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PPC Mac Clones
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Quad-CPU MaxxBoxx! Oh, I'd like to have one!
I wonder how many on this forum actually ever had one? I know that I felt it was the best decision at the time, coming out of The Dark Times right before the second coming of Mr. Jobs, when Apple's offerings in my price range were just not as powerful, and my trusty PowerBook 170 just could not run the apps I really needed most. Of course I would have loved to have been able to afford a PowerBook 3400c/240 (which I have now only years later via eBay), instead I purchased a PowerCenter Pro 240 with a 17" Color Pivot monitor in Sept '97. Basic upgrading was easily done like most horizontal desktop boxes at that time. I was very pleased with it and used it without any problems whatsoever until Fall 2004 when I picked up my still-current desktop 20" G4 iMac gently used right after they were discontinued. It was a strange feeling, sitting there at what looked like a PC/Windows box, running the Mac OS. Ultimately, I donated the whole gigantic pile to a local community college primarily for running CAD and database software in their theater. And it helped one particular kid go on to greatness early in his career.
My 200 MHz Motorola StarMax 4000 MT was great. Very clean design (even if it did look like a PC), something I've always liked in a case. Also, it was pretty well upgradeable, even if the 604e processor inside wasn't. Ran both Mac OS 9.1 and Debian Sarge like a champ. I also used a PS/2 mouse with it. I had to use Mouse2B to enable the second mouse button for something else, while Sarge just recognized it natively as a PS/2 mouse.
I have a PowerTower Pro 200 and a PowerCenter 150 (minitower model). I only got the PowerCenter recently (as in within the last few years) from 4seasonphoto. I overclocked the bus on that to 60MHz. Wow! Speedy sucker.
I picked up the PowerTower Pro in 1998. It eventually got configured with a dual 604e and ran as a FileMaker 4/ASIP server 24x7 during my college years. It was a very nice machine. It also ran YDL 2 very well. I picked up this machine from an internship I had at an Agfa plant in Massachusetts. They did design and production of electronic pre-press systems there. At the time, they were going through a round of recaps replacing a whole bunch of clones they have with newer G3 systems.
I've also got a pair of Freestyle tablets (re-cased PowerBook 5300c). They are interesting, but not particularly useful machines.
I've always wanted a Umax S900, but I've never seen one in real life. I've also wanted a C500/280 for a long time. In fact, I already have the 280 w/ CacheDoubler waiting for a host to show up someday...
And I'm seriously lusting after a 4way Daystar Millennium/Genesis machine. 933MHz of PowerPC 604e goodness! Yeah.
Peace,
Drew
I picked up the PowerTower Pro in 1998. It eventually got configured with a dual 604e and ran as a FileMaker 4/ASIP server 24x7 during my college years. It was a very nice machine. It also ran YDL 2 very well. I picked up this machine from an internship I had at an Agfa plant in Massachusetts. They did design and production of electronic pre-press systems there. At the time, they were going through a round of recaps replacing a whole bunch of clones they have with newer G3 systems.
I've also got a pair of Freestyle tablets (re-cased PowerBook 5300c). They are interesting, but not particularly useful machines.
I've always wanted a Umax S900, but I've never seen one in real life. I've also wanted a C500/280 for a long time. In fact, I already have the 280 w/ CacheDoubler waiting for a host to show up someday...
And I'm seriously lusting after a 4way Daystar Millennium/Genesis machine. 933MHz of PowerPC 604e goodness! Yeah.
Peace,
Drew
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found an old advertisment for MaxxBoxx they looked great, like iMacs in colors
