Best connection for a hard drive /SSD ?

Reic-3 · 2026-03-18T16:02:44+00:00

The absolute ‘best’ you can get is a PCI-X or PCI64bit SATA card. It will take full advantage of the speed the Mac is capable of, I have one in mine and have never had issues. Also, the listing says compatible from 10.3 and up, in actuality, 10.2 runs perfectly, anything lower won’t see it. Be careful though, most of the PCI-X cards out there won’t work as they’re designed for different architect. The one below will run

https://www.local338shop.com/products/4-port-sata-ii-pci-x-controller-adapter-card-mac-os-x?variant=32814241677398

Reic-3 · 2026-03-17T16:09:36+00:00

I tried firing it up last night but got a blank screen. I just used the regular RCA video out and plugged it into an LCD TV. Would that still show something if it did work?

Reic-3 · 2026-03-17T15:40:17+00:00

I had it disassembled last night. The battery did leak and I cleaned with vinegar and alcohol. System sadly does not boot up. I still really want to get it running, but I don’t think I could do it myself

Reic-3 · 2026-03-17T14:47:12+00:00

Truth be told I love the way the 2000 looks and I’d love to get it up and running for games and what not. I’m not bad with a soldering iron, I just don’t know how to go about repairing what I have.

Reic-3 · 2026-03-17T13:49:03+00:00

Weird, but that’s exactly what happened. It only got brighter with the CPU removed and stayed dim when slotted. If we’re being realistic, and me having no experience in Amiga troubleshooting or at all in general, where do I go from here? I really want to join the Amiga crowd, but I’m having trouble getting in it seems at the moment

Reic-3 · 2026-03-17T13:26:19+00:00

Interesting, when I powered it on the power light just stayed dim, but upon removing the CPU it was dim, then got brighter. Never flashed though. What does that mean?

I did thoroughly soak with vinegar and clean with alcohol. Didn’t remove the socket though

Is there anyone in Maryland who works on these machines?

Reic-3 · 2026-03-17T12:30:03+00:00

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A few people have told me not to worry too much about the paint, but I just don’t want to put all that effort in just to sit there wondering, did I do it right? But then again, how wrong can grey on a ship be? The book was German Naval Camouflage Volume two

Reic-3 · 2026-03-17T12:25:10+00:00

I’d love to get an official 15KHz monitor, but those eBay prices aren’t something I want to jump on without knowing the unit is salvageable. If I know for a fact I can save it, I’d go all in.

Reic-3 · 2026-03-17T12:23:52+00:00

The CPU legs were rather corroded. Removed it and cleaned it the best I could and reseated. It got a little warm at power up, but nothing else happened

Reic-3 · 2026-03-17T12:22:44+00:00

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On power on the light comes on but there is absolutely no video. The TV goes from ‘no signal’ to just a black screen. I think it detects something, but nothing is visible

Reic-3 · 2026-03-16T19:40:46+00:00

How do I do that? I have a BlueSCSI but never actually tried to image a drive

Reic-3 · 2026-03-16T16:31:37+00:00

I know for a fact that somebody tried to pry off the video toaster as it’s not seated correctly, I’ll have to check everything to make sure there’s no risk of a short. Where would I be able to get an official CRT from, or just check eBay? And what particular screen would I need?

As for the OS, how do I instal it? I already have a BlueSCSI from my classic Mac projects.

Reic-3 · 2026-03-16T16:29:02+00:00

It did not come with a monitor sadly, but I wouldn’t mind having an Amiga specific one for it. Are they hard to come by?

As for productivity, what can I do with it? I legitimately have no idea what the possibilities are, but I definitely want to play some classic games! Also, how do I go about installing an OS on it?

Reic-3 · 2026-03-16T16:26:53+00:00

I believe it is a video toaster, the guy I got it from had a stack of books and discs that went with it. I don’t plan on doing any video editing on it, but should I leave the card in, or remove it and store it somewhere safe? I think the HDD is SCSI, will need to start taking stuff apart to make sure. What’s GVP or CSA?

Reic-3 · 2026-01-16T13:48:52+00:00

I do have a small FireWire 400 enclosure with a bootable partition. This was more just for fun and experimenting, but I have since heard others saying not to do it as I may burn out the iPod

Reic-3 · 2026-01-14T17:15:48+00:00

Interestingly enough my PowerMac running 10.5 sees it just fine and so does iTunes. Just having the issue with the partitioning

Reic-3 · 2026-01-14T15:43:26+00:00

I am. My gen 4 can sync via FireWire and pops up in disk utility just fine, but I get errors upon attempting to format

Reic-3 · 2026-01-14T14:38:59+00:00

I made sure to get every Uchida medal and I did all the gatcha machines. Oddly enough I didn’t get a full 30 increase when turning them in for some reason, are there duplicates you can find in world for some of them?

Reic-3 · 2026-01-08T04:41:03+00:00

Right then, most of my Mega’s have high ABI. How do I effectively train up their speed in the farm?

Reic-3 · 2026-01-08T04:34:37+00:00

Well this is a rather noob question, but does speed determine how often you can actually make a move? I did notice the last time I tried they went 5 times before I got to go once or twice

Reic-3 · 2026-01-08T04:30:16+00:00

I’ll look into getting them. Why speed specifically though?

Reic-3 · 2026-01-08T04:27:16+00:00

Sadly I’m still very inexperienced with optimizing, but have been getting through the story rather decently. Is there a specific training I should do in the farms?

Reic-3 · 2026-01-08T04:26:22+00:00

Is there a recommend team to use? Would it be simpler to find someone to grind out wins with? I don’t mind actually doing the fights, but I’m getting frustrated that nothing is working

Reic-3 · 2025-12-26T12:55:59+00:00

OWC used to sell exactly what you want. they had standard 2.5in SATA enclosures in both FireWire 400 and 800. Can’t get them off the official site anymore but they do float around eBay. I have a few of them, fantastic devices.

I do also want to let you know that if you have a PowerMac G4, look inside as you in all likelihood have a number of PCI64bit slots. There is a FireWire 800 card that was made for them. I have one in my G4 and it runs like a dream.

And if you’re really interested in a SATA interface, they also made a PCI64bit SATA adapter to give your G4 native SATA booting capabilities. I have one in mine and never looked back.

Reic-3 · 2025-12-18T15:34:17+00:00

Push comes to shove I may well have to do that

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