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akb825 · 2005-06-02 11:29 am

Just out of curiosity, what combination of RAM chips did you manage to have to get 486 MB? I had 386 MB with a 128 and a 256 MB stick, so I'm trying to think what will give you 486...

Gipetto · 2005-06-02 11:49 am

Back in the day when you stuffed 8 slots full of ram that ranged in size from 4 - 64mb in size a lot of different combinations were possible. My performa 636 had a whopping 52mb of ram... 16mb & 32mb Simms with 4mb on the mobo. Ah, those were the days - when 16megs cost $120! And that was much cheaper than it used to be.

I remember when we added 256mb of Ram to the department photo editing computer (PowerMac 7100, I think...) with 4 64mb chips. THAT was expensive.

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misterboo · 2005-06-02 2:12 pm

akb825 wrote:
Just out of curiosity, what combination of RAM chips did you manage to have to get 486 MB? I had 386 MB with a 128 and a 256 MB stick, so I'm trying to think what will give you 486...

I don't know! I just bought the thing fully loaded.

No, wait, it WAS 386, not 486. Silly typo.

Doh!

And it was damn expensive. And now, worthless. Sat in the closet.

akb825 · 2005-06-02 2:15 pm

lol I wondered, but I also knew that you could get some wacky combinations. I had a PowerMac 7200 with 56 MB of RAM before.

resedit · 2005-06-02 2:44 pm

akb825 wrote:
I wondered, but I also knew that you could get some wacky combinations. I had a PowerMac 7200 with 56 MB of RAM before.

That's 32 + 24 =probably 32 + 3*8 - not *too* unusual.

rufio · 2005-06-02 2:51 pm

misterboo wrote:
akb825 wrote:
Just out of curiosity, what combination of RAM chips did you manage to have to get 486 MB? I had 386 MB with a 128 and a 256 MB stick, so I'm trying to think what will give you 486...
I don't know! I just bought the thing fully loaded.

No, wait, it WAS 386, not 486. Silly typo.

Doh!

And it was damn expensive. And now, worthless. Sat in the closet.

....Almost. 128+256=384 wink

mrmacrro · 2005-06-02 3:17 pm

My Sawtooth AGP came with OS 8.1 installed, I've maxed out the RAM (1 GIG) updated the video card (Nvidia Gforce 4Mx) and Proccessor (800 Mhz Sonnet) I'm currently running OS X.4.1

I've had at least 10 different Macs over the years (first one was a Performa 650) I went from the Performa 650 to a Performa 6400 then waited until the Sawtooth G4 (1999) came out before making the leap/ I intend to wait out the G5 (like I did with the G3) then buy the "next thing" from Apple (Cell ??) those G5s are nice but I suspect they will be outdated soon (1-2 years)

My Sawtooth still surfs the net, runs Tiger, burns DVDs, does iMovie (slowly wink ) and just about anything else I throw at it. Sure it might not be "lightening fast" anymore but it is still going strong after 5.5 years, how many Pee-Cees can make the same claim?

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Jasoco · 2005-06-05 2:04 am

My original iMac lasted from 9.0.4 all the way up through every update (Except OS X Beta) until 2002 with 10.1.whateverwasoutatthetime.

My next iMac went through 10.1.whatever all the way to 10.4.1 now. (It's in my brothers room.

My mini went from 10.3.whateverwasoutinJanuary to the current as well.

iBook G3 I got from a friend, 10.3 all the way also to 10.4.1.

SchmoBurger · 2005-06-05 9:25 am

misterboo wrote:
Sod systems, what about actual machines?

Now THIS is the stuff!

Here's my main machines for each year from 1993 (damn I was a lucky liitle tacker in Kindergarten) till now:

1993:
Commodore Amiga 500 (now THIS was a SICK computer!! big_smile )

1994:
Commodore Amiga 500

GenericAss PC
386SX 25Mhz
4Mb RAM
100Mb HDD
MS-DOS 3.0 (with XTree Gold... anyone rember that?

