Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixa.cc.columbia.edu!nkb From: nkb@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Norman K Bucknor) Subject: Re: mac-clone? Message-ID: <1991May19.031639.25556@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Keywords: I have 'plans' to build a mac Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixa.cc.columbia.edu Reply-To: nkb@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Norman K Bucknor) Organization: Columbia University References: Date: Sun, 19 May 1991 03:16:39 GMT In article mbpatel@remus.rutgers.edu (Mayur Patel) writes: >Hi there, > In Radio-Electronics (Jan '91) they had an article on how to build [ hardware details deleted] > $400 + the price of the motherboard. > > My questions are: > 1-Will any SCSI hard drive work with the SE motherboard? > 2-Will the FDHD drive work in the SE motherboard as a > replacement for the standard 800K floppy? > 3-Can a color monitor be used with the SE via add-on cards? > > I will appreciate any replys...and answer any requests for the 'plans'. > > Regards, > Mayur Patel Possibly silly question : Why not just buy a Classic ? It will probably be much cheaper, particularly since getting the motherboard itself could be a problem. As to your questions, I can only give guesses (not being a hardware expert): 1. Can't see why the standard Mac drives wouldn't work. 2. Late model SE's (possibly all models ?) came with the FDHD. You need to have ROMs later than the MacPlus 128K roms for this. 3. If you mean Color QuickDraw support, no. You need 512K ROMs and a 68020 or better processor (the SE/30, MacLC, MacII series all have these). There is a hack called ScuzzyGraph (I think) which allows you to get 8 color (not 8-bit) screens on a monitor which is connected to some hardware which connects to the SCSI port. That is all there is, I believe. The SE and earlier ROMs only support the original QuickDraw which had provision for 8 colors. Corrections welcome. Norman