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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Rebuilding Power Macintosh 9600
Date: 7 Dec 2024 17:49:51 GMT
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On 2024-12-07, scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <lr1g29Fsi8uU1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
><jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2024-11-30, scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > In article <290920240831355501%vintageapplemac@gmail.com>, scole
>> ><vintageapplemac@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> I've been meaning to rebuild a PM 9600 for some time now. I had
>> >> four of the things, all in various states of distress; one that
>> >> was particularly souped up and had been my main battlestation  for
>> >> a number of years but was very tatty, and the others that ranged
>> >> from ugly on the outside but fine on the inside to full of rot
>> >> inside but cosmetically fine. I had the makings, then, of at least
>> >> one really nice example.
>> >
>> > Update: I got this finished last weekend. Or, at least, finished
>> > for now...
>> >
>> > I wasn't happy with the SCSI2SD set-up I had, so recalled the
>> > recommendation someone gave to use a BlueSCSI and went ahead and
>> > ordered one. It did take me some time to get my head around the way
>> > that these need to be used, the placing of a hard drive image on
>> > the SD card rather than simply formatting the card itself. I also
>> > decided to find the original instyall media for the 9600 and
>> > managed to get a sensible deal on the install CD from a guy in
>> > America. When that arrived I installed the BlueSCSI board and got
>> > 7.6.1 up and running.
>> 
>> I've been using a BlueSCSI in my trusty Mac SE/30 for a while now and
>> it's been great. It's fast, stable, and now the only noise I hear
>> when it's running is the exhaust fan. 🙂
>
> That reminds me, I forgot to change the internal fans when I was
> putting the 9600 back together! I have some SilenX fans, and intend to
> replace at least the fan on the inside of the side panel, and probably
> inside the PSU too. I replaced all the fans in this G4 MDD and, as it
> only has SSDs in it, the thing is almost totally silent, it's
> definitely a good upgrade to make!

Nice! I'll have to take a look to see if SilenX makes one that'll work
in the Mac SE/30.

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