Armen Babikyan wrote:
> 
> I recently acquired a Daystar 33Mhz 030 Accelerator card with a Mac II.
> The FAQ lists it as appearing to work.  The machine came with nothing in
> terms of peripherals, including disk and ram, so I have no controller
> software.  I believe it's a 33Mhz 030 accelerator because the morotola chip
> on board says "MC68030RC33B" (fair assumption?). The card did not come
> plugged into the processor (where normal Mac II processors go anyway)
> because a few pins on the card have been bent and would fall off if moved
> back to their regular position. Apparently that is why the machine was
> being disposed of.
> 
> This card looks like two circuit boards which are interconnected via two
> plugs that look very similar to nubus plugs (i'm sure they aren't though).
> There appears to be another port on the card which doesn't attach to
> anything and faces away from the board. any have a clue what it's for?

Nope.  But it does sound more or less like a PowerCache or something
similar.
 
> My question - Can someone provide me with the software needed to drive the
> card?  I have the hardware, I wouldn't think it's a problem to give me a
> copy of the only software that is able to control it...or is it?  If so,
> I'd go ahead and see if i can figure out a way to get the pins soldered
> back on.  I don't want to try if I'm not going to be able to use the card.
> :-)

Take a look at www.daystar.com.  I think they still have software
available for their discontinued products.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - PMD                 Intel Corporation
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