Good news on the classic. @Kai Robinson I believe he is working on a clasic ram board replacement Tom Indeed I'm rather pleased :) Cool, I do have a Simm board that used to work, but has decided not to :( @Kai Robinson are you building a replacement by any chance? https://tinkerdifferent.com/thread...

Ahoy! If you're after a replacement logic board for the classic...well, i have those in production for a test batch now!

Ooof - a lot has happened since i last posted, for the full story, the project over at 68k MLA will fill in the gaps - but essentially, a respin was needed, after that respin - we managed to get some helpers to look over the sprint layout, as my eyes weren't picking out anything - and 5 really impor...

The chip covered by the CE/FCC ID sticker is the first known ARM chip used in a Mac - it handles the 040 to PPC bus translation. A lot of people would kill to have the schematics for this thing... No luck finding the IC through anyone dealing with NoS or used - not even UTSource. ppc601-apple-vlsi-a...

post the pic here for all to see :D Okay - here goes! The Daystar PowerCard 601 Itself, naked without the heatsink - just look at that crack! :o DSC_0530.JPG Closeup of the TQFP PPC601 itself DSC_0531.JPG Backside of the card DSC_0534.JPG Optional L2 Cache Card included, though DSC_0532.JPG DSC_053...

It TQFP is fine really. You can even do them without a microscope and inspect them after with a magnifier. A hoof tip on the soldering iron, good flux, a microscope and practice make it pretty easy though. On a rare card I'd cut the old chip legs to minimise risk to the PCB removing the cracked pack...

Well i went halves with a friend and now i own 360 PowerPC 601's - 80Mhz Original's

Anyone want a few? :p

So...i managed to pick up a very rare Mac accelerator - the Daystar PowerCard 601 for my Macintosh LC475 - unfortunately, the main die of the PPC601 is...well, it's cracked. like 1/3rd the way across. Dead. However, i'm seriously a little nutty and want to try and resurrect the card. The chip is a T...

I presume you have a copy of the BOMARC Services schematics for the Classic?

@Kai Robinson when placing images into posts please make sure you attach them and place in-line as opposed to linking to other sites. This way we can make sure the image still exists even if the external site disappears or has issues. I have done the images in question for you in the post above - h...