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4JNA
Jun 6, 2006, 10:56 PM
ok, forced to go to the basement to take pictures for the collectors forum earlier, and found this lurking in the corner...

8600, sonnet g3/450 pci upgrade card, 256mb of 5v (yeah baby!) ram, floppy, zip, 2gb scsi hd, and....wait for it... 4mb of video vram!:eek:

have no idea. most of this is to old to even check on ebay, and that is saying something.

any interest? buy the upgrade card, and get the tower for free! was running 9 last i knew, and would be happy to remove/sell parts to save on shipping!

any offers welcome. references here and on ebay available to well qualified applicants...;)

oops. paypal, or USPS money order only please. oops again. i don't have a os 9 disk to include, so the hard drive would be wiped prior to shipping. screen shots of a functional system to any person/persons strange enought to want this.

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Maxwell Smart
Jun 6, 2006, 11:13 PM
thats got a buttload of RAM :O
imacintel
Jun 6, 2006, 11:54 PM
If it is dead, let it's soul rest in peace. Those were pefect maxchines when they were new...:(

*wishes he could take care of it, feed it and sheltore it and love it8*
4JNA
Jun 7, 2006, 12:19 AM
If it is dead, let it's soul rest in peace. Those were pefect maxchines when they were new...:(

*wishes he could take care of it, feed it and sheltore it and love it8*

LOL, that's the problem...the damn thing won't die! sorry for the reply/bump. delete me at will...:o
ReanimationLP
Jun 7, 2006, 01:26 AM
I wouldnt mind having it, but I feel that shipping would be atorious.
Pancake
Jun 7, 2006, 06:43 AM
Do I count 12 RAM slots? :eek:
livingfortoday
Jun 7, 2006, 06:54 AM
You sure it's not a 9600? According to apple-history.com the 8600 had 8 RAM slots, and the 9600 has 12.
Ryan T.
Jun 7, 2006, 07:35 AM
You sure it's not a 9600? According to apple-history.com the 8600 had 8 RAM slots, and the 9600 has 12.
:confused: I only count 8. A bank of 5, then a bank of 3.
4JNA
Jun 7, 2006, 09:52 AM
:confused: I only count 8. A bank of 5, then a bank of 3.

8 ram slots it is (5+3), and 4 'little' vram slots toward the back. the other major difference between this and 9600 were the pci slots. this has 3, 9600 has 6. you can see the case openings/blanks below the motherboard. there were also variations in the power supply based on which processor you bought. this was originally a 8600/300.
RacerX
Jun 7, 2006, 11:25 PM
this was originally a 8600/300.Do you have the original PowerPC 604ev/300 daughter card?
4JNA
Jun 7, 2006, 11:53 PM
Do you have the original PowerPC 604ev/300 daughter card?

yep. pulled working. swap it back in and boot just to test if you are interested.

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RacerX
Jun 8, 2006, 12:10 AM
yep. pulled working. swap it back in and boot just to test if you are interested.I know some one who was interested in a set up like mine... Rhapsody doesn't work with upgrade cards but runs beautifully on my 8600/300 (and the 4 MB of VRAM helps out a lot too).

I'll see if he is still interested.