Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage Subject: Re: Rebuilding Power Macintosh 9600 Date: 7 Dec 2024 17:49:51 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <290920240831355501%vintageapplemac@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net toysInE4caGaDqTR05k2Lwz3JPYY50gp7V5ZoWkdOdgylOmLqe Cancel-Lock: sha1:X9KDGAKS4EwLMcS6gWPzD/3nYhU= sha256:sW5clfbKaeJxA7IGxa0pMhbUzjjkxvBP47tUhWr/dqg= Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Darwin) Bytes: 3522 On 2024-12-07, scole wrote: > In article , Jolly Roger > wrote: > >> On 2024-11-30, scole wrote: >> > In article <290920240831355501%vintageapplemac@gmail.com>, scole >> > 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. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR