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  1. Powerbase

    250MHz Tsunami Machines... or not

    From what Im seeing and sort of remember, the 8600 came with a 250MHz 604ev on the low end of the scale. The fastest 604e Apple shipped was 233MHz, like you mentioned.
  2. Powerbase

    $52 on eBay

    That's... strangely disappointing.
  3. Powerbase

    $52 on eBay

    You should do some benchmarks between the different drivers, Hawkeye versus Formac. I wonder if the Formac ones are more refined.
  4. Powerbase

    $52 on eBay

    I just wiggle around the mouse. My eyes do catch that moving insect. Like a cat. I think you can set up macOS to 'shake' the cursor, about the same thing but I don't have to set an option that says I'm older.
  5. Powerbase

    $52 on eBay

    Yeah, cards that could output two different display were still professional I think at the time (usually had two GPUs on them). I actually saw the dual display ixMicro card on eBay once. I remember the vram packaging was different than the usual Twin Turbos.
  6. Powerbase

    $52 on eBay

    For those high resolutions it might be. I won't lie, though. As I've gotten older I sometimes 'lose' where the cursor is :(
  7. Powerbase

    $52 on eBay

    Yeah, it was very noticeably faster with 2d than the Rage II in my Powerbase at the time. I do remember using the Hawkeye control panel too. Plus, like has been mentioned, they did have some weird font cache thingie that sped up text (or something like that). I remember the drivers/control...
  8. Powerbase

    $52 on eBay

    Here's a picture of the box it came in, if you're interested. I had one at one time.
  9. Powerbase

    Radeon 7000 Flashing Woes

    Just as an aside, I've always wanted to find a Radeon 9100 pic card and try flashing that. You can never find the things though.
  10. Powerbase

    Radeon 7000 Flashing Woes

    I didn't even know there was a Mac-native way to flash them. I did mine back in the day, and the only way back then was the dos flasher way.
  11. Powerbase

    Radeon 7000 Flashing Woes

    That 'Mac' Radeon was probably pulled from an Xserve.
  12. Powerbase

    No hydrogen peroxide required?

    No hydrogen peroxide required?
  13. Powerbase

    I like them and I plan on getting one soon but I don't personally see value in getting a used...

    I like them and I plan on getting one soon but I don't personally see value in getting a used one. I upgraded to SSDs when they first started coming out and I still DONT like the idea of a used and worn out SSD, thats non replaceable. Non-upgradeable ram, while not necessarily a deal breaker...
  14. Powerbase

    Used M-series Macs to me just seem to have a lot less value than used older gen Macs of...

    Used M-series Macs to me just seem to have a lot less value than used older gen Macs of yesteryear. I used to look forward to getter the cheaper and more available Powermacs when they were several years old. Older but serviceable.
  15. Powerbase

    Electronic waste?!? Oh no! That's not electronic waste that's good stuff. We gotta start...

    Electronic waste?!? Oh no! That's not electronic waste that's good stuff. We gotta start buying those ridiculously overpriced stuff on eBay to make sure that gold recovery is never an option!
  16. Powerbase

    PCIe (PCI express) graphics card in G4 cube?

    It's be interesting, but you'd have more luck trying to get an adapter for AGP to PCIe. From what I'm seeing they were vaporware (I just did a quick search, though). That's if MacOS would even know what to do with a AGP to PCIe adapter or a newer-than-it-or-drivers PCIe video card that you...
  17. Powerbase

    PCIe (PCI express) graphics card in G4 cube?

    Apple used some pins for their adc stuff that were originally unassigned on the AGP connector. They were used on 8x AGP which is why you have to tape em off.
  18. Powerbase

    PCIe (PCI express) graphics card in G4 cube?

    I swear I was reading about someone doing something along this lines a little while ago in a G5 or something I can't seem to find the article or post, though. I don't think that's a PCI slot in the Cube, though. Just because it looks the same DOESN't mean it is. You're probably out of luck...
  19. Powerbase

    Scheduled Reboot Restart Cron for System 6 and 7?

    When in doubt, use Hypercard. It'll probably need an external for restarting though. I don't Hypercard could do that on its own.
  20. Powerbase

    https://solidstatedisks.com/news/scsiflash-fast-protecting-and-enhancing-legacy-computing-systems...

    https://solidstatedisks.com/news/scsiflash-fast-protecting-and-enhancing-legacy-computing-systems/ Probably pretty expensive, though.
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