Restoring and Upgrading a Mac from 1993!

janvier 28, 2023 Mourad ELGORMA

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://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/disk-jockey-a-disk-image-file-maker-for-your-retro-stuff.1039
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

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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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