The Logic Board In a previous article, I mentioned that I had a Quadra 605 logic board with a bad microprocessor. The 605 uses a MC68LC040RC25, a 25 MHz 68040 without a floating-point unit (FPU). It was perfectly adequate for most home users at the time, but the lack of an FPU and relatively modest […]

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Crack! Dammit. Another piece of brittle ’90s Apple plastic bites the turns to dust. Last week, I finally assembled enough parts to build a working Quadra 605. I know, I know.. the 605 is one of Apple’s more boring machines, but there was a hole in my collection that needed filling. The little 605 fits perfectly […]

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A Little History My first experience with a Quadra 950 was back when they were new. Mike Bean, then president of the Arizona Macintosh User’s Group, had one. It was big. It was loud. It was fast… and it was beige. I loved it! Mike also had a Workgroup Server 95, the Unix-based file-server version […]

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Many more years ago than I care to admit, I took a C programming class in college. The computers in the university labs were all Macintosh Pluses, and nearly all of them had a single floppy drive.   (Photo for illustration: Tomas Martinez – Macintosh Plus with an external Hard Drive – URL) Stepping into […]

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