1995:

Olivetti PC
386DX 33MHz
4Mb RAM
250Mb HDD
Windows 3.1
...and it had a SOUND CARD!!! oooOOOHHH... class-ay cool

1996:

Olivetti PC
386DX 33MHz
4Mb RAM
250Mb HDD
Windows 3.1

Octek (i think...) PC
486DX2 66mhz
8Mb RAM
500Mb HDD
Windows for Workgroups 3.11

1997:

Olivetti PC
386DX 33MHz
4Mb RAM
250Mb HDD
Windows 3.1

Octek (i think...) PC
486DX2 66mhz
8Mb RAM
500Mb HDD
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
CD-ROM big_smile ...ALRIIIGHT!!!
(this is about the last PC that I actually liked)

1998:

pentioned off the old 386... It went to my grandparents to become their first computer.

same old Octek (i think...) PC but now upgraded with....
Cyrix? 586 75mhz
8Mb RAM
500Mb HDD
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
CD-ROM

1999:

still the same old Octek (i think...) PC
Cyrix? 586 75mhz
upgraded to 16Mb RAM (WOO HOO!!!)
500Mb HDD
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
CD-ROM

then came my first mac, which started a love affair... love

Mac Classic
Motorola 68000 8Mhz
2Mb RAM
40Mb HDD
System 7.1

and this was joined shortly thereafter by another... big_smile

Mac SE
Motorola 68000 8Mhz
2Mb
Dual 800K FDD's

2000:

still had the same old Octek (i think...) PC
Cyrix? 586 75mhz
16Mb RAM
500Mb HDD
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
CD-ROM

Mac Classic
Motorola 68000 8Mhz
2Mb RAM
40Mb HDD
System 7.1

Mac SE put to use as a nice little tinker-toy for a high-school student admin in training wink

Then it happened, a quarter-way through the year I got my first Pentium, as it be, from the school computer auction...

TPG generic PC
Pentium 133Mhz
16Mb RAM
1.2Gb HDD
Bindoze 98
Panasonic caddy-load CD-ROM drive
(I loved it, yet hated it...)

along with a couple more macs...

LC-575 (my first big mac (excuse the lameass pun roll ))
68LC040 33mhz
8Mb RAM
160Mb HDD
CD-ROM ( Mac+CD-ROM = cool)
System 7.1

Mac Plus
68000 8Mhz
4Mb RAM
40Mb external HDD
6.0.7

The 586 got shafted...

2001:

Mac Classic
Motorola 68000 8Mhz
2Mb RAM
40Mb HDD
System 7.1

TPG generic PC
Pentium 133Mhz
16Mb RAM
1.2Gb HDD
Bindoze 98
Panasonic caddy-load CD-ROM drive

PowerMac 5500/225 (MY FIRST REAL MAC!!!! big_smile cool classic )
PPC 603ev 225Mhz
32Mb RAM
2Gb HDD
CD-ROM
OS 8.0

Mac Plus
68000 8Mhz
4Mb RAM
40Mb external HDD
6.0.7

LC-575 and 586 got burned in a bushfire... RIP sad

2002:

Mac Classic
Motorola 68000 8Mhz
4Mb RAM
100Mb HDD
System 7.0

generic PC (in a flashy new (old) *MINITOWER* case)
Pentium 133Mhz
16Mb RAM
1.2Gb HDD
Bindoze 98
Panasonic caddy-load CD-ROM drive

PowerMac 5500/225
PPC 603ev 225Mhz
32Mb RAM
2Gb HDD
CD-ROM
OS 8.5

Mac Plus
68000 8Mhz
4Mb RAM
40Mb external HDD
6.0.7

Mac LC
68020 11Mhz
4Mb RAM
80Mb HDD
7.5

2003:

iMac Rev. C Lime (my entry into the land of the G3 and the NewWorld mac)
G3 266Mhz
64Mb
6Gb HDD
6Mb RagePro Turbo
CD-ROM
OS 9.2.2

