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Restoring and Upgrading a Mac Quadra 605 (Patreon)

Published:
2022-10-03 23:16:29
Imported:
2024-01

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Apple's Macintosh Quadra 605 was the runt of the litter when it was  released in late 1993, a simple machine for basic productivity. But that  doesn't mean it isn't capable of much more -- it just needs some help  by way of a few modern upgrades.

Mac LC top cover reinforcing brackets: https://www.printables.com/model/287776-mac-lc-top-case-latch-reinforcing-bracket

Mac LC PDS SD card bracket: https://www.printables.com/model/287778-mac-lc-pds-sd-card-bracket-for-bluescsi

Sources:
LC 475 photo: https://twitter.com/garthbeagle/status/1485426033897590786
FirstTech storefront photo: https://www.theitsage.com/firsttech-minneapolis-apple-computer-specialist
Performa 475 photo: https://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/apple-mac-performa-475
Mac LC III motherboard photo: https://recapamac.com.au/macintosh-lciii
Garrett's Workshop (replacement VRAM): https://www.tindie.com/stores/garrettswrkshp
Joe's Computer Museum (external BlueSCSI): https://jcm-1.com/shop
"Macintosh Quadra 605," Macworld, March 1994.
BlueSCSI project page, links to sellers, and resources: https://scsi.blue
Disk Jockey app for modern Macs: https://bluescsi.onegeekarmy.eu/diskjockey
Quadra 605 resource page: http://quadra605.mcdonnelltech.com

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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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Apple's Macintosh Quadra 605 was the runt of the litter when it was released in late 1993, a simple machine for basic productivity. But that doesn't mean it isn't capable of much more -- it just needs some help by way of a few modern upgrades. Mac LC top cover reinforcing brackets: https://www.printables.com/model/287776-mac-lc-top-case-latch-reinforcing-bracket Mac LC PDS SD card bracket: https://www.printables.com/model/287778-mac-lc-pds-sd-card-bracket-for-bluescsi Sources: LC 475 photo: https://twitter.com/garthbeagle/status/1485426033897590786 FirstTech storefront photo: https://www.theitsage.com/firsttech-minneapolis-apple-computer-specialist Performa 475 photo: https://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/apple-mac-performa-475 Mac LC III motherboard photo: https://recapamac.com.au/macintosh-lciii Garrett's Workshop (replacement VRAM): https://www.tindie.com/stores/garrettswrkshp Joe's Computer Museum (external BlueSCSI): https://jcm-1.com/shop "Macintosh Quadra 605," Macworld, March 1994. BlueSCSI project page, links to sellers, and resources: https://scsi.blue Disk Jockey app for modern Macs: https://bluescsi.onegeekarmy.eu/diskjockey Quadra 605 resource page: http://quadra605.mcdonnelltech.com 00:00 - Introduction 00:30 - A productivity workhorse 02:29 - An easy repair? 04:29 - Short on memory, big on storage 05:35 - An indispensable retro Mac tool 07:05 - Brittle plastics 09:15 - Two for the price of one 10:54 - A convenient hard drive solution 12:39 - Killer features 14:52 - Gotta have more cowbell 16:10 - Brittle plastics, part 2 16:48 - One for you, one for me ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com). Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).

Comments

Aloha

I'd love it if you could do a video sometime on A/UX, your content is well produced and you have really pleasant voiceovers, and A/UX is sorta unknown out there today - its a "what could have been" - almost full toolbox compatibility on top of unix.

Alan Grassia

Another great video! I have a couple of BlueSCSI emulators, one tucked away inside an SE and I recently picked up an external BlueSCSI, from JCM earlier this year. What was new to me, was the Disk Jockey tool (https://diskjockey.onegeekarmy.eu). I always appreciate the tips that I can pick up from watching your videos. Thank you for making these videos. I really enjoy them.