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    Beige G3 266, adding ATI rage II + dvd

    https://dosdays.co.uk/topics/Manufacturers/ati/ati_3drageII.php I have found this, it tells a lot about the Rage line in general. They're probably talking about the PC version, but I'm sure it's fine.
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    PowerTower Pro 225 questions

    I have a Powertower Pro as well, I couldn't find enough reasons to fill the PCI slots. The board has ethernet on it, and everything else. The only thing outside of the ordinary I put in it was an OrangePC card and a USB/Firewire card.
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    Performa 6360

    I bought a 6360 with a bad logic board just for the chassis, then I jammed a 6500 board in there, because I admire the form factor. It has a billion other upgrades too, but that thicker pizza box is awesome.
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    Doom on SoftPC on an SE/30?

    Any chance on tricking the robot into making an optimized version of Doom on 68k Mac? After having played Doom and Duke3D on a 40Mhz 68040 and a 66Mhz 486, I can see that the 68k processor can really throw down.
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    Which LC/Performa to buy?

    Or get an LCII for hard mode.
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    Which LC/Performa to buy?

    I have both an LCIII and a Quadra 605. The 605 is definitely more powerful, but it's still not enough to do some of the more demanding things. Like the next logic step after an LCIII is a PowerPC. Anything I do on a Quadra 605 is done better on a PowerPC, or not possible on an LCIII.
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    Did I kill my iMac G4 1.25 GHz PowerPC? :(

    Try with just the larger RAM module and not the smaller, if it can be helped. I'm not sure it matters, but I imagine the system would prefer to have a non-user servicable module always in place, and the bottom user-accessible one to be optional.
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    Did I kill my iMac G4 1.25 GHz PowerPC? :(

    The paste in mine was concrete, and kinda smelled like pee. That's it sown story, but it was worthless. The display on mine wouldn't turn on, there was no chime, it would just turn the fan on and hang there. A beep is usually a RAM issue on Macs, so pull out the smaller RAM module and see what...
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    Did I kill my iMac G4 1.25 GHz PowerPC? :(

    I had the same problem with my 1Ghz iMac. The heatsink was not making good contact with the processor and/or the heat pipe wasn't sinking heat into the inner chassis well enough. I was also using two ram sticks that were different speeds, which might have been an issue too but I can't confirm. I...
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    Testing a 6200 and comparison with 6100

    This may have been brought up in all of this but could these tests differ in MacOS 8.0-8.6? I had a 6200 board that died in a tragic heatsink accident, and I found it to be absolutely charming. It was slow, it was not great, and it was the second beige retro machine I picked up. I miss it.
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    Interest Check: A 'walled-garden' service

    It would be really cool, but how many people would use it to make it really worth while? The eager clientele would be limited.
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    Aquafox - new web browser for G4 running OS X Tiger

    Github hates every browser I've tried on PPC Macs. Aquafox is solid, I'm liking it.
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    Quadra 605 build log

    Having gigabytes of space in an age where systems have hundreds on the high end. BlueSCSI are a little quirky sometimes, but absolutely awesome. Did you get one of the newer ones that supports the weird SCSI ethernet wifi thing? That too, is wild and cool.
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    Quadra 605 build log

    I did this to my Q605 with an overclocked full 68040 (Not 68LC040, LCII with a full 68040 card, and an LCIII+. I do not remember what the infrared thermometer said at the time, it has been years, but it was enough of a difference on the processors surface to make me do this change to all 3. The...
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    Quadra 605 build log

    I usually flip the fan upside down. It makes the machine a little louder, but it draws in air from bottom to top, instead of attempting to blow hot air out of the bottom of the case. The software overclock is also awesome, you can get some real speed out of these things.
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