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Restoring and Upgrading a Mac Quadra 605
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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: https://www.printables.com/model/287776-mac-lc-top-case-latch-reinforcing-bracket

Mac LC PDS SD card bracket: https://www.printables.com/model/287778-mac-lc-pds-sd-card-bracket-for-bluescsi

Sources:
LC 475 photo: https://twitter.com/garthbeagle/status/1485426033897590786
FirstTech storefront photo: https://www.theitsage.com/firsttech-minneapolis-apple-computer-specialist
Performa 475 photo: https://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/apple-mac-performa-475
Mac LC III motherboard photo: https://recapamac.com.au/macintosh-lciii
Garrett's Workshop (replacement VRAM): https://www.tindie.com/stores/garrettswrkshp
Joe's Computer Museum (external BlueSCSI): https://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: https://bluescsi.onegeekarmy.eu/diskjockey
Quadra 605 resource page: http://quadra605.mcdonnelltech.com

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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).

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