common. There were a lot of DIY upgrades back then as well, people chopping cases in various ways to fit cards or logicboards that otherwise wouldn't fit.
I'm waiting to see a 6100 with a rectangle cut in the lid for a PDS video card 🙂
Posted by: joshc on 2023-04-03 14:26:34
I'm waiting to see a 6100 with a rectangle cut in the lid for a PDS video card 🙂
I've already seen one, it's on the forum somewhere with a photo.
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-04-03 14:29:28
I've already seen one, it's on the forum somewhere with a photo.
Hah! It will have been tempting in the "zero value computer" era.
Posted by: MrFahrenheit on 2023-04-03 18:05:12
If you cut away at the back, you can stuff anything up to a PowerMac 7100 in there. Cheapest way to upgrade. That one looks like it could be a IIci or IIvi stuck in there.

I think it's most definitely a IIci. The IIvi lacks a floppy drive port, and also has sound input (and one less ADB for the spot where it goes).
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