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Mac II Series vs Quadra 700
- Thread starter Johnnya101
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And now Ive got the choice if I want them of either a high resolution monitor that weighs 40+ pounds or the low res that weighs 20. Id love the high res but I wonder about shipping...
If you wanna drive a SuperMac monitor at reasonably high pixel count/color depth without using up half your available*** NuBus slots, go with the stock 700 per our two resident boffin's info.
*** IIRC, the inside slot of a 650 mobo in a 700 case is only usable with a card that doesn't have a protruding external connector on the backplane plate. Something like the Radius PhotoEngine DSP card has an optionally removable plate like you'll find on a very few other NuBus cards.
Out of idle curiosity, is the 650's PDS aligned with the inner NuBus slot? That might make a difference in this instance.
Well, the guy said it fits very well, but I dont have any photos yet.
I dont know which board to go with...
The 700 supports more vram, is original, and fits perfectly
The 650 supports like double ram, less vram, and may not fit as well.]
Both support the same OSs I think...
I dont know which board to go with...
The 700 supports more vram, is original, and fits perfectly
The 650 supports like double ram, less vram, and may not fit as well.]
Both support the same OSs I think...
If you want to remain JurassicMac© correct, there is no option.
Haha I think that settles it then! The original 700 it is!
If you wonder about shipping the high end CRT now, just wait until it sinks in that you need the heavier one after you've already purchased the LowRes clunker. JurassicMac© deserves the best. Is it a 21" Trinitron TPD? Nothing else compares and anything smaller just won't do. It's also worth waiting for a MultiSync that'll work with anything you throw at it. Extra points awarded for a front panel A/B switchable VGA/5BNC Monitor.
Lol what did I start
JurrasicMac(Copyright sign) DOES deserve the best!
I'll see what I can do about getting that high res.
JurrasicMac(Copyright sign) DOES deserve the best!
I'll see what I can do about getting that high res.
The scene where Nedry is talking on the phone with the "live video" running on his desktop has always amused me:
https://youtu.be/no1sya5gB4k?t=49s
Obvious Quicktime video progress bar is obvious.
https://youtu.be/no1sya5gB4k?t=49s
Obvious Quicktime video progress bar is obvious.
Lol, that's pretty cool. I had named my Q700's HD "Raptor", but trash's registered trademark is supremely better!
I know! If they kept to Apple it would be a few Mac Pro trash cans 
Unfortunately you are. It's solid ABS, my (7100) PPC conversion required an @$$graft to free up that third slot for the A/V Card in the PDS, not to mention the that diabolical x100 series video connector.
Thanks for the reminder, trag. I've gotta pull that sucker out from under the PlotterShelf and install one of my G3 accelerators and an HPV card in there for yet more quality Q700 playtime! [
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Thanks for the reminder, trag. I've gotta pull that sucker out from under the PlotterShelf and install one of my G3 accelerators and an HPV card in there for yet more quality Q700 playtime! [
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What OS do you think they used? Kinda looks like 8.1? Not sure...
JurrasicMac has got to be like his ruler!
EDIT
Nope, it's System 7. I'm gonna say 7.6...
EDIT EDIT
No, it's 7.0.1! The movie came out 93... 7.0.1, which released on the 700.
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I think it is A/UX 3.0 ... also a dual display setup, but it looks like there are command shells open on the second display to Nedry's right.
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Actually, if you freeze-frame the beginning of the scene where Nedry's having the phone conversation you can see there are a couple folders open on his desktop behind the video window (from the hard disk "NEDRYLAND). One of them has the video file he's watching (har), the other shows shows the system has Radius VideoVision Studio installed. I sort of doubt that ran on A/UX so, alas, the machine generating the graphics for filming was almost certainly running plain System 7.
(Here's another screenshot dissection where someone notes that the code Nedry is "working on" when he fires off his park p0wn-ing program is just sample code that shipped with Apple's Macintosh Programming Workshop. What we don't see any evidence of is any real open A/UX command shells. Or telnet windows, for that matter.)
That said, it certainly makes more sense from a *plot* standpoint that the machine would be running A/UX. What I do find interesting is how the UI for his p0wnership program (and for running the park in general) looks more like it's compiled against an X11/Motif library instead of anything Mac-native. That is of course undoubtedly intentional, but it does raise the question about whether the mockup displayed on the Mac screen was *running* on the Mac, or if might have been a X11 program running on IRIX but displayed on the Mac via an X11 server application like MacX. (A/UX of course shipped with MacX, but it would run on regular System 7 too.)
(Here's another screenshot dissection where someone notes that the code Nedry is "working on" when he fires off his park p0wn-ing program is just sample code that shipped with Apple's Macintosh Programming Workshop. What we don't see any evidence of is any real open A/UX command shells. Or telnet windows, for that matter.)
That said, it certainly makes more sense from a *plot* standpoint that the machine would be running A/UX. What I do find interesting is how the UI for his p0wnership program (and for running the park in general) looks more like it's compiled against an X11/Motif library instead of anything Mac-native. That is of course undoubtedly intentional, but it does raise the question about whether the mockup displayed on the Mac screen was *running* on the Mac, or if might have been a X11 program running on IRIX but displayed on the Mac via an X11 server application like MacX. (A/UX of course shipped with MacX, but it would run on regular System 7 too.)
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When they shot that in '92, were't they still rotoscoping displays into bluescreened monitors? Now we use green screens, but chromakiey then was still bluescreen, IIRC.
