Picked up a few macs, don't know where to start

[kurb69]

Only if one has the AV card or L2 cache simm.

They both have no cards i am not familiar with the l2 cache simm how would i check for that? The 80 is physically in a little better condition so i was thinking of keeping that one of the 2, if they were basically the same machine.

 

[kurb69]

The DOS compatibility cards in them are still nice finds.

The systems with the DOS compatible stickers are Quadra 610s, none of the 6xxx have them, i believe. I looked today

 

[KennyPowers]

The systems with the DOS compatible stickers are Quadra 610s, none of the 6xxx have them, i believe. I looked today

You appear to have both. There's at least one 6100 labeled "DOS Compatible" pictured in your first post.

 

[kurb69]

You appear to have both. There's at least one 6100 labeled "DOS Compatible" pictured in your first post.

Yeah i just came back from there now and there were 3 6100s, 2 had stickers one said works great the other said parts bad hd. I already opened them up as they were battery bombed and no cards in any of the 3. I'll look at the picture

 

[kurb69]

Yeah i just came back from there now and there were 3 6100s, 2 had stickers one said works great the other said parts bad hd. I already opened them up as they were battery bombed and no cards in any of the 3. I'll look at the picture

Would they be the same cards in the 610s as the 6100s?

 

[KennyPowers]

Would they be the same cards in the 610s as the 6100s?

They'll be similar if not the same. 6100s would probably have the Houdini 2 card in a PPC PDS to 040 PDS riser. I believe the 610s could have the Houdini 1 (slower 486 CPU and no sound card vs the Houdini 2).

 

[kurb69]

They'll be similar if not the same. 6100s would probably have the Houdini 2 card in a PPC PDS to 040 PDS riser. I believe the 610s could have the Houdini 1 (slower 486 CPU and no sound card vs the Houdini 2).

The 61s that i have both quadra and 6100, those plastic clips on the top back of the case to open it are so so fragile i broke a couple of them being gentle, the plastic is absolutely brittle as can be, like my lc 575, but worse i think somehow

 

[CC_333]

This next one is an unbranded so it might have been a home build from the 90s. It just has a Pentium III badge on the front thats it. The board is an Asus and the PSU is an Enlight, on the back of the case a sticker says 450mhz. Thats all I know about it thus far. Seems to be some generic graphics card in there, id like to put something nice in it and make a retro gaming rig perhaps in the future...

I have that case!

I found it at the dump about 17 years ago, and I've used it for various builds over the years.

It's currently running a Gigabyte Z370p with a 9th gen Intel CPU and serves as my main daily driver.

I actually found another one a few years ago, and I'm keeping it as a spare.

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[kurb69]

The DOS compatibility cards in them are still nice finds.

I grabbed one of the quadra 610s a bit ago im going to go through it and post some pictures. But I did find that one dos compatible 6100 you seen. It was printed on it in place of where it says power pc on the other ones, so it threw me off. The 610s all have a "sticker", so i didn't notice it until today apparently. I opened it up and its bad battery bombed, all the connectors in the back are in tough shape. But its probably repairable

 

[kurb69]

I don't know where to look for that houdini card you were talking about kenny, i opened it up and just seen the drives and all the slots were empty. sony 3.5 and an apple hd

 

[kurb69]

Did someone order pizza? Because its pizza time.

All 3 of the 6100s are battery damaged, and im hoping for all of your expert opinions on damage assessment. The 610s I have which is also 3 all have good boards. Perhaps just luck. I will be opening these all up and taking pictures tonight, hopefully. They are all still filthy, as found.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

It’s the only PowerPC Duo that was ever made, so it’s pretty desirable and interesting.

It’s a 100MHz 603e on a 32-bit data bus with no L2 cache just like the PowerBook 5300 series, so it’s not likely to be the best computing experience.



Enjoy it and be patient with it.



The ImageWriter II and StyleWriter are interesting printers. The latter was Apple’s first inkjet printer and widely seen as a big improvement over the ImageWriter II which it basically superseded in the home market.

The Personal LaserWriter LS on the other hand is not. I used to have one like this but it was a NT model that I later upgraded to an NTR and it was quite a nice - if basic - printer. The LS is a cost reduced version that basically offloads the print processing to the Macintosh it’s connected to and it can’t even take a board upgrade unlike its sister, the SC. In addition, these printers need recapping so you’d likely have to do a bit of work to bring it up to spec. It’s better as a parts donor for an NT/NTR imho.

Just dropped down to the local computer recycler and picked up an imagewriter II and Laserwriter NT for 20 bucks each. Not that I really need them as I have more modern stuff that I use for my business, but I figure it will be fun in the case of the imagewriter II to play around with that old printing experience, I used to have in the 80s. The other one I grabbed just because it will be fun to have and I couldn’t pass it up for 20 bucks.

The Laserwriter has this taped note on it. I am guessing it will need a recap.