microcoding a PC into a PDP-11 (was: RE: Classic Computers vs. Classic Computing)

From: Tom Owad <owad_at_applefritter.com>
Date: Mon Sep 17 20:52:24 2001

> Nope, different machines. One has a number stamped on the
>casing near the fan cutout, which the other doesn't, and the QA
>stickers to the rear of the STB ROM are different. It's interesting
>that all the ones I've seen so far have the fan cutout but no fan.
>One would think it'd be needed with the 68040 in there with no
>heatsink. Are yours boxed? Mine is, but somewhere along the way the
>Apple ID stickers were removed from the bottom of the unit.

No, I didn't get any boxes with mine.

One fellow I've talked with an original STB has a HD in his. He can't
get his to boot, either, but putting the HD in another Mac he found a
bunch of "Oracle Media Objects". Apparently they rely on some of the
STB's hardware to work, though.

Tom

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Received on Mon Sep 17 2001 - 20:52:24 BST