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/2877...
Mac LC PDS SD card bracket: https://www.printables.com/model/2877...

Sources:
LC 475 photo:   / 1485426033897590786  
FirstTech storefront photo: https://www.theitsage.com/firsttech-m...
Performa 475 photo: https://www.digibarn.com/collections/...
Mac LC III motherboard photo: https://recapamac.com.au/macintosh-lciii
Garrett's Workshop (replacement VRAM): https://www.tindie.com/stores/garrett...
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://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/d...
Quadra 605 resource page: http://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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Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Bo....