PowerMac 7600/200 (used for video editing... yes, I AM serious...) nod
PPC 604e 200Mhz
136Mb RAM
4Gb+4Gb HDD
4MB VRAM
CD-ROM
OS 9.1

Mac Classic
Motorola 68000 8Mhz
4Mb RAM
100Mb HDD
System 7.0

PowerMac 5500/225
PPC 603ev 225Mhz
64Mb RAM
2Gb HDD
CD-ROM
OS 8.5

LC-575 (as a file server... rediculous I know, but it did the job. shrug )
68040 33Mhz
24Mb RAM
540Mb HDD
CD-ROM
System 7.5.3

generic PC
Pentium 133Mhz... then 166Mhz... then MMX 200Mhz
32Mb RAM
1.2Gb+800Mb+12Gb HDD
BenQ 48x16x48 CD-RW
Bindoze Me

which was then replaced by...

Another generic (but ATX) PC in a fancy big server tower...
Pentium II 266Mhz... then 350Mhz
64Mb... then 160Mb RAM
1.2Gb+800Mb+12Gb HDD
4Mb AGP S3 Virge GX/2
BenQ 48x16x48 CD-RW
Bindoze Me

2004:

iMac Rev. C Lime
G3 266Mhz
160Mb
6Gb HDD
6Mb RagePro Turbo
CD-ROM
OS 9.2.2 then X.3.0-6

PowerMac 7600/200
PPC 604e 200Mhz
136Mb... then 264Mb RAM
4Gb+4Gb HDD
4MB VRAM
FireWire (PCI)
CD-RW
OS 9.1

PC in a fancy big server tower
Pentium II 350Mhz... then Pentium III 500Mhz
160Mb RAM
1.2Gb+800Mb+12Gb HDD
16Mb PCI Voodoo Banshee + 4Mb AGP S3 Virge GX/2
BenQ 48x16x48 CD-RW
SCSI
Bindoze Me

which was hit by lightning and replaced by this...

Average-ass POS PC (with a sick video card)
Celeron 2.8Ghz
256Mb RAM
40Gb HDD
128Mb GeForce4 MX4000
BenQ 48x16x48 CD-RW
SCSI
Bindoze XP

and then resurrected as this...

pretty ordinary PC in a slightly less appealing, but less intrusive tower...
Pentium III 333mhz
128Mb RAM
1.2Gb+800Mb+12Gb HDD
16Mb PCI Voodoo Banshee + 4Mb AGP S3 Virge GX/2
CD-ROM
Bindoze XP

PowerMac G3 (B+W)
G3 400Mhz
256Mb... then 512Mb RAM
10Gb+6Gb HDD
16Mb Rage 128 PCI
Imation DVD+/-RW
OS X.3.0-6

and their were the three succesive laptops, beginning with...

Toshiba Sattelite 430CDS blech
Pentium 120Mhz
16Mb RAM down
1.2Gb HDD
CD-ROM (but no floppy... and it wasn't even any thinner as a result roll )
10" passive LCD (unbelievably crap)
Bindoze 98SE

which was gladly swapped with a colleague for...

PowerBook 1400cs/133 (my first 'Book) love
PPC 603 133Mhz
16Mb... then 32Mb RAM
1.3Gb HDD
CD-ROM (and also a floppy, unlike the smelly Toshiba...)
12" dual-scan passive LCD (very nice)
OS 8.0

which after a fruitful career spanning a few months was superceded by...

Powerbook G3/333 (Bronze/Lombard) love drool love
G3 333Mhz
256Mb RAM
4Gb HDD
DVD-ROM
14" active TFT (EXTREMLY nice)
OS X.3.0-6

2005:

iMac Rev. C Lime (No longer with me, as I sold it about a week ago.)
G3 266Mhz
160Mb
6Gb HDD
6Mb RagePro Turbo
CD-ROM
OS X.3.6

