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unable to find the user manual of the TAM
best i could find on apples site was
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30182
best i could find on apples site was
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30182
wow you have a TAM? thats really cool! I've always gawked at the $10,000 price tag that they used to cost... did you get yours new? Care to take some pics?
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Ok...how much do you want for the TAM?
Thats a nice museum collection you have there, nice b&w print on the wall too.
Thats a nice museum collection you have there, nice b&w print on the wall too.
Tam
LOL! Not selling it just yet! had it about three years and it came with the upgrade which is a Sonnett card also a 10/100 card so it happily runs on the DSL, i have a wireless card for it just not got round to fitting it yet!
Runs OS 9.2.1 which they say is the limit you should take it too, not even to 9.2.2.
Came with all th bits and pieces, pens etc and all boxes.
LOL! Not selling it just yet! had it about three years and it came with the upgrade which is a Sonnett card also a 10/100 card so it happily runs on the DSL, i have a wireless card for it just not got round to fitting it yet!
Runs OS 9.2.1 which they say is the limit you should take it too, not even to 9.2.2.
Came with all th bits and pieces, pens etc and all boxes.
wow you have a TAM? thats really cool! I've always gawked at the $10,000 price tag that they used to cost... did you get yours new? Care to take some pics?
Yeap, i will post some picture in next days, too busy now.
As i promised, here you have some pics of my TAM with OS9 and one with my workin' desk.
http://www.dotmac.ro/rogvaiv/tam/
http://www.dotmac.ro/rogvaiv/tam/
Geez, I'd kill for the PCI riser/back plate so I could use an Ethernet card on my TAM. I got my TAM from a friend a while back (for free - suckers!) but it only has the thin back panel so I can't add a PCI card (or G3 upgrade).
It is on my LAN though. I use a LocalTalk to Ethernet bridge combined with a Cisco router sitting on the network acting as a MacIP server. Thus giving it a full internet connection/IP address.
It's just limited to ~20KB/sec speeds on my 5 Mbit ADSL.
Any PCI Ethernet card should work just fine. Heck, isn't there a Comm Slot II socket on the riser too? Or is it just PCI on the TAMs. I can't remember. I really should redo my TAM page with new photos and more text.
It is on my LAN though. I use a LocalTalk to Ethernet bridge combined with a Cisco router sitting on the network acting as a MacIP server. Thus giving it a full internet connection/IP address.
It's just limited to ~20KB/sec speeds on my 5 Mbit ADSL.
Any PCI Ethernet card should work just fine. Heck, isn't there a Comm Slot II socket on the riser too? Or is it just PCI on the TAMs. I can't remember. I really should redo my TAM page with new photos and more text.
Thanks Forced Perfect, i will search the ethernet card and keep you infromed.
If you've got 9.2.1 on there, go ahead and go up to 9.2.2. There are a couple minor updates between the two that might make it more stable; and none of them should break anything. 9.1 would be marginally better than 9.2, but not enough to worry about downgrading.
Using XPostFacto, you can install up to 10.4 on it (because of your G3 upgrade, without that, you'd only be able to go to 10.2,) although 128 MB of RAM will be a little tight. (It will run reasonably well alone, but I wouldn't load more than one program at a time.)
Using XPostFacto, you can install up to 10.4 on it (because of your G3 upgrade, without that, you'd only be able to go to 10.2,) although 128 MB of RAM will be a little tight. (It will run reasonably well alone, but I wouldn't load more than one program at a time.)
so, i found a ethernet card Realtek 8139D, also the drivers for it. Working and connecting to the Net. Also, i found a firewire card, just attached to the PCI port and with an external hard disk working again.
Is amazing!
Now, i'm looking for a version of browser for this TAM. I tried with Mozilla 1.2.1., not working well. Since now, ICab works good, perhaps another idea will help me.
Thanks!
.Is amazing!
Now, i'm looking for a version of browser for this TAM. I tried with Mozilla 1.2.1., not working well. Since now, ICab works good, perhaps another idea will help me.
Thanks!
so, i found a ethernet card Realtek 8139D, also the drivers for it. Working and connecting to the Net. Also, i found a firewire card, just attached to the PCI port and with an external hard disk working again
Is amazing!
Now, i'm looking for a version of browser for this TAM. I tried with Mozilla 1.2.1., not working well. Since now, ICab works good, perhaps another idea will help me.
Thanks!
IE 5 Mac will work on it. It's not the best browser but it'll work. The newest version is OS X only though.
You're better off getting a COMMslot Ethernet card rather than a PCI one. That way you can save your PCI slot for a Firewire/USB card. It makes the machine more useful overall.