Suprise found in a Quadra 700

[Johnnya101]

I could even feel the difference just messing around in 7.6.1. It gets rid of that slight lagginess or pause after clicking on something.

Think I'll end up swapping the vram and upgrade card over to my nicer Quadra. The one it's in is super yellow, missing a port door, BUT it has a cool sticker from where it's from.... Hmmm. One has to go. Both have feet, which is cool.

 

[nglevin]

The best thing to get rid of the slight lagginess on a Q700, 900, 950, 650 or 800 (phew!) is a 68040 cache card in the PDS slot.

They aren't usually properly identified when they turn up on the auction sites, and they (always?) require a driver or two. It's extremely worth it, though. My DiiMO one has ROM shadowing that makes Mac OS 8.1's platinum UI really fly.

 

[Quadra]

PowerPC is bonus to have in Quadra 700 - it is under powered but its good enough for apps/games under 68k coding

Spectre VR, an 68k game that runs smooth in 68k mode, runs chopped in PPC mode. It's unplayable.

Fat binary games like Wolf3d or Pathways run much better in PPC mode. For Wolf3d, 512 screen size is playable in PPC mode vs just 320 screen size in 68k mode.

 

[bobo68]

I acquired a "Power Macintosh 700" (i.e. a Quadra 700 with Apple's Apple Power Mac Upgrade Card) last week:

I always wanted a Quadra 700 in good condition. So the PPC card is a welcome addition. :quadra: