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Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #11

a number of the OS 9 bootable MDDs have 167mhz bus speeds and DDR RAM and ATA 100. Having a faster processor on a slow bus is limiting. Click to expand... None of the Prozesso…
68kMLA Hardware by bluekatt Fri, 28 Aug 2009 - 03:00

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #10

why you want an os 9 only machine is beyond me but the last os 9 capabel machien apple offerd was the 2003 reintroduction of the 1,25 dual G4 MDD
68kMLA Hardware by bluekatt Fri, 28 Aug 2009 - 02:56

running without a fan- Mac SE FDHD — #22

I doubt very much that a single thin piece of metal can absorb and dissipate heat in any meaningful way to actually maintain or reduce temperatures. Larry Pina's Macintosh Repair &…
68kMLA Hardware by Mac128 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 - 02:11

running without a fan- Mac SE FDHD — #21

Even with the Mac 128K Apple was installing heat sinks to help pull heat away from the delicate electronics and radiate it into the case where convective air would then exhaust it.…
68kMLA Hardware by joshc Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 21:09

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #9

a number of the OS 9 bootable MDDs have 167mhz bus speeds and DDR RAM and ATA 100. Having a faster processor on a slow bus is limiting. Click to expand... None of the Prozesso…
68kMLA Hardware by avw Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 21:04

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #8

I've never heard that any particular, fairly modern, OS can't utilize dual/multiple processors. NEVER believe (without checking multiple reliable sources) what you've "read at diff…
68kMLA Hardware by avw Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 20:58

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #7

Sonnet lists an upgrade for the Mirrored Drive Door. Click to expand... Yes, but the 2nd processor can´t be used by OS 9. That´s what I read at different places. It will fit, i…
68kMLA Hardware by waynestewart Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 20:42

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #6

Sonnet lists an upgrade for the Mirrored Drive Door. The higher Buss speed will make a difference plus faster RAM AGP slot etc. Click to expand... DA, QS and MDD all have 4x AG…
68kMLA Hardware by MacJunky Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 19:49

Run Powerbook 540c from Floppy — #6

I think 10 NiMh AAA batteries (the small ones) might work, but have not tried it — this project is still to come, some dark winter's night. Ten regular AA "button" batteries will n…
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 18:54

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #5

Sonnet lists an upgrade for the Mirrored Drive Door. Click to expand... Yes, but the 2nd processor can´t be used by OS 9. That´s what I read at different places. It will fit, i…
68kMLA Hardware by Trash80toHP_Mini Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 18:28

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #4

QS2002 can use HDDs larger than 128GB on the internal PATA buses.. but that is about it as far as I know and it does not do you much good if you want SATA or SCSI RAID.
68kMLA Hardware by MacJunky Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 14:33

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #3

Sonnet lists an upgrade for the Mirrored Drive Door. Click to expand... Yes, but the 2nd processor can´t be used by OS 9. That´s what I read at different places. It will fit, i…
68kMLA Hardware by avw Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 14:12

Run Powerbook 540c from Floppy — #5

Someone can LEGALLY send you the three options, in fact, as they were freeware. Click to expand... What are the programs called? Do you really think the 10 AA batteries would …
68kMLA Hardware by agg23 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 12:45

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #2

Sonnet lists an upgrade for the Mirrored Drive Door. The higher Buss speed will make a difference plus faster RAM AGP slot etc. Wayne
68kMLA Hardware by waynestewart Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 08:03

Assembling the Fastest OS 9 Machine — #1

I´d like you to help with your great experiance to virtually assemble the fastest OS 9 machine ever. Interresting is to clear some questions regarding the most powerful possibiliti…
68kMLA Hardware by avw Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 06:54

reflashing a pc videocard — #10

Not really, because you are just gluing the very edge of the tape to the very edge of the PCB. You would not be gluing onto any of the traces or pins.
68kMLA Hardware by MacJunky Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 05:38

Run Powerbook 540c from Floppy — #4

The 5xx series PS does get good and toasty in my experience. Not sure about the ram, as I have never checked. I can't see what effect a ram disk would have on its operating tempera…
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Thu, 27 Aug 2009 - 04:30
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