Re: FPU for Classic II?

2004-04-02 Thread John Niven
Sorry for the delay in replying to this thread, but I got busy at work.. On Thursday, March 25, 2004, at 08:54 AM, Todd Russell wrote: I upgraded it to the full 10Mb (2 x 4M simm) and later installed a 2Gb HP hard drive that I scrounged from an older workstation. This was formated with Li

Re: FPU for Classic II?

2004-03-26 Thread Todd Russell
I upgraded it to the full 10Mb (2 x 4M simm) and later installed a 2Gb HP hard drive that I scrounged from an older workstation. This was formated with Lido 7, a free disk utility that can make third party HDs work in Macs. I have since found that you can ResEdit Apples disk tools to make that

Re: FPU for Classic II?

2004-03-24 Thread John Niven
Hi Todd, I don't know of any Classic-specific sites out there, Gamba's site is always a useful starting point! Apple should realise the potential of supporting old Macs: my first Mac was a Classic II which I got about 4 years ago in a yard sale for $20 with keyboard, mouse, and a StyleWriter I

Re: FPU for Classic II?

2004-03-23 Thread Todd Russell
John, Thanks, now I know what to look for. :) Are there any Classic-specific sites out there? I know about all the usual sites for downloads and stuff, but it would be fun to see what other creative uses people have found for their Classics. I'm pondering pulling the plastics off, painting

Re: FPU for Classic II?

2004-03-22 Thread John Niven
Yes! I have one. It's also an Applied Engineering card. basically its a small pcb with a connector and an FPU on it. The card sits vertically, whereas the LC is flat (I imagine). No! you can't have it :-) I did think about cloning it, but no time really. I would be willing to loan it out if

FPU for Classic II?

2004-03-22 Thread Todd Russell
Someone recently gave me a Classic II(labeled a Performa 200) and I dismantled it to see if my Applied Engineering FastMath LC would fit in it. I discovered than that there is no PDS slot, but there is a slot labeled "fpu". Are there any real cards out there that will work in this slot, or is