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dan.dem replied to the thread PowerBook 3400c, what type password?.Wow, @DJ68K , that sounds about as complicated as getting my Office 2011 copy activated by Microsoft :) , really! But this could be a... -
dan.dem replied to the thread PowerBook 3400c, what type password?.I faintly remember seeing such a password box on my PB 5300, kind of a predecessor to the 3400. And I faintly remember it was a disk...
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dan.dem replied to the thread Titanium PowerBooks performance: 550 MHz model really so slow?.For me the conclusion is: Gigabit-series Titanium Powerbooks G4 have a moderate (roughly 15%) speed penalty relative to their processor...
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dan.dem replied to the thread Titanium PowerBooks performance: 550 MHz model really so slow?.If you compare processor and bus speeds with Geekbench scores you find that all but 2 Ti-Book variations scale their performance scores...
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dan.dem replied to the thread Titanium PowerBooks performance: 550 MHz model really so slow?.@3lectr1cPPC : Thank you for testing! It is actually only less than 7% lower than reported in everymac. Probably Tiger taxes the little...
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dan.dem replied to the thread Titanium PowerBooks performance: 550 MHz model really so slow?.Too late today, too tired for comprehensive comments, sorry. Just one thing: @3lectr1cPPC : Links to Geekbench 2 software. Here are...
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dan.dem replied to the thread Titanium PowerBooks performance: 550 MHz model really so slow?.Oh yes, likely it's a cache issue. I will look into it. Thank you @herd for hinting me to Barefeats. The situation reminds me on...
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dan.dem posted the thread Titanium PowerBooks performance: 550 MHz model really so slow? in PPC PowerBook & iBook.I am contemplating about getting a Titanium PowerBook. A friend has a 550 MHz, 2nd series Gigabit Ethernet, so pre-PCI. It is a decent...
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dan.dem replied to the thread Quadra 630 does not support 24-bit memory addressing mode.I remember our rule of thumb: If the internal hard disk is IDE the Mac requires 32-bit addressing. The av-Quadras using an internal...
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dan.dem replied to the thread Suggestions for alternative OSes for 6100 and other NuBus-PPC?.So, some people really got it running. Great work! Years ago I thought YDL is easier to install on Macs than other PPC-distros, but from...
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dan.dem replied to the thread Suggestions for alternative OSes for 6100 and other NuBus-PPC?.Thank you, @bakkus, for hinting me to the NuBus Linux Project. What I also find particulary interesting is a link to an archived...
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dan.dem posted the thread Suggestions for alternative OSes for 6100 and other NuBus-PPC? in NuBus Power Mac, LC & Performa.I was once the owner of a 6100. As many, I had big expectations of RISC machines. I had seen some nice Sun and Apollo workstations at...