Good-ass POS PC (with a sick video card)
Celeron 2.8Ghz
512Mb RAM
40Gb HDD
128Mb GeForce4 MX4000
Imation DVD+/-RW + Philips ComboDrive
SCSI
Philips TV/FM Tuner
Bindoze XP

pretty ordinary PC in an unappealing case
Pentium III 333mhz
128Mb RAM
1.2Gb+800Mb+12Gb HDD
16Mb PCI Voodoo Banshee + 4Mb AGP S3 Virge GX/2
CD-ROM
Bindoze XP

PowerMac G3 (B+W)
G3 450Mhz
512Mb RAM
10Gb + 40Gb HDD
16Mb Rage 128 PCI
Imation DVD+/-RW
OS X.3.6

Powerbook G3/333 (Bronze/Lombard)
G3 333Mhz
256Mb RAM
10Gb HDD
DVD-ROM
14" active TFT (EXTREMLY nice)
VST Firewire CardBus card
OS X.3.6

I still have the souped up 7600 up and running, but I don't really use it for anything other than watching TV or videos, which is rarely. So really all it does is sit their crunching numbers for the SETI@home program (I'm doing you a service here Berkeley Uni; I'm devoting a whole CPU to you... wink )

I also still have the PB1400, but it's basically just a spare lappy to get me through my school-type stuff if the Lombard's AWOL. I actually told my mum and dad that they could have it, so technically it iisn't mine, but that's splitting hairs...

I also still have both Classics and the SE, although the original Classic and the SE are indisposed until I can find the time to repair them (analog board fault...) blotto

I still also have the Amiga 500, but when I plugged it in and switched it on a week or so ago, it tripped the circuit breakers for one side of the house...pity really, Amigas are fun. Oh well... shrug

The 5500 died in late 2003, and I mistakenly pulled the power supply and analogue board to pieces thinking that was where the problem lay... it turned out to be a fried video controller. A certain undisclosed MAF member happened to plug it in and turn it on before I had put it back together properly and shorted out the perfectly good PSU and ano' board. bang

However I've rebuilt this computer just because I like it so much, but I don't use it often, in fact my sister's been using it for the last few months.

As for the PC's I still have my original 386, and my Olivetti 386 came back to me recently after my grandparents moved house (and hence cleaned out their garage). I use the Pentium 200 MMX as test-bed, but aside from that, I don't do much with it. As mentioned before, the 486/586 was destroyed inside a caravan on our property during the Christmas 2001 bushfires, as was my first LC 575. mad

I still have the second LC-575 and the LC sitting in the garage, along with the Plus (lots of Pluses actually)...

And I think that just about covers it. smile

Hmmm... I dont think I'm doing too bad at all for a mere 18 years old. wink

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Jasoco · 2005-06-05 12:30 pm

Jesus Christ. I just had to scroll through that whole damn thing in the Topic Reply email, which was DOUBLE SPACED, just to get to the link to get to this thread to post this reply about how I had to scroll all the way through the email to get to the link to post this reply in this thread.

VegasACF · 2005-06-05 2:00 pm

Jasoco wrote:
Jesus Christ. I just had to scroll through that whole damn thing in the Topic Reply email, which was DOUBLE SPACED, just to get to the link to get to this thread to post this reply about how I had to scroll all the way through the email to get to the link to post this reply in this thread.

Ummm... There's a "Reply" button at the top of the page. wink

Jasoco · 2005-06-05 4:39 pm

The Topic Reply EMAIL. Not the page. If you have "Show post in email" turned on, the email has the message first with the link to the thread at the very bottom.

When I got the EMAIL, I had to scroll down 800+ lines of text (409 lines times two because the email double spaces it.) just to get to the end of the email where the link to the page is located.

How did you not read that right? confused

fizzwinkus · 2005-06-05 5:11 pm

these are the machines i currently have active:
powermac g5: 10.2 - 10.4
powerbook g4: 10.2 - 10.4
ibook g3: 9.1 - 10.4
powermac g4: 9.04 - 10.4
powerbook g3: 8.6 - 10.3

each computer has hit every single update/upgrade inbetween.

