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muzhok
New Member
Germany
91 Posts |
 Posted - 12 Sep 2003 : 03:09:13
I just won 4x16 30 pin Simms on the e-bay for all of 1 euro ($1.10 US) and as they are in town, I don't even have to pay postage! Had to let people know who appreciate such things. I am amazed, as a set of 4 usually runs for anywhere between 10 and 20 euros here in Germany. I guess everyone was asleep this morning.
Now the tough part - in what box do I put them in? The IIsi is chugging along with 17 Mb. I don't use it as often now that the Quadra 950 (80 Mb and 2 banks free) is up and running. So who gets it the si or the Q950? Liberated:
MacIIsi (17/1Gb/500Mb)
Performa 475 with full 33MHz 68040 processor (20/200Mb)
Quadra 950 running A/UX (80/4.3Gb) p.s. I am considering reformatting the q950 so that half the disk is for A/UX and the other for OS 8.1. |
The Balance Of Judgement
Senior Member
Ivory Coast
1006 Posts |
Posted - 12 Sep 2003 : 05:50:52
I would lean towards the 950 because it's a big workhorse and could always use more RAM.But it depends what you use each machine as. If the 950 is a server then the extra RAM will make it faster, meaning you can allocate more RAM to those hungry network apps. 
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Kami
Junior Member
Canada
132 Posts |
Posted - 12 Sep 2003 : 20:42:25
Second vote for the 950. It's way faster than an si and there's nothing like a ton of RAM in a computer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 12 Sep 2003 : 23:49:10
I agree. Definately the 950."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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tmtomh
Junior Member
USA
172 Posts |
Posted - 13 Sep 2003 : 06:31:43
Me too on the 950. The best Macs to load up with high-capacity 30-pin SIMMs are the 900, 950 and 700 -- in other words, the '040 Macs that use 30-pin SIMMs.The only other Mac that's really deserving of all that RAM IMHO is the SE/30. Load Mode32 on it (or find a IIsi ROM) and go nuts. Matt No rank Permanent 68k roommates:
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2003 : 06:21:49
My Vote: Put those SIMMs in your the next Mac you liberate!  BTW, Congrats on winnig that memory. It's always great to get a good deal on a peripheral, memory, or much-needed Mac accessory. G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
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muzhok
New Member
Germany
91 Posts |
Posted - 16 Sep 2003 : 10:20:08
"Put those SIMMs in your the next Mac you liberate!"That will be hard, G4from128k, as I just got an e-mail from a guy wanting to unload his old Quadra 650 on me for 2.50 Euro dollars! Of course I agreed. It doesn't have a CD-drive, but 72-pin RAMS are a lot easier (and cheap) to come by! I pick it up at the end of the week.
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 16 Sep 2003 : 11:01:26
I should suggest that you put part of that find in your IIsi and use is more often, and part of it in your 950 and use that as a server more often Official 68k videographer
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muzhok
New Member
Germany
91 Posts |
Posted - 16 Sep 2003 : 12:01:05
Shame on you Cory, being the MLA Mac IIsi expert and all! You know that the IIsi only takes a full bank of 4 of a kind! And I only have 4 16Mb chips. Now if I found another 4, that would be a different story...In any case, they will go into the IIsi for a week before finding their home inside of the q950 case. I want to add a second hard drive to the q950, but have to figure out how best to attach it first.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions!
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muzhok
New Member
Germany
91 Posts |
Posted - 18 Sep 2003 : 02:53:55
Picked up the ram last night and immediately plugged it in to the si. I kept on getting "type 1" errors, whatever that means, and the computor froze a few times. I was trying out netscape gold, iCab, mac-chess, and word4. I guess that means it goes straight into the q950. I have posted a related question in the A/UX forum for all those in the know about memory buffers and ram changes.
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Just won 4x16MB 30 pin Simms!
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