Well, it is off-topic :-S (maybe I chould get onto an early PM list too, eh?)... but... well, here's what my 66 MHz PPC 601 is running (nope, no upgrades... no cash (the real kind)!):
-Mac OS 9.1 (off an iMac install CD, how ironic :-) ) -Internet Explorer 5.1 -iTunes 1.0.1 (the one off on the iMac Install CD with OS 9.1, the one on Apple's site only supports X!!) -Virtual PC 4.0 (installs but wont run, crashes with a -2,817 (fragLibConErr, Code Fragment Manager-boot library has initialization routine) error... any ideas?) -MacErrors 2.0.1 :-) -AppleWorks 5 -Fetch 3.0.3 -GraphicConverter 4.4.4 PPC (holy crap! it runs! Last few times I tried running it, it crashed!) -Norton Utilities 6 -Microsoft Office 98 -SimTower :-) -SoundApp PPC (before I got iTunes, this is what I used to play MP3s) -VNC -MSN Messenger -CharisMac Discribe 5.0 Demo That enough? http://www.falconsys.net/mymac01.gif <-- screenshot of all the program windows I could cram on one desktop... ugh... Command-shift-3 -> PC formatted disk -> desktop -> Photoshop 7.0 -> Save for Web -> Server -> you :-) I already swapped out the OEM heatsink off the CPU... it had no circulation and was getting hotter than all heck... so I modified a PC Pentium heatsink & fan and fastened it onto the CPU with 2 twisties and some electrical tape (to keep the ends of the twisties from causing havoc underneath). Not it stays nice and cool... but what about the cache? It's hotter than the CPU now! iTunes plays just fine... ripping's another story. It rips digitally (didn't know SCSI could do that!), and does so at 0.4 ~ 0.5x to an MP3, about 4x straight to AIFF. While playing an MP3, the vis can actually keep up with itself too, at about 1fps! It's amazing! > Falcon, > > Nice setup! What version of iTunes are you running on the 6100 and how > well does it work? Do you have a G3 card installed? > > Thanks! -Ben > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pilot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:35 AM > Subject: Hello, list! > > > > Hi to all you (hopefully :-) ) other Compact Mac users on the list! > > My name is Matt, though I much rather prefer Falcon online. I just so > happened to get a Macintosh Classic and a Macintosh Plus at a yard sale a > few months ago... the Plus was dead (wouldn't even come on, sounded like it > was going to blow up), so I gutted it and am trying to make a MacQuarium out > of it :-) ... anyone need a Plus board? > > The Classic, on the other hand, is, in all its 8MHz glory (my Palm III > runs faster than this thing *haha*), is sitting right next to me, currently > booted in Sys 7.5NAD off a disk I downloaded on my PC (I'm very > inter-platform, I managed to create a very loving relationship between my PC > and my Mac file worlds...). But... now the problem is, it doesn't show my > (230MB) hard drive on the desktop, which runs Sys 6.0.8 regularly. That's > not my big issue right now, though. I'll get to those in a few days. Right > now I'd like to introduce my computer lineup: > > > > 1) AMD Duron 950 PC, Win XP Pro, 256 RAM, 8GB HDD (not a typo, read on), > 64MB video, my main computer. > > 2) My Web/FTP/Mail/Terminal/Mac file server... Windows 2000 Advanced > Server, 80GB hard drive (my desktop loads 90% of its MP3s, programs, movies, > etc. over my 100Mbps network), 128 MB RAM... 266MHz Pentium I CPU. > > 3) My Power Mac 6100/66 sitting right next to the server, next to my > desktop. 128 MB RAM (yep, 128, Apple doesn't even support this much. Then > again Apple would die if they saw how I have this thing set up), 66 MHz PPC > 601 (?) CPU, 2GB HDD (SCA w/adapter), 4x0x24x SCSI CD burner, 256k L2 cache, > Mac OS 9.1, iTunes, MS IE 5.1 (or whatever the latest is, it's not on right > now...), mapped 2 drives to the server: MP3s and Programs, over 10Mbps > built-in Ethernet. > > 4) My Mac Classic. 8MHz PPC 68000 (with Sim020 on it, acts like 68020), > 4MB RAM (at yard sale, came with card but not inserted properly, only > registered 1 MB, then I added a few chips from a PC out of my garage, > 4MB!)... 230 MB HDD (came with 40, way too small... haha... I only use 4MB > on this thing right now!)... exchanged 1.44 MB SuperDrive with one I pulled > out of one of my dead LCs (dead = no HDD/RAM, FDD, boards work). I love > Command-Option-X-O... ROM boot! haha > > > > I like PCs and Macs alike. The only reason I'm using a PC as my main > computer simply because modern Macs are too dang expensive! I got my 6100 > off eBay for like $40 and my Classic off a yard sale (for fixing one of his > other Macs). PCs can be built gradually... as I get money, I upgrade my > computer. I still like Macs, but the fact that only one company makes them > kinda takes away from the glory. Or gives to it, it depends on your point of > view. I like my Classic. I just want it to do something productive - and I'm > dang good at making things do what they're not originally designed to do - > like running iTunes and ripping MP3s on my 66MHz 6100. The ReadMe for iTunes > says it requires a slot-loading iMac at least... 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