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macgenius21 · 2002-12-23 5:20 pm

My latest project: I bought a PPC 5400/120 from a local dealer for $25, replaced the mobo with a 5500/225 ( for the speed and also the onboard 2MB ATI RageII), threw in a CSII Ethernet in the comm and 64 MB Ram with an 8GBHDD and OS 9.1. got a USB PCI card coming and I'm gonna order another stick of 64MB. If there was an internet show based on Home Improvement but it's all based on maintaining and upgrading your Macs to the gills, I'd host the show every day (and my helper would be Jamie Porsche). smile

dv · 2002-12-24 9:41 am

But you'd have to have me as a guest.

Have I told you about my Quadra?

*waits for the jeering throngs to cry, "Not the Quadra again!!!"*

macgenius21 · 2002-12-24 3:06 pm

You as my first guest? Absolutely!
'Splain to me about your upgraded Quadra. (I miss my first one...Quad. 630 which I bought off of eBay for $1.22. )
Speaking of guests, whatever happend to Hilary Percy?

FireWire is fast · 2003-01-02 11:55 pm

I'm quite proud of my Quadra 650, now that you mention it. When I got it for free 2 summers ago, the case, was filthy, the motherboard had a thick layer of dust and the power supply/fan were innandated (sp?) dirty and dust.

It had 24mb RAM, a very very loud 200-something-megabyte Maxtor HD, and a dead manual-inject floppy drive.

now:
-clean!
-top cover from Performa 600 (for the auto-inject floppy slot)
-auto-inject floppy
-1.1gb Quantum Fireball HD
-120 mb RAM (3x32mb + 1x16mb + 8mb mobo RAM)
-AppleCD 300i (tray-loading, taken from deceased 630)
-6100 DOS card (66 MHz 486DX2) with 16mb dedicated RAM
-Apple 8*24 nubus video card
-non-defective MultipleScan 15
-Portrait Display
-Astra 610S scanner
-AppleDesign kybd/mouse
-lots of love big_smile

how bout you, dvpierce wink

dv · 2003-01-03 6:29 pm

My Quadra, also a 650

Although specs do vary from time to time, currently configured thusly:

Mainboard (33 MHz 68040) 88 MBs RAM
System 7.5.5 + OS 8 Appearance Extension

DOS Card (66 MHz 486 DX4) 16 MBs of RAM
Windows 95 OSR2.5
X-Com!

Radius Stage II Rocket (40 MHz 68040) 32 MBs of RAM & Radius Photobooster
System 7.1.3 + OS 8 Appeaance Extension & System 7.5 Apple Menu Options.

Full 1 MB of VRAM (16bit @ 800x600, 8-bit at 1152x768)
17" Impression 7 Plus VGA Monitor (plus adaptor, or course)

2 GB HD (I need a bigger HD... Current one in there is a 5400 rpm Quantum Fireball. I used to have a 7200 rpm drive in there, but I put itin a 7100. That thing flew.)

AppleCD 300i, pulled from a 7100. (Includes Bezel)
Zip 100
Yamaha 4x/16x CD-R.
Scanmaker E3, once i get around to installing the drivers.

Also replaced the accursed manual-inject floppy drive with an auto-inject model from a Mac IIx. Whee! Somebody remind me to drill a new hole for the paper-clip emergency-eject...

I miss my IIx.

Denibriliny_ · 2003-01-04 2:45 am

Why are you people wasting so much money on 68040s? What is there to be proud of? I'd be surprised if you could run solitaire on those pieces of crap!

dv · 2003-01-04 11:09 pm

woah, flamebait anyone?

Actually, Solitaire runs quite well, as does Escape Velocity. Rendering and export in Avid Videoshop is alittle slow, but you can't have everything. Plus, 7.5.5 works with all my old games that break under 9.1 and X.

The reason I spend money on 68040s is simple - I don't. wink

The HD and CD-ROM were free, the RAM was $14, the DOS card was $30, the Rocket was $25, and the monitor and SCSI chain is the same stuff I use with my 7300 - I just switch them back and forth. All told, I may have spent $150 on this heap, and it's fun to play with. X-COM rules!

Unlike most people my age, I don't drink, so I have extra cash. It's just a hobby.

Forums | MacLife

#1 2002-12-23 5:20 pm

5400 for $25

#2 2002-12-24 9:41 am

Re: 5400 for $25

#3 2002-12-24 3:06 pm

Re: 5400 for $25

#4 2003-01-02 11:55 pm

Re: 5400 for $25

#5 2003-01-03 6:29 pm

Re: 5400 for $25

#6 2003-01-04 2:45 am

Re: 5400 for $25

#7 2003-01-04 11:09 pm

Re: 5400 for $25

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