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Post your oldest "living" PowerPC Mac!
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SE/30, bought new in 1989
Still running, OS7.2, still in use.. seriously. I still use it with Illustrator 6 for doing line drawings for instruction manuals. Hooked up to a 22 Mits CRT, it boots fast, runs clean, and for B/W drawings, it's close to perfect. I bought originally with 2.5 megs of ram and a 40 meg HD, stopped upgrading at 64 megs of ram and 400 meg HD, with a sonnet processor upgrade and a video card. I'd never sell this thing.
Still running, OS7.2, still in use.. seriously. I still use it with Illustrator 6 for doing line drawings for instruction manuals. Hooked up to a 22 Mits CRT, it boots fast, runs clean, and for B/W drawings, it's close to perfect. I bought originally with 2.5 megs of ram and a 40 meg HD, stopped upgrading at 64 megs of ram and 400 meg HD, with a sonnet processor upgrade and a video card. I'd never sell this thing.
Im assuming you mean 7.5 (Since there isnt a 7.2 release) - nice SE/30, although I wouldnt like to use one in place of my Mac Pro they certainly are capable machines for the age.
I owned an original Bondi Blue iMac for a couple of years, but got rid of it when I left College (no room in my car). My current oldest PPC Mac is my PowerBook G4 500, which is currently used as my dad's laptop. Followed by my PowerBook G4 667 (DVI), which runs my online radio station, but has a dead screen, so I have to VNC into it to do anything. And finally my PowerBook G4 1.33, which is my day-to-day machine.
I also just received a PowerBook 145B from a local thrift store. Technically I was paid 26 cents to take it, and I'm in the process of locating software to make it usable, otherwise it may just end up in storage.
TEG
I also just received a PowerBook 145B from a local thrift store. Technically I was paid 26 cents to take it, and I'm in the process of locating software to make it usable, otherwise it may just end up in storage.
TEG
Nice TiBook. It's really close to the one I just bought. How is the performance on it?
Mine is my 8100/100 running OS 9.1 - Pics coming soon (Gotta get thru my exams - then Ill hook it up - it might only have 128MB RAM, but back then that was a MASSIVE amount).
Erm ... you're the second one in two days. Last I checked, the SE/30 is not PPC -- the topic of this thread!
Great machine, by the way -- one of Apple's all-time best models. I got one new in August of '89 and it still works.
I bought it with four 256K RAM SIMMs installed and four empty slots. I immediately filled the empty slots with 1MB SIMMs; I still have the receipt -- those 1MB SIMMs cost $200 each.
I ran it with 5MB for a few years and eventually replaced the little boys with 4-megabangers, bringing the total to 20.
cheers,
Henry
Its not that bad at all surprisingly. Firefox seems to get laggy with flash content, and on some websites. Besides that I can't complain.
PowerMac G 333 with OWC G4 533 Mhz upgrade.
Sonnet ATA card (Tempo), ATI Radeon 7000 card 64 MB (flashed) and Firewire card.
2x 80 GB HD and 768 MB RAM.
Running 9.2.2 and Panther 10.3.9
non Power PC
Performa 600 with Daystar Turbo 040, PLi Quick SCSI accelerator, Radeon Graphics Card, Ethernet Card
500 MB HD
Running 7.6.1
Sonnet ATA card (Tempo), ATI Radeon 7000 card 64 MB (flashed) and Firewire card.
2x 80 GB HD and 768 MB RAM.
Running 9.2.2 and Panther 10.3.9
non Power PC
Performa 600 with Daystar Turbo 040, PLi Quick SCSI accelerator, Radeon Graphics Card, Ethernet Card
500 MB HD
Running 7.6.1
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try TenFourFox as a web browser and MacTubes for YouTube and see what you think. Oh don't forget to change mactubes video player from flash to quicktime player. I can now watch youtube with no lag on my 800Mhz iMac.
Power Computing PowerTower Pro
250MHz CPU (not even G3)
512MB of RAM (it was used as a workstation, it spans the memory across either 6 or 8 slots, it's been a while, I'll have to crack it open and see)
2.0GB factory HDD + High Speed SCSI 9.0GB HDD (that is the size of four HDD's stacked on top of each other)
Runs OS 9.1
PCI USB Card
Twin Tubo graphics (2MB of Graphics Memory IIRC)
It's been a while since I've used it, but it still boots. Runs fairly quick too. This is exactly as it was when it was new in '99, no upgrades since then with the sole exception of the PCI USB card. It was used by my cousin (A Graphics/Design professional) as a workstation, the massive amount of RAM was for, of course, Graphics software, in addition to using RAM Disks to store files he was working on to make them quicker (A 1999 version of an SSD, ha!)
