Power Mac 9500

#1 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 - 21:54 68kMLA

Just won on ebay. 9500 for £12 and Sonnet G3 300 card for £6 [

] ]'> Stick in my spare Rage 128 card and that'll be a nice system 7.6 machine.

#2 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 - 04:41 68kMLA

Yeah it will.

I have an 8500 that runs 8.1 like a champ (sorry I like platinum better than whatever system 7's ui was called).

Congrats.

#3 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 - 04:57 68kMLA

That'll be a seriously great 7.6 machine... what to do with the other 5 PCI slots...

#4 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 - 09:52 68kMLA

Goodness me that's a nice score.

#5 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 - 14:22 68kMLA

If you download Appearance Manager and Navigation Services from this page, it will make 7.6 look just like Mac OS 8:

http://telcontar.net/MacApps/oldermacs/

You also can drop the appearance extension that comes with 8.1 into 7.6. That will work too. I recommend against using Aaron with these better alternatives.

#6 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 - 14:58 68kMLA

Actually I've just realized that I need system 8 for Deus Ex (not that it's what I'm buying this machine for [

] ]'> ) I'm also going to put in my Radeon Mac Edition (instead of the 128) from my G4 server as it's not getting used much.

#7 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 - 03:49 68kMLA

Radeon Mac Edition is probably the single best possible card for 7.6 or 8.1; hardware T+L but without the driver issues of the Radeon 9200 series boards.

#8 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 - 14:23 68kMLA

Wow! The G3 was a sod to get in, didn't realize how hard you had to push it in, but with that and the Radeon, 8.6 absolutely screams.

#9 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 - 22:10 68kMLA

Wow! The G3 was a sod to get in, didn't realize how hard you had to push it in, but with that and the Radeon, 8.6 absolutely screams.

another G3 card, for the 7500-9500, built by NEWER, simply pops into

where the former daughter card would sit..it runs at 400 mhz...

makes OS 8, and 9, rockets!!