Nope. I got it from a thrift store that my mom volunteers at.
I hooked my SCSI Zip Drive up, an extternal 1GB SCSI HDD, and a SCSI Yamaha CD-RW (8x8x24). I also have my Logitech 5.1 SRS system up (except in a 3.1 mode with the middle doing both left and right mixed) and am also using the sub in the PM 6500.
This setup rocks. I am currently finding the perfect mix of software. Like right now, even though I got 48MB RAM, I almost doubled with VRAM (having a faster HDD helps) to 72MB. I am currently running MacIRC, IExplorer 5, MPEG-DEC to play a playlist. I will be seeing if I will be making coasters in a bit. gonna burn a cd while doing this to see how well the system handles it.
I gotta say, it was a pleasant surprise, and it's one of the most stable Classic OS systems I have used. Faster than my beige G3 DT that I bought at the same place, running OS X.
I am still not decided if I am going to get a G3 upgrade. If I did, it would have to be at minimum 333Mhz. but I happen to like the 603e processor in this. I never realized this little chip could push so much. This must've been quite the powerhouse back then. I have no issues doing multiple things at the same time. Typing keeps up while playing the music, running a web browser, and doing IRC in the background.
This is a super-nice machine. Now I remember why I wanted one of these when I saw it come out (We ended up getting a Centris 610 Used at that time, We couldn't afford a new machine until the iMac Blueberry 333Mhz came out).
I will see if I can get the G3 as stable as this, but it seems every classic system I used before this would just crash left and right. It got so bad that the machines would crash as soon as they turned on.
Reflecting on while i trying to find RAM for this, It was most likely my RAM. about 80% of the ram I threw into this would not powerup, and they were the right types (EDO, right? that's what MacTracker said). And I don't have any FPM DIMMs anyways. Either way, this system will satisfy my old-skool curiosity for quite a while.
I hooked my SCSI Zip Drive up, an extternal 1GB SCSI HDD, and a SCSI Yamaha CD-RW (8x8x24). I also have my Logitech 5.1 SRS system up (except in a 3.1 mode with the middle doing both left and right mixed) and am also using the sub in the PM 6500.
This setup rocks. I am currently finding the perfect mix of software. Like right now, even though I got 48MB RAM, I almost doubled with VRAM (having a faster HDD helps) to 72MB. I am currently running MacIRC, IExplorer 5, MPEG-DEC to play a playlist. I will be seeing if I will be making coasters in a bit. gonna burn a cd while doing this to see how well the system handles it.
I gotta say, it was a pleasant surprise, and it's one of the most stable Classic OS systems I have used. Faster than my beige G3 DT that I bought at the same place, running OS X.
I am still not decided if I am going to get a G3 upgrade. If I did, it would have to be at minimum 333Mhz. but I happen to like the 603e processor in this. I never realized this little chip could push so much. This must've been quite the powerhouse back then. I have no issues doing multiple things at the same time. Typing keeps up while playing the music, running a web browser, and doing IRC in the background.
This is a super-nice machine. Now I remember why I wanted one of these when I saw it come out (We ended up getting a Centris 610 Used at that time, We couldn't afford a new machine until the iMac Blueberry 333Mhz came out).
I will see if I can get the G3 as stable as this, but it seems every classic system I used before this would just crash left and right. It got so bad that the machines would crash as soon as they turned on.
Reflecting on while i trying to find RAM for this, It was most likely my RAM. about 80% of the ram I threw into this would not powerup, and they were the right types (EDO, right? that's what MacTracker said). And I don't have any FPM DIMMs anyways. Either way, this system will satisfy my old-skool curiosity for quite a while.