whats up guys
just got a performa 5200CD for free basically
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_performa/specs/mac_performa_5200cd.html
ive read some people consider it to be the worst mac ever .. lol!! but i dont really care for other peoples
opinions really.. i think its pretty cool atm. its the only mac that i have that has a floppy drive. for that fact alone
im actually kind of enjoying it. all my other macs are g3 b+W or g4 or higher.
its also the only mac i own that can run system 7.
so i just was reading about how u can swap motherboards from other machines into this all-in-one housing..
which is really interesting... and then i found this post:
http://retromaccast.ning.com/photo/1672786
hoto:6096
here "macman" says that hes swapped in a 6400/6500 motherboard!!! which is pretty impressive as an upgrade ?
going from 75Mhz to 180/200 Mhz + PCI compatibility....... i also saw that its possible to swap out the motherboard for
a 68k Quadra 630 motherboard to get a 68040 cpu.
this performa has no network connection
i would need a comm slot or pds slot network card to get this thing on my network..
ultimately i want to use it to drive two midi interfaces slaved to a sequencer
such as performer, vision, cubase, logic etc
as well as use the synth editors like unisyn, galaxy, or sound diver
has anyone here got experience with swapping logic boards on this architecture?
after looking at lcds for the past 10 years im kind of liking the CRT on this thing..
its really interesting to be able to downgrade or upgrade the same unit a range from 33Mhz 68k cpu
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_quadra/specs/mac_quadra_630.html(1994)
all the way to a 300Mhz PowerPC 603e
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/specs/powermac_6500_300.html(1997)
im just wondering if theres any hiccups in doing so? or if its plug + play... no problems..
just got a performa 5200CD for free basically
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_performa/specs/mac_performa_5200cd.html
ive read some people consider it to be the worst mac ever .. lol!! but i dont really care for other peoples
opinions really.. i think its pretty cool atm. its the only mac that i have that has a floppy drive. for that fact alone
im actually kind of enjoying it. all my other macs are g3 b+W or g4 or higher.
its also the only mac i own that can run system 7.
so i just was reading about how u can swap motherboards from other machines into this all-in-one housing..
which is really interesting... and then i found this post:
http://retromaccast.ning.com/photo/1672786
hoto:6096
here "macman" says that hes swapped in a 6400/6500 motherboard!!! which is pretty impressive as an upgrade ?
going from 75Mhz to 180/200 Mhz + PCI compatibility....... i also saw that its possible to swap out the motherboard for
a 68k Quadra 630 motherboard to get a 68040 cpu.
this performa has no network connection
i would need a comm slot or pds slot network card to get this thing on my network..
ultimately i want to use it to drive two midi interfaces slaved to a sequencer
such as performer, vision, cubase, logic etc
as well as use the synth editors like unisyn, galaxy, or sound diver
has anyone here got experience with swapping logic boards on this architecture?
after looking at lcds for the past 10 years im kind of liking the CRT on this thing..
its really interesting to be able to downgrade or upgrade the same unit a range from 33Mhz 68k cpu
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_quadra/specs/mac_quadra_630.html(1994)
all the way to a 300Mhz PowerPC 603e
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/specs/powermac_6500_300.html(1997)
im just wondering if theres any hiccups in doing so? or if its plug + play... no problems..