-John
250MHz CPU (not even G3)
512MB of RAM (it was used as a workstation, it spans the memory across either 6 or 8 slots, it's been a while, I'll have to crack it open and see)
2.0GB factory HDD + High Speed SCSI 9.0GB HDD (that is the size of four HDD's stacked on top of each other)
Runs OS 9.1
PCI USB Card
Twin Tubo graphics (2MB of Graphics Memory IIRC)
It's been a while since I've used it, but it still boots. Runs fairly quick too. This is exactly as it was when it was new in '99, no upgrades since then with the sole exception of the PCI USB card. It was used by my cousin (A Graphics/Design professional) as a workstation, the massive amount of RAM was for, of course, Graphics software, in addition to using RAM Disks to store files he was working on to make them quicker (A 1999 version of an SSD, ha!)
-John
Bought the G3 B/W from a Recording Studio. 2 of 3 Ram don't work and Button "6" and "C" are missing. Tiger on it and running well. CPU is 300mhz Hd 4 Gb
Have also
a G4 iMac with Flat Monitor (Lamp design). The Smaller one.Not upgraded at all
a Quicksilver with 1 gb ram
2 Mdd. one with 512 Mb ram and Tiger,and the other 2 Gb ram and Leopard
a iMac G5 17" not working
Have also
a G4 iMac with Flat Monitor (Lamp design). The Smaller one.Not upgraded at all
a Quicksilver with 1 gb ram
2 Mdd. one with 512 Mb ram and Tiger,and the other 2 Gb ram and Leopard
a iMac G5 17" not working
iMac G4 800...with a twist
My oldest is an iMac G4 800. The screen went kaput, so instead of installing a new screen, I made it dual purpose - iPad stand and function G4 Mac in one! I had it plugged into a 42" LCD at one time. It's running Tiger fairly well, but looked like crap via VGA on that large screen. Currently trying to integrate into my tiny home office.
My oldest is an iMac G4 800. The screen went kaput, so instead of installing a new screen, I made it dual purpose - iPad stand and function G4 Mac in one! I had it plugged into a 42" LCD at one time. It's running Tiger fairly well, but looked like crap via VGA on that large screen. Currently trying to integrate into my tiny home office.
My oldest is an iMac G4 800. The screen went kaput, so instead of installing a new screen, I made it dual purpose - iPad stand and function G4 Mac in one! I had it plugged into a 42" LCD at one time. It's running Tiger fairly well, but looked like crap via VGA on that large screen. Currently trying to integrate into my tiny home office.
That is the best looking iPad stand........ ever.
Thanks! It took some time, since the "arms" that hold the iPad are actually four metal bookends that I had to bend into place by hand. But, I love the end result, and I feel good about extending the life of an old mac and getting a cool articulating stand at the same time.
I have a PPC Mac Mini that I was given by my father-in-law who is a huge mac lover...heavily involved in two user groups in Memphis, has a "cave" in his house littered with Apple computers. I need to figure out what to do with it...I may look at modding it (cosmetically) and using it as a file server or to run all of my old PPC software (Creative Suite CS2, Macromedia Studio MX, etc.). It'll need a RAM upgrade if I am going to do the latter though - 1gb isn't going to give me the greatest performance for those apps.
Nice 8600
I bet you could install a PCI-based USB adapter card for peanuts and then install a USB HD. The data rate would probably be on a par or maybe a tad faster than your SCSI (10 MB/sec, right?)
Shame that will only work for the 8200, since the 8100 has NuBus slots instead of PCI. I want an IDE one, because booting anything pre OSX on Intel off USB is impossible (AFAIK) to persuade to work. I certainly dont think System 7.6 which is what these 2 machines will eventually run can be run off a USB HD (In fact I dont think it even knows that USB exists).
love this thread!
I've got a couple old ones still going
Beige G3 Desktop 233 or 266, basically just for OS9.
Bought a QS G4 733 about a year ago to replace it but haven't got around to playing with it yet, it works with OS X just fine though.
I've got a couple old ones still going
Beige G3 Desktop 233 or 266, basically just for OS9.
Bought a QS G4 733 about a year ago to replace it but haven't got around to playing with it yet, it works with OS X just fine though.