Beta’s obligatory thread

[BetaC]

As it turns out, the door on the CD drive is stuck, and it is indeed a mostly working G3 with a ROM 1 Rev A board. I was thinking I might source the rage 128 from my old B&W, same with the cpu so I can get it running above 300MHz. That way it's more distinct from my clone that's sitting right beside it.

 

[BetaC]

Well, toady I said goodbye to two machines. My G3 that I got a few weeks back is now going out to someone who will enjoy it more than I could, and my UMAX is going to go to a coworker who will love it, but doesn't know he's getting it. Why did I get rid of two specifics? Because I now have a Macintosh Clone with a G3. Two macs, one case.

I now have a Power Computing Power Tower 225 running a MAXPowr G3 275. Sure it ain't a huge upgrade, but it's still an upgrade. The machine even came with a server-sourced 1MB Cache chip installed. I don't know if I actually need it, all things considered. It might end up in my 7100 if it isn't. Sadly I don't have the original 604e, as it wasn't at the recycler.


Now the only problem is wiping the SCSI drive and reinstalling Mac OS on my SSD. Does anyone know if I might encounter problems while not having the original CPU card?

 

[LaPorta]

I have virtually the same machine and setup: PT Pro 200 w/ MAX Power G3 400 MHz card installed. I have triple-boot installed on a SD to IDE adapter and Sonnet ATA Card with 7.6.1, 8.6, and 9.1 all able to run the machine with no issue at all. Mine is stuffed full of way more junk than yours is! It is a mighty fine and speedy machine. I have the original 604ev in a static shield bag somewhere. It works very well.

 

[BetaC]

I have virtually the same machine and setup: PT Pro 200 w/ MAX Power G3 400 MHz card installed. I have triple-boot installed on a SD to IDE adapter and Sonnet ATA Card with 7.6.1, 8.6, and 9.1 all able to run the machine with no issue at all. Mine is stuffed full of way more junk than yours is! It is a mighty fine and speedy machine. I have the original 604ev in a static shield bag somewhere. It works very well.

Thanks for helping quell my fears, lol. I also managed to snag what I assume is a 1.0 version of a Sonnet Tango, and I'm hoping to use it with this system. Given that the G3 seems to have 1MB of cache built in, do I actually need the motherbord cache?

 

[LaPorta]

Uncertain about that, actually. Not sure if mine does, actually, but I'd think it may bypass it for the onboard G3 cache. Nice score witht he Tango! I have another type of FW card in there. Sometimes, getting it all to play nicely is hard.

 

[BetaC]

Yeah, it seems to disregard the cache completely. So I can probably upgrade my 7100 in to being still slow as a result. Now to just find a driver for the original tango, instead of the more modern ones.

 

[BetaC]

For once, it's not a mac (or IBM machine) that I'm showing off. this time it's just a mostly complete in box copy of Myst. Not any of the later re-releases either. Original, copyright 1993 Myst, complete with a previous owner's handwritten notes.

 

[joshc]

For once, it's not a mac (or IBM machine) that I'm showing off. this time it's just a mostly complete in box copy of Myst. Not any of the later re-releases either. Original, copyright 1993 Myst, complete with a previous owner's handwritten notes.

Nice. I still have my Myst CD that I had as a kid… just one of those things I’m not massively sentimental about, though I do have good memories of playing it a lot on a Performa 6200 back then. I also have realMyst on my modern Mac though I haven’t played it in a while.

 

[BetaC]

Nice. I still have my Myst CD that I had as a kid… just one of those things I’m not massively sentimental about, though I do have good memories of playing it a lot on a Performa 6200 back then. I also have realMyst on my modern Mac though I haven’t played it in a while.

Yeah, for me it was mostly just the novelty of having the very first version of it. That and having a legally acquired mac game.