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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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