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stephen_usher wrote: 03 Jun 2025 14:44 Nicely tanned keyboard, like mine. :-)

The on-board SCSI works nicely by the way, so just stick a BlueSCSI/ZuluSCSI in there and forget about IDE :-)

Yes, have to think about it.

But isn't IDE a better performer than SCSI in the TT ?

Nice! So many options to uplift / upgrade this machine.

PSU Recap
ST-Ram upgrade to 10MB
Thunder - IDE
Storm - TT-Ram
Lightning - USB
Nova card with ISA card

Also is it one of the early models with the 68030 daughterboard?

Anyways have fun on whichever route you take.

Icky wrote: 04 Jun 2025 07:33 Nice! So many options to uplift / upgrade this machine.

PSU Recap
ST-Ram upgrade to 10MB
Thunder - IDE
Storm - TT-Ram
Lightning - USB
Nova card with ISA card

Also is it one of the early models with the 68030 daughterboard?

Anyways have fun on whichever route you take.

Yup, that's exactly what I was thinking concerning the upgrades...

I have to check later this evening whether the TT has a daughter board or not.

Will let you know ASAP.

HigashiJun wrote: 03 Jun 2025 23:27

stephen_usher wrote: 03 Jun 2025 14:44 Nicely tanned keyboard, like mine. :-)

The on-board SCSI works nicely by the way, so just stick a BlueSCSI/ZuluSCSI in there and forget about IDE :-)

Yes, have to think about it.

But isn't IDE a better performer than SCSI in the TT ?

Yes.

On my TT030, with a 2GB CF-Card on a TurboThunder IDE interface I get around 3MB/s transferrate. Whereas with a BlueSCSIv2 on the internal SCSI connector only gets around 1.8MB/s. Both measured with XFERATE.

To get rid of some of the "tan" on the keyboard I recommend to do some "slow" retrobrighting by putting it into direct sunlight for a couple of hours for some days (disasemble it first in case you are worried that too much heat might damge the electronics).

@HigashiJun keep a watch on the ATW800 threads on AF, as you're much better off getting one of them for your graphics than a Nova alternative. Do not forget, there are two flavours of Storm RAM and Thunder IDE, they have the 'super' variants which are even faster. I know the Super Storm requires the SpeedyTT 48Mhz CPU booster, but I can't remember if the super thunder requires it (super thunder also adds flashable onboard TOS with 4x slots for different versions) But in the meantime while you decide on it all, do certainly get a BlueScsiv2 because either way it is very handy to have SCSI, plus it gives you Wifi internet access via the Daynaport wifi driver.

@don_apple @Steve

Thanks for your tips !

So, as promised, here are some pictures of my new toy:


Innards for later...

And the rest:


@Icky There's no daughter board nor PGA CPU... :(


That's all for today.

HigashiJun wrote: 04 Jun 2025 10:29 Icky There's no daughter board nor PGA CPU... :(

Why you sad about that, I think you've got the latest revision of TT motherboard. That's really nice! But your ST-RAM card is the DIP type, not so easily upgraded to 10mb (needs the Lynxman PCB install)

Steve wrote: 04 Jun 2025 11:23 Why you sad about that, I think you've got the latest revision of TT motherboard. That's really nice! But your ST-RAM card is the DIP type, not so easily upgraded to 10mb (needs the Lynxman PCB install)

I'm still thinking a PGA CPU would be better for the Speedy, but I guess you know better than me since you have one installed.

I heard about this Lynxman PCB but I don't know where to get it.