The Mac II series contains exactly 5 different types of expansion slots:
Nubus, '030 PDS, LC PDS, LCIII PDS, CommSlot.
None of them are compatible; there is no easy way to denote manufacturer/model unless it is written on the card; and NO, Apple drivers only work with Apple-branded cards.
The LC II only has one expansion slot, it's called the LC PDS (processor direct slot).
Newertech (RIP) released some tools long ago that I still use occasionally to check out the manufacturer info on cards like these.
It's called "Slot Info" and although I couldn't actually find a link that worked, at least here's a page listing it:
http://www.tucows.com/mac/diagtoolmac.html
If you need more in-depth 68k Mac info I would recommend the mailing-lists on www.lowendmac.com. There are several people on those lists that know more about old macs than is healthy.
Ignore the complainers.
My favorite "doors" were called "Land Of Devastation" and "Excalibur".
http://www.landofdev.com/
I've been trying to find the guy that wrote Excalibur and see if he or someone has updated it, but I haven't had any luck.
Being a Mac user (my mom was a teacher, "apples for educators" was a brilliant strategy) I was quite involved in the "Mac v. PC" war on the "Graffiti Wall." (my fave board didn't have a real forum)
I also was assistant-sysop of the BBS that ran out of the local HS electronics-lab. It seems our HS had a direct line to Seattle that you could use with no long-distance charges. The sysop would call into the BBS from home, drop to DOS, and call out on the line to Seattle. He was a big Amiga freak and there weren't any Amiga BBSs locally.
I posted this stuff from work, but I'm behind a proxy there so I couldn't create an account. So I think my zero score was keeping people from seeing it.
>>I posted a question on a MiniDisc forum a few months back about using an MD to record data. >> >>I know there was an MDData drive back in the day that held 140MB. Course it was made by Sony >>so nothing was interchangeable; the disks were not standard MD disks. >> >>From what I know about MD, the data is converted into ATRAC3 and then stored natively >>on the disk in that format. So what keeps you from converting data into audio first? >> >>I used to fiddle with a Tandy CoCo3 in high school, entertaining my thirst for classic >>computers, and I saved programs on a cassette player I had. As long as you have one with >>the "control" input it's pretty easy. Seems like it wouldn't be too difficult to build one >>that acted like that. >> >>Also, I own an official Starpath Supercharger for the Atari 2600! Not the IMPOSTER Cuttlecart! >> >>I've actually entertained notions of purchasing the manufacturing rights for it and >>distributing all the Atari ROMs I can find on a CD (in audio format of course) so you can load >>them up using your CD player. >> > >Well, I found a site that has a Win32 app that does MFSK16. Looks like you have to uuencode the >file first, tho. > >http://www.qsl.net/zl1bpu/MFSK/Documents .html (the IZ8BLY Stream self-installing executable >for MFSK (at the MFSK site) link is still good) > >I don't know about any of the frequency settings, etc, but I believe it just outputs the >audio right out of your soundcard. So just hook it up to your tape player and away you go! > >I'm going to try it out myself in a day or two (once I get over my hangover.) > >BTW, where do you get one of those 32MB floppy drives? I want one!
So, to follow up, "IZ8BLY Stream" doesn't seem to like Windows XP, but I found another one that works.
Check out "HAMSCOPE" it is just an app, doesn't need to be installed... and seems to work fine on XP.
I uuencoded a file, opened up HAMSCOPE, chose MFSK16 as the format, pasted it into the "transmit" field (the bottom one) and then pressed the big, green RX button up on the top right. (This is leaving out all the trial-and-error it took to figure out this much)
Out of the my speakers came lots of noise! I would guess you could plug your tape drive into the line out and just record what's being played. I'll leave it to others to figure out the optimal settings, I really have no idea what to begin fiddling with.
I would guess you could just play the tape back through your soundcard input and the text data will appear in the "receive" field. Then you can copy and paste the text and uudeencode it.
Also, I'm still looking for a 32MB floppy. From what I've google'd certain LS-240 drives can do it with software, like the Panasonic drive. Unfortunately I haven't found a copy of the software yet.
