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One WGS to Serve Them All
A WGS 95 wandered my way. Now my 950 has a friend.
It has no cards in it (notably the special WGS 95 card) but I rectified the situation with an ATTO card and five 9gb Ultra SCSI drives. I'll probably put Appleshare IP on it along with 7.6.
It's a pity that there are no ADB KVM switches. I don't have enough deskspace to run both systems without swapping cables around when I want to use something.
It has no cards in it (notably the special WGS 95 card) but I rectified the situation with an ATTO card and five 9gb Ultra SCSI drives. I'll probably put Appleshare IP on it along with 7.6.
It's a pity that there are no ADB KVM switches. I don't have enough deskspace to run both systems without swapping cables around when I want to use something.
There are ADB KVM switches, but they are harder to find each passing year. I have a 12 or 16 port one made by BlackBox, and a 4 port one made by Dr.Bott.
The PDS SCSI card comes on ebay a few times a year so keep an eye out for it. Luckily you do have the 5 drive tray, that is harder to find then the PDS card.
The PDS SCSI card comes on ebay a few times a year so keep an eye out for it. Luckily you do have the 5 drive tray, that is harder to find then the PDS card.
Yeah, I got one of those 16-port ServeView KVM's as well that are compatible with PC, mac, sun, SGI, etc. Really cool but alas, totally useless without the cables and pure insanity to make my own cables.
I'll have to double check as well about what IP 5 supports. I think it needs a 601 at least and if so I just need to track down another PowerPC card. Otherwise I have an ancient version (2 or 3) I can try.
I'll have to double check as well about what IP 5 supports. I think it needs a 601 at least and if so I just need to track down another PowerPC card. Otherwise I have an ancient version (2 or 3) I can try.
. . . and one Admin to bind them?
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NICE Score! Great renovation/upgrade job so far! :approve:
A 950/95 base pair, an 840av/8100 mid level pair and a pair or two of IIcx/IIci/Q700 boxen would be a great start! Couple that assortment with 2-3 thick, cable hiding, torsion box construction (Super Heavy Duty!) shelves (do my MiniQuadraFeetsMac™ mod or use overly thick feets-pliques) and you've got a multi level, multi depth MacFurniture™ display unit! [
] ]'> All the columns would be fully functional and the shelves will hold a large percentage of any sane Mac Collector's toys!
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NICE Score! Great renovation/upgrade job so far! :approve:
A 950/95 base pair, an 840av/8100 mid level pair and a pair or two of IIcx/IIci/Q700 boxen would be a great start! Couple that assortment with 2-3 thick, cable hiding, torsion box construction (Super Heavy Duty!) shelves (do my MiniQuadraFeetsMac™ mod or use overly thick feets-pliques) and you've got a multi level, multi depth MacFurniture™ display unit! [
] ]'> All the columns would be fully functional and the shelves will hold a large percentage of any sane Mac Collector's toys!I would love to get a Quadra 950, but I'm afraid the shipping would kill me.
I have a 4 port Mac switch box, but it suffers from the classic problem of the ADB mouse becoming slow.
By the way, I'm officially jealous of your score. I've been scouring Craigslist non stop for the past few months.
I have a 4 port Mac switch box, but it suffers from the classic problem of the ADB mouse becoming slow.
By the way, I'm officially jealous of your score. I've been scouring Craigslist non stop for the past few months.