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Hardware / Sonnet Crescendo G3 and NuBus Mac...
October 21, 2010, 08:44 |
I figured this out with some help from a parts source of mine. Basically, there were issues with some of these PDS Sonnet processor upgrades, one of which was freezing issues on startup with 8100-series machines if a SCSI device is plugged into the external port. So, lesson here, the Sonnet PDS cards don't like devices connected to the external SCSI port. In my case, it's an MO drive from Olympus (a SYS.230, if it matters), but honestly I'd be more disappointed if it was my NuBus JPEG compression card. |
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Hardware / Sonnet Crescendo G3 and NuBus Mac...
October 20, 2010, 09:12 |
So, I found this Sonnet Crescendo G3 266MHz/1M Cache PDS upgrade in a stack of my stuff, figured I'd install it in this WGS 8150 I've been working on. Unfortunately, the thing won't boot with the extension from Sonnet installed. I've tried the 3.1 installer from S7T, as well as an older installer I found in my Google-dredging (2.3.1), neither of which work. Once the machine gets to the point that it's time to load the extension for the processor card, the system crashes/freezes. Am I using the wrong extension with the card? I was able to find the manual for it, and I followed the install instructions to the letter (including removing the cache from the M/B), but it does the same thing, no matter what extensions are installed or disabled. I even tried all off except the Sonnet extension, and it still froze. Is this an indication I'm using the wrong software, or does it just mean the processor card is dead? Thoughts? |
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Software / Re: vnc server.
October 19, 2010, 07:06 |
Quote from: "gillham" --Another option for running X on an older Mac is running vnc server (apt-get install vnc4server) instead. *sniff* All this talk of linux and Mac OS 7...it just brings a nostalgic tear to my eye. *drip**sniff* |
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Operating System / System 7.6.1 on a 6400?
October 02, 2010, 05:46 |
Quote from: "cr2032" sometimes, if you burn the CD at the "speed" faster than the CD ROM limit, it can not be recognized. e.g. the 6400 built in CDROM is 8X, so, better use toast to select the speed burning at 8X or 4X or even 1X if you could find some very oldies CDR which still support that low speed burning. Strange. I've never run across this issue. However, I've never attempted to create a bootable CD-R either, but all my discs--whether burned at 18x or 36x and everything in between--read just fine. However, that said, I always use a newer Macintosh (a G4 Powerbook, to be precise) and create an image in the Disc Utility, then erase the image with standard HFS. I would imagine that may have something more to do with it than what speed the disc is burned at. Then again, my experience is limited to the CD-ROM drives that come standard with pre-G3 PowerPC systems. |
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Classifieds / Power Macintosh 8600/300 for sell
October 02, 2010, 05:35 |
Quote from: "mac2geezer" --To give some price perspective, I recently got a 2.3GHz, dual core G5 with 2GB Ram and a 250GB HD for less than $300, shipped. Yum. |
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Hardware / Re: Maxing it out...
October 01, 2010, 01:31 |
Quote from: "Lichen Software" --Here is the link to a guide to nubus video cards at low end mac: Ahh, yes, I did see this, but I miss the information about the Thunder IV. Quote from: "breetie" --I have a 7100. There is a pds display card for these machines. If the 8100 is the same, it just pops in. I guess I wasn't exactly clear. What I meant to say, was, that I want to remove the Apple PDS video adapter (as it seems to be dead), and at some later time, yes, install a PDS processor upgrade card. I was just not sure if these machines will boot without a PDS card in the slot. |
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Classifieds / Power Macintosh 8600/300 for sell
October 01, 2010, 01:27 |
Quote from: "victoral" --But these are much more expensive simply because 1) Collectible 2) and the built in video capability. "Worth" is such an abstract concept. Worth, as an indication of value from a perspective; I say, if you can get that much for it, congratulations. As it is, it's "worth" is whatever someone is willing to pay for it. |
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Software / Re: Wanted: WGS7350 disc.
September 30, 2010, 09:02 |
Quote from: "Anonymous Freak" --(No, this is not a request for 'warez', I want the real disc. I thought for certain I had both; but for the life of me, I can't seem to find them. Of course, I can't seem to find quite a few discs I was certain I had, so maybe I have another box somewhere I just haven't found yet...) I hate it when that happens. I've got a copy of After Dark that has eluded me for years somewhere around here. And a 7.6.1 disc also... If it's any consolation, at least you had a WGS disc. I've never been able to source one. |
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Hardware / Maxing it out...
