jmacz journey

[jmacz]

Faster compiles and IDE performance (I find running CodeWarrior on a 1280x1024 display on any of my 040s still exhibits lag in the editor window). Cross compiles are a bit nicer too. So yeah, need at least one PowerPC based machine. I could of course do development on a modern system with retro68 but I'm choosing to stay in System 7.6.1

 

[feeef]

A Power Mac 8500 with a 500Mhz G3, enough RAM and a fast enough drive is a killer video capture and editing machine under System 7! It can easily digitize SD videos at full size and full frame rate. I would keep!

 

[3lectr1cPPC]

The Duo 280c (and minidock) because I want it

(kidding)

 

[croissantking]

I have been trying to reduce my collection and sold a few of them recently. But having issues reducing further. For the following 11 machines, if you could only keep 5 of them, which would you let go?

1. Macintosh SE - full memory, has a working miniscribe hard disk
2. Macintosh SE/30 - full memory, 47MHz 030 Booster and color LCD kit from ZZJ, internal magneto optical drive, Bolle's combo card for ethernet
3. Macintosh IIci - full memory, has a daystar 50MHz 030 accelerator, ethernet card, many supermac video cards to choose from
4. Macintosh IIfx - full memory, ZZJ's NuCF compact flash drive, 8 * 24 GC, ethernet, another 8 * 24
5. Macintosh Quadra 700 - full memory, running at 50MHz with Bolle's quad doubler
6. Macintosh Quadra 800 - full memory, overclocked to 40MHz
7. PowerBook 540c - full memory, overclocked to 40MHz, has a full 68040 processor (ie. FPU), working batteries
8. PowerBook Duo 280c - full memory, has a full 68040 processor (ie. FPU), working batteries
9. Power Macintosh 8500 - 1GB of memory, 500MHz Newertech processor card upgrade
10. Macintosh Quadra 950 - full memory, having issues with the SCSI subsystem right now though.. needs to be fixed
11. Macintosh 512K - stock

I don't think I can cut anything...

I vote to keep the 540c, Duo 280, IIfx, PM8500, SE/30

 

[Callan]

Scary how our two collections look pretty much the same minus the se and duo (and an 8*24 which i realllly want to get from you l, but I've been good) Have you given yourself any criteria for thinning the herd? That usually helps me decide. Do I use it? Can I find another one as nice if I regret the sale,? How much work did I put into in restoring it? Will I need it to help test certain things?

 

[feeef]

I vote to keep the 540c, Duo 280, IIfx, PM8500, SE/30

I would say the same!

If there could be 6, I would keep the SE because a 68000 can read some very early software that no later CPU can read.
if there could be 7, I would keep the Quadra 700 because 68040 @50Mhz! And I love its small tower form factor.

Such a great collection you have anyway. They are all amazing machines!

 

[jmacz]

Scary how our two collections look pretty much the same minus the se and duo (and an 8*24 which i realllly want to get from you l, but I've been good) Have you given yourself any criteria for thinning the herd? That usually helps me decide. Do I use it? Can I find another one as nice if I regret the sale,? How much work did I put into in restoring it? Will I need it to help test certain things?

Haha that’s cool! Do I use it is probably what I ask the most. Effort restoring not so much. I enjoy the restoration so always wanting to add more to fix it and sell it off again. I collect, then get frustrated with how much room it’s all taking, then sell. Then repeat.

If there could be 6, I would keep the SE because a 68000 can read some very early software that no later CPU can read.
if there could be 7, I would keep the Quadra 700 because 68040 @50Mhz! And I love its small tower form factor.

Such a great collection you have anyway. They are all amazing machines!

Thanks! I keep starting at keep five and working my way to keep 16. Haha. But I got down to 11 again! It’s a start!