Restoring Apple's fastest Mac (in 1990) (Patreon)
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By the 1990s, desktop computers were being pushed to do far more than simple desktop publishing...so Apple pulled out all the stops.
The version on YouTube is available here: https://youtu.be/8WMbEOFD9Rs
Mac II/IIx/IIfx BlueSCSI bracket model: https://www.printables.com/model/1115451-macintosh-ii-series-bluescsi-v2-bracket
"CR2032 Toaster" battery adapters: https://github.com/alxlab-zone66x/cr2032_toaster
IIfx recreation motherboards: https://github.com/TheRealBolle/IIfx
Sources:
TinkerDifferent forum thread with hybrid-capped IIfx: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/massive-filthy-find-in-south-carolina.4020/post-34126
"Apple's Special fx," Byte, April 1990.
Mac IIfx used on Terminator 2: https://history.siggraph.org/animation-video-pod/terminator-2-computer-graphics-effects-by-cameron/
Apple Developer Note 15: https://wiki.preterhuman.net/DV_15_SCSITermination
Black IIfx terminator photo: https://www.finn.no/recommerce/forsale/item/377329360?
"Study ranks Mac first in class," Computerworld, April 8, 1991.
"Apple offers low-cost printers, cuts PC prices," Computerworld, March 18, 1991.
"Dual Dynamos," MacUser, December 1991.
"Apple bids farewell to Frank Casanova after pivotal 36-year tenure," https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/04/24/apple-bids-farewell-to-frank-casanova-after-pivotal-36-year-tenure
IIfx logic board recreation GitHub: https://github.com/TheRealBolle/IIfx
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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).
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