Power Macintosh 7200/90 L2 Cache

[Becks79]

Ha that's right! Hope the Adjustable Keyboard and the HPV card is still working - I hadn't recapped it iirc I saw a PCI firewire card btw which should work? seemed reasonable - https://www.finn.no/recommerce/forsale/item/454291512

The box says OS X, but it might still work? I dunno.
But if the Yamaha card works, it will give me good stereo playback and recording, which will be enough for this system. I'll just send mix-out to a stereo pair on my audio interface and send that to the Mac, and Bob's your uncle.

 

[Becks79]

I've ended up working on a music project today, so haven't really looked into retro computer stuff today ^^

 

[Becks79]

Hmmm...
I have an Nvidia Quadro4 100NVS PCI... I wonder if I could flash that with the GeForce 4 MX bios and use it in my 7200.
Anyone have any experience with that?

 

[Phipli]

Hmmm...
I have an Nvidia Quadro4 100NVS PCI... I wonder if I could flash that with the GeForce 4 MX bios and use it in my 7200.
Anyone have any experience with that?

The CPU will be too much of a bottleneck for anything that could take advantage of that card even if you got it working.

The onboard video is pretty good for 2D and if you want some 3D, pick up a Mac Rage 128 - there are quite a few about. Even that would be overkill for a 7200/90.