This Does Not Compute | Restoring and Upgrading a Mac from 1993! @ThisDoesNotCompute | Uploaded October 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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: printables.com/model/287776-mac-lc-top-case-latch-reinforcing-bracket
Mac LC PDS SD card bracket: printables.com/model/287778-mac-lc-pds-sd-card-bracket-for-bluescsi
Sources:
LC 475 photo: twitter.com/garthbeagle/status/1485426033897590786
FirstTech storefront photo: theitsage.com/firsttech-minneapolis-apple-computer-specialist
Performa 475 photo: digibarn.com/collections/systems/apple-mac-performa-475
Mac LC III motherboard photo: https://recapamac.com.au/macintosh-lciii
Garrett's Workshop (replacement VRAM): tindie.com/stores/garrettswrkshp
Joe's Computer Museum (external BlueSCSI): 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: tinkerdifferent.com/threads/disk-jockey-a-disk-image-file-maker-for-your-retro-stuff.1039
Quadra 605 resource page: 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 (freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).
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: printables.com/model/287776-mac-lc-top-case-latch-reinforcing-bracket
Mac LC PDS SD card bracket: printables.com/model/287778-mac-lc-pds-sd-card-bracket-for-bluescsi
Sources:
LC 475 photo: twitter.com/garthbeagle/status/1485426033897590786
FirstTech storefront photo: theitsage.com/firsttech-minneapolis-apple-computer-specialist
Performa 475 photo: digibarn.com/collections/systems/apple-mac-performa-475
Mac LC III motherboard photo: https://recapamac.com.au/macintosh-lciii
Garrett's Workshop (replacement VRAM): tindie.com/stores/garrettswrkshp
Joe's Computer Museum (external BlueSCSI): 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: tinkerdifferent.com/threads/disk-jockey-a-disk-image-file-maker-for-your-retro-stuff.1039
Quadra 605 resource page: 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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Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute
Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp
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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).
