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Posted by: just.in.time on 2016-09-25 22:57:37
Alright, anyone have their Plus set up with a ROM-inator? If so, how complex was the soldering job? The site says some assembly required 🙂 Just want to get a gauge of how complex this will be before tossing down $30, since my soldering skills are beginner level at best.
The idea of having a bootable 6.0.8 ROM disk with a couple games, as well as the Apple CD-ROM, AppleTalk, and Iomega Zip Driver sounds incredibly convenient.
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Posted by: just.in.time on 2016-09-26 11:05:17
Too late, I went ahead and ordered it 🙂
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Posted by: just.in.time on 2016-09-30 02:25:09
Installed and running, amazingly enough.
My soldering is probably on par with what our site pros would have done when they were 5 years old. Somehow; all the connections work enough to boot 🙂 it took me around 2 hours to install.
Now to figure out how to cram everything I need into 846k or whatever it is... I have 4MB of ram. I wonder if there is a way to do compression with the image to fit more into it line with the ROM-inator II.
My goal is:
Basic system 6.0.8 + AppleShare/Chooser
Moire cdev screensaver
Iomega 4.2 Guest driver
Disk First Aid
And the rest of the space with games.
Lido takes up way too much space.
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Posted by: techknight on 2016-10-02 06:00:57
Lido takes up way too much space??? What?? I can fit it on an 800K floppy WITH a system!!
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Posted by: just.in.time on 2016-10-02 06:34:17
I was unable to make that with a 6.0.8 folder and enough space for extra games. Can you send me your .dsk?
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Posted by: techknight on 2016-10-02 09:35:57
Axe the games. a ROM disk needs the system, utilities, tools, etc..
Games and software should go on a ZIP disk or a floppy/hard disk. Allowing the system to boot from rom and contain the Zip driver could come in handy to access the rest on disk.
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Posted by: just.in.time on 2016-10-02 10:26:51
Haha priorities I suppose. I only occasionally would need Lido. Games however are the primary use of the computer 🙂 if I can rock a few already on the system then that is good. Definitely keep the zip driver on board though for accessing everything else. Maybe I can change around the games and/or slim down the system folder a bit more some how to fit Lido.
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