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68000 Dash 30fx

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Take Apple's "wicked fast" 40 MHz Macintosh IIfx, overclock it to 50 MHz, put it in a massive metal case, and you have the Dash 30fx (shown next to a Color Classic in this photo by Dave Thornton). In addition to a chipped IIfx motherboard, the Dash 30fx has accessible 5.25" drive bays, which makes it possible to add an internal SyQuest drive, CD-ROM, etc. as well as internal full-height 5.25" bays.

Dash 30fx and Color ClassicAccording to Giles Littlefield (see article on Applefritter) the back of the computer has a removable dust filter and "neglecting to clean this out causes the PSU to overheat and blow!"

According to an article by Marc Schrier, the only drawback of overclocking the IIfx motherboard was that the Processor Direct Slot didn't work. (Or maybe it did, but with no 50 MHz cards, nothing could work in it.)

David Thornton, who provided the above photo, comments that the Dash 30fx weighed nearly 70 pounds and thinks it may have cost $40,000 when new. All of the ports are beneath the top panel for easy access. We have a separate page showing the top, front, and insides of the Dash 30fx.

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