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Here's a link to slot info that actually works:. html
http://deru.mac.tucows.com/preview/207027
Also, for everyone else:
The Mac II series contains exactly 5 different types of expansion slots:
Nubus, '030 PDS, LC PDS, LCIII PDS, CommSlot.
None of them are compatible; there is no easy way to denote manufacturer/model unless it is written on the card; and NO, Apple drivers only work with Apple-branded cards.
So there.
The LC II only has one expansion slot, it's called the LC PDS (processor direct slot). Newertech (RIP) released some tools long ago that I still use occasionally to check out the manufacturer info on cards like these. It's called "Slot Info" and although I couldn't actually find a link that worked, at least here's a page listing it: http://www.tucows.com/mac/diagtoolmac.html If you need more in-depth 68k Mac info I would recommend the mailing-lists on www.lowendmac.com. There are several people on those lists that know more about old macs than is healthy. Ignore the complainers.
My favorite "doors" were called "Land Of Devastation" and "Excalibur".
http://www.landofdev.com/
I've been trying to find the guy that wrote Excalibur and see if he or someone has updated it, but I haven't had any luck.
Being a Mac user (my mom was a teacher, "apples for educators" was a brilliant strategy) I was quite involved in the "Mac v. PC" war on the "Graffiti Wall." (my fave board didn't have a real forum)
I also was assistant-sysop of the BBS that ran out of the local HS electronics-lab. It seems our HS had a direct line to Seattle that you could use with no long-distance charges. The sysop would call into the BBS from home, drop to DOS, and call out on the line to Seattle. He was a big Amiga freak and there weren't any Amiga BBSs locally.
I posted this stuff from work, but I'm behind a proxy there so I couldn't create an account. So I think my zero score was keeping people from seeing it.
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>>I posted a question on a MiniDisc forum a few months back about using an MD to record data.
>>
>>I know there was an MDData drive back in the day that held 140MB. Course it was made by Sony
>>so nothing was interchangeable; the disks were not standard MD disks.
>>
>>From what I know about MD, the data is converted into ATRAC3 and then stored natively
>>on the disk in that format. So what keeps you from converting data into audio first?
>>
>>I used to fiddle with a Tandy CoCo3 in high school, entertaining my thirst for classic
>>computers, and I saved programs on a cassette player I had. As long as you have one with
>>the "control" input it's pretty easy. Seems like it wouldn't be too difficult to build one
>>that acted like that.
>>
>>Also, I own an official Starpath Supercharger for the Atari 2600! Not the IMPOSTER Cuttlecart!
>>
>>I've actually entertained notions of purchasing the manufacturing rights for it and
>>distributing all the Atari ROMs I can find on a CD (in audio format of course) so you can load
>>them up using your CD player.
>>
>
>Well, I found a site that has a Win32 app that does MFSK16. Looks like you have to uuencode the
>file first, tho.
>
>http://www.qsl.net/zl1bpu/MFSK/Document
(the IZ8BLY Stream self-installing executable
>for MFSK (at the MFSK site) link is still good)
>
>I don't know about any of the frequency settings, etc, but I believe it just outputs the
>audio right out of your soundcard. So just hook it up to your tape player and away you go!
>
>I'm going to try it out myself in a day or two (once I get over my hangover.)
>
>BTW, where do you get one of those 32MB floppy drives? I want one!
So, to follow up, "IZ8BLY Stream" doesn't seem to like Windows XP, but I found another one that works.
Check out "HAMSCOPE" it is just an app, doesn't need to be installed... and seems to work fine on XP.
I uuencoded a file, opened up HAMSCOPE, chose MFSK16 as the format, pasted it into the "transmit" field (the bottom one) and then pressed the big, green RX button up on the top right. (This is leaving out all the trial-and-error it took to figure out this much)
Out of the my speakers came lots of noise! I would guess you could plug your tape drive into the line out and just record what's being played. I'll leave it to others to figure out the optimal settings, I really have no idea what to begin fiddling with.
I would guess you could just play the tape back through your soundcard input and the text data will appear in the "receive" field. Then you can copy and paste the text and uudeencode it.
Also, I'm still looking for a 32MB floppy. From what I've google'd certain LS-240 drives can do it with software, like the Panasonic drive. Unfortunately I haven't found a copy of the software yet.