Hi Folks!
I've finally decided to post details about my "vintage" mac setup on the Internet! I say vintage with quotes, as I don't really know if a 9600 would count as vintage... I also don't know if I'd call it a conquest, it's more a collection I've built up starting around late 90s..
It's a little.... Crazy. But I love it! If I can think of one community that would appreciate these specs, I think this one would be it..
I will try to post pictures later on this week, maybe tomorrow after work!
For now, take a peek at this:
--- BEGIN SETUP DETAILS ---
Base System: PowerMac 9600/350MHz
CPU Upgrade: Sonnet G4 1GHz CPU Board
Memory: 1GB (Could go up to 1.5GB)
Monitor: Sun 21" Display (Maxed at 1600x1200 @ 85Hertz)
Apple Desktop Bus Input Devies:
Datadesk Mechanical Keyboard w/ Trackball mouse integrated & detached number pad
Touchpad
PCI Cards:
Aurora Fuse Video Caption Card
ProTools AudioMedia III Card
3dfx Voodoo 5500 for Mac Video Card
OrangePC 550 (I think it's a 550...) DOS Card (w/ Pentium MMX 233MHz CPU and 256MB of RAM)
Adaptec SCSI Card (Not sure on model, but i think the main internal port is labeled LVD)
Orange Micro USB 2.0/Firewire 400 Card
USB Periphrials:
Microsoft USB Optical Mouse
Macally USB Gamepad (looks like the PS1 gamepad)
Wacom PenPartner Drawing Tablet
Canon Flatbed Scanner
Epson Stylus Photo R1800
Edirol UA-25 MIDI/Sound Device
Palm Connect USB Cable
External Seagate 1TB Hard Drive
Firewire Periphrials:
External Memorex DVD-DL Burner
External DVD-RAM Drive (Swiped from a G4)
SCSI:
0-Primary Hard Drive (Just under 200GB)
1-External Sony MO 5GB Drive
2-**NOTHING**
3-Internal CDROM Drive (Whatever the 9600 came with)
4-Internal jaz 2GB Drive
5-External (VERY old) 1x Apple CDROM Drive
6-External 250MB Zip Drive
7-Adaptec SCSI Card
Serial Periphrials:
Color Stylewriter 4500 (Not functional)
Newton MessagePad 2100
Apple QuickTake 200 Camera
Supera Fax/Modem 288
DOS Card Periphrials:
Old Microsoft Serial Mouse on COM1:
PC ProgramPad GamePad (Looks like a SNES controller) on the Game port
--- END SETUP DETAILS ---
All three audio devices (builtin mac audio, audiomedia III, and edirol UA-25) route through my Sony DA777ES, which was an amazing receiver for the time..
Only real problem I have is the aurora fuse video caption card is SLOOOOWW.. The video displays on the Mac at about 10 FPS @ 256 colors, at thousands or millions, it's unplayable, nothing shows up. I THINK this is due to how picky this computer is with PCI card order... I've fiddled a LOT with this, and this combo has everything working top speed, except the video caption card.. Kind of a minor issue, maybe I'll try other permutations of card combos later..
Also, I have a Apple DOS card too, fastest one.. Sadly, I can't boot with USB Extensions on, it's my understanding that they conflict with the DOS Card.. That's why I picked up the OrangePC card.
I _think_ that's about everything..
If you have questions or thoughts, feel free to comment! I would love to hear suggestions or other ideas about my setup!
Thanks for reading this, and have a good one!
I've finally decided to post details about my "vintage" mac setup on the Internet! I say vintage with quotes, as I don't really know if a 9600 would count as vintage... I also don't know if I'd call it a conquest, it's more a collection I've built up starting around late 90s..
It's a little.... Crazy. But I love it! If I can think of one community that would appreciate these specs, I think this one would be it..
I will try to post pictures later on this week, maybe tomorrow after work!
For now, take a peek at this:
--- BEGIN SETUP DETAILS ---
Base System: PowerMac 9600/350MHz
CPU Upgrade: Sonnet G4 1GHz CPU Board
Memory: 1GB (Could go up to 1.5GB)
Monitor: Sun 21" Display (Maxed at 1600x1200 @ 85Hertz)
Apple Desktop Bus Input Devies:
Datadesk Mechanical Keyboard w/ Trackball mouse integrated & detached number pad
Touchpad
PCI Cards:
Aurora Fuse Video Caption Card
ProTools AudioMedia III Card
3dfx Voodoo 5500 for Mac Video Card
OrangePC 550 (I think it's a 550...) DOS Card (w/ Pentium MMX 233MHz CPU and 256MB of RAM)
Adaptec SCSI Card (Not sure on model, but i think the main internal port is labeled LVD)
Orange Micro USB 2.0/Firewire 400 Card
USB Periphrials:
Microsoft USB Optical Mouse
Macally USB Gamepad (looks like the PS1 gamepad)
Wacom PenPartner Drawing Tablet
Canon Flatbed Scanner
Epson Stylus Photo R1800
Edirol UA-25 MIDI/Sound Device
Palm Connect USB Cable
External Seagate 1TB Hard Drive
Firewire Periphrials:
External Memorex DVD-DL Burner
External DVD-RAM Drive (Swiped from a G4)
SCSI:
0-Primary Hard Drive (Just under 200GB)
1-External Sony MO 5GB Drive
2-**NOTHING**
3-Internal CDROM Drive (Whatever the 9600 came with)
4-Internal jaz 2GB Drive
5-External (VERY old) 1x Apple CDROM Drive
6-External 250MB Zip Drive
7-Adaptec SCSI Card
Serial Periphrials:
Color Stylewriter 4500 (Not functional)
Newton MessagePad 2100
Apple QuickTake 200 Camera
Supera Fax/Modem 288
DOS Card Periphrials:
Old Microsoft Serial Mouse on COM1:
PC ProgramPad GamePad (Looks like a SNES controller) on the Game port
--- END SETUP DETAILS ---
All three audio devices (builtin mac audio, audiomedia III, and edirol UA-25) route through my Sony DA777ES, which was an amazing receiver for the time..
Only real problem I have is the aurora fuse video caption card is SLOOOOWW.. The video displays on the Mac at about 10 FPS @ 256 colors, at thousands or millions, it's unplayable, nothing shows up. I THINK this is due to how picky this computer is with PCI card order... I've fiddled a LOT with this, and this combo has everything working top speed, except the video caption card.. Kind of a minor issue, maybe I'll try other permutations of card combos later..
Also, I have a Apple DOS card too, fastest one.. Sadly, I can't boot with USB Extensions on, it's my understanding that they conflict with the DOS Card.. That's why I picked up the OrangePC card.
I _think_ that's about everything..
If you have questions or thoughts, feel free to comment! I would love to hear suggestions or other ideas about my setup!
Thanks for reading this, and have a good one!