September 30, 2010, 01:29 |
I've finally got my WGS 8150 running pretty well. I'm kind of surprised this old 80MHz machine will run Quake. I mean, it's not silky-smooth, but it runs. I figured it run at -12FPS or something suitably horrendous. I inherited it from the company I work for. They were dumping their old stuff, and me being the restorer that I am, I grabbed up all their old Mac stuff. Fortunately, they were only all-too pleased to be rid of it. This machine came with 208MB of RAM (not too shaby), the Apple PDS display card (which seems to be dead-stick), and a Radius PrecisionColor Pro 24X nubus card. I also got two monitors out of it, an old 17" Apple Multiple Scan and a 21" Multiple Scan. I basically have two questions: 1). I've been in this business a long time, and I remember the Radius equipment. It was nice stuff, priced in the stratospheric, and chock-full of features and abilities. I don't remember, though, the various cards and their versions. As far as I know, I can't really do better for a video adapter than what is already in the machine. Unless I find a Radius Thunder IV. Did Radius make the Thunder with a nubus interface? 2). I'm really thinking the Apple PDS display adapter is dead. But I can't remember if the early PowerMacs needed a card or a loopback/terminator adapter in the slot in order to run. Does anyone remember if the PowerPC 8100's needed a card in the PDS slot? |
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Hardware / No CD audio?
September 29, 2010, 04:04 |
Quote from: "ovalking" --Check the Sound control panel... Sound In... options... Check Internal CD and playthrough are selected. Wow, yeah, I missed it. Thank you, kind sir, for the refresher. For some reason, I just skimmed right over it the last several times... Though, I once searched for 5-7 minutes for my keys, that were in my hand the whole time. |
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Hardware / ATI Radeon 7000
September 28, 2010, 09:50 |
Quote from: "dpaanlka" Posted a Radeon 7000 installer, but it does not include OpenGL as I stated before. I have yet to find a single thing that works with Mac OS 7 and uses OpenGL, so I did not include it in the installer. I was just thinking the Quake or Quake ][/]I[ games probably do, but alas, I got beat to the punch. At any rate, this is very cool. I'm thinking I need to re-acquire an 8500 or 8600 and a Radeon 7000 to try this on. I sold all my 8500 stuff. |
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Hardware / Re: Radius 81/110 System Reborn.
September 28, 2010, 09:39 |
Quote from: "Rafas" --I plan install VideoVision Telecast Radius Studio Recorder. Stay Tune :-) Well, I'm staying tuned but this was three, almost four years ago. I've been hunting a Radius machine for a while, but thus far I guess other people have been willing to pay the small fortune to own one. From what I hear, the Radius cards and peripherals for NuBus PowerPCs were second to none, and I always was intrigued by Radius' Rocket accelerator. I'm still undecided if they're worth more than a modern PC or Mac G4, though. |
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Software / Dantz Retrospect v.4
September 28, 2010, 09:26 |
If anyone has a lead on the software, I'd like to know. I have a manual with a serial, but I can't seem to find the software (and EMC thumbed their noses at me when I asked if they could dig me up a disc or set of floppies, as one might expect, serial-be-damned). I believe version 4.2 is the last version to support Mac OS 7.5.x, but the serial I have is for 4.0 |
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Software / Re: Screen Saver for system 7?
September 28, 2010, 09:22 |
Quote from: "victoral" Hey everybody! I can't speak for everyone else, but I'm partial to After Dark from Berkley Systems. Not a freely-distributed software, to be sure, but...worth waiting for on eBay. I've found a few for reasonable prices there. |
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Operating System / Re: frontier 4.2.3 - available anywhere?
September 28, 2010, 09:19 |
Quote from: "wdurden" Hello, Unfortunately, a lot of the vintage Macintosh software archives have disappeared (MacHut being the most recent that I can recall). With them went the last of any software you might be able to dig up. I haven't seen Frontier or Aretha in ages...but I'll keep my eyes open in case I run into it in one of my own treasure hunts. |
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