I'm still waiting for prices to come down more. I'm not buying a G5 unless I can get a quad core and even though they are at the lowest levels ever, I still think they have a good …
68kMLAHardwareby QuadramanThu, 11 Feb 2010 - 19:51
You need to be more careful. I have been in and out of a 8500 so many times (same with an Q800/840AV) I can get to RAM in a minute if that.If I took a sledgehammer to a 8500 it wou…
68kMLAHardwareby QuadramanThu, 11 Feb 2010 - 19:46
Good luck to you. The first time I opened my 9500 I vowed never to do it again until I have enough parts collected to fill every slot and upgrade every component so I only have to …
68kMLAHardwareby QuadramanThu, 11 Feb 2010 - 19:44
Sonnet made upgrades for the 5400/6400 and 5500/6500 machines, but have been discontinued for quite some time, and are relatively hard to find.
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Thanks for th…
I have a Sonnet G3 PCI card that i removed from my 8500.
Could i use that card in my Performa 6360 ?
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The Performa doesn't have a CPU slot. In order to upgrad…
It's amazing to me how many people left 7.5, 7.5.1, and 7.5.2 installed without upgrading. I've received several PowerBooks that were still running versions <7.5.3, and I b…
They are surprisingly durable machines, particularly the ones that went through the Apple refurbishing program to fix the power jack, etc.
One thing - years ago, I purchased after…
68kMLAHardwareby J English SmithThu, 11 Feb 2010 - 15:41
I have a Sonnet G3 PCI card that i removed from my 8500.
Could i use that card in my Performa 6360 ?
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The Performa doesn't have a CPU slot. In order to upgrad…
I just picked up a PowerBook 5300cs off of eBay. It just arrived today along with the manual. It is in near perfect condition and it is still running 7.5.2 and it had img files of …
68kMLAHardwareby Green78IIThu, 11 Feb 2010 - 02:39
Do the ATI OS 9 drivers properly support the 9700? I thought the 9200 (RV250) was the last card officially supported by ATI for OS 9, but I would be delighted to be wrong.
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68kMLAHardwareby ClassicHasClassThu, 11 Feb 2010 - 00:26
As far as I know Macs never got the 9700 and the ones flashed were flashed with modded 9800 ROMs. Macs did get the 9600 but it did not go well with OS 9 either.
the fact that its been taken out of the box means that its no longer worth as much as it would have been NIB
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I don't think it would matter, or affect the pri…
The video card arrived today. It turns out to be a PrecisionColor Pro 24XK.
http://lowendmac.com/video/radiuspro24xk.html
It's not bad, not the fastest nubus accelerator or the h…
68kMLAHardwareby QuadramanWed, 10 Feb 2010 - 21:37
which Apple already did with Mac OS X
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You know that´s not true Keith Stattenfield and his team did a lot of work at OS 9 already, until Steve Jobs forced …
I don't know if it is "properly" supported, but it works for me. All resolutions and color depths are available, and 2D seems pretty fast. I don't run 3D games, so I can't say whet…
Do the ATI OS 9 drivers properly support the 9700? I thought the 9200 (RV250) was the last card officially supported by ATI for OS 9, but I would be delighted to be wrong.
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I am seeing more and more barebones LCDs on eBay that include the D/A board (the expensive part.) Many are 640x480. You'd have to build your own enclosure for it. They're also a…
68kMLAHardwareby olePigeonWed, 10 Feb 2010 - 21:24
I disagree. You don't need to constantly upgrade a machine to have a longer useful lifespan
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well the examples you gave for what is still working for you is a…