Ribtorus · 2005-06-05 5:26 pm

My mac inventory, since 1997-98:
42 Beige G3s, 13 300MHz and 29 266MHz (none still in service)
16 G5 2GHz duals (all in service).

PCs since '97:
18 Celeron 300MHz, 14 PII 400, 3 PII 200 (8 still inservice as print servers and specialised RIP stations), 14 Dual Xeons ranging from 733MHz to 3GHz (half in service, half sold off), 4 Dual Opteron 2GHz, 2 Dual Opeteron 2.4 GHz (all in service)

Other: 8 Leased PowerPC workations running NT4 PPC version (long gone), various DEC Alpha single 500MHz and dual 600MHz running 64 bit Windows NT4 Alpha edition.(two still in service, as print server/scan server and general workstation, the rest were given away).

Home use: one Celeron 300, one dual Opteron 2GHz and one Acer laptop 1.3GHz (all in service) One Celeron III 733 (gone).

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SchmoBurger · 2005-06-05 6:20 pm

I assume the G3's and G5's are business inventory, either that or you have smurfloads of money... wink

Ribtorus · 2005-06-05 6:25 pm

SchmoBurger wrote:
I assume the G3's and G5's are business inventory, either that or you have smurfloads of money...

They're part of the business, but they are all in my name.

SchmoBurger · 2005-06-05 6:37 pm

SWEEEEEEEET..... drool

Ribtorus · 2005-06-05 7:46 pm

I should add two Commodore 64s (one still works...with the floppy drive and printer), a Commodore PET, and a Timex Sinclair 1000. The Commodore 64 was my first bookeeping computer, and wasn't replaced until '97.

SchmoBurger · 2005-06-06 3:40 am

Ribtorus wrote:
The Commodore 64 was my first bookeeping computer, and wasn't replaced until '97.

Dis man got STYLE!!!!! cool

misterboo · 2005-06-06 3:47 am

AMIGA!!!

I still love it so.

Awwww.

Maybe I'll be going back to Amiga now that Apple is going over to x86....

akb825 · 2005-06-06 3:52 am

misterboo wrote:
AMIGA!!!

I still love it so.

Awwww.

Maybe I'll be going back to Amiga now that Apple is going over to x86....

It hasn't happened until da man says it has. tongue

Ribtorus · 2005-06-06 3:57 am

SchmoBurger wrote:
Ribtorus wrote:
The Commodore 64 was my first bookeeping computer, and wasn't replaced until '97.
Dis man got STYLE!!!!!

Sure..style.

Superbase for the data, and Paperclip for word processing.
I don't know about stylish; everything printed with 9-pin dot matrix on thin tractor feed paper.

matt · 2005-06-06 4:19 am

I had a Performa 6400 that ran 7.5-9.2.1

Egress · 2005-06-06 9:33 am

I'll try to keep this brief...

The first Mac I truly owned was a hand-me-down Mac Plus with 6.0.8.

Then I bought a Performa 6400, which came with 7.5.3.2.1 (yes, that's the correct version number) and went through 7.5.5 -> 8.0 -> 8.1 -> 8.5 -> 8.5.1 -> 8.6

Then came the present G4/500 AGP, which, with various hardware upgrades, has gone thusly: 9.0.4 -> 9.2.2 -> 10.1 (but I rarely used it) -> 10.2 series -> 10.3 series. It stands now at 10.3.8, and will likely remain there for all eternity. I installed Yellow Dog 2.3 on it once, but didn't like it.

S-Man · 2005-06-07 1:50 pm

Letsee,

In 1988 I used an Apple II in school. Don't know what system it had.
Then a Quadra 900 and SE using OS 6 & OS-7 at my first computer related job.
Then a PowerMac 7200 & 7600 running OS-8
Powerbook 5400 running OS-7
Then an iMac 333 and Cube 400Mhz running OS-9
G4PowerMac Dual 400 with Jaguar and OS-9
Currently, iMac G4 with Panther, Mac Mini and Dual 1.8 G5 PowerMac running Tiger.

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