>> That surely beats my record on unit count, but not on weight. >> I have NINE Apple Network Servers, one 500 and eight 700s. Two of the >> 700s >> are factory remanufactured equal to new. Most have 200 MHz processor >> cards. All have the architectural maximum of 512 MB main storage and the >> 1 >> MB cache card. > > Woof. I thought I was an oddball for owning two (one 500, one 700). The > 500 > only just got demoted last week (it is now the backup server); beforehand, > it was my primary server for almost 14 years.
500s are good development/test machines. The essential components (motherboard, case, etcetera) are identical to the 700, but the PSU and power backplane are different. I once had a connection with an Apple destructor/salvager and could buy nearly all parts, but particularly the mechanical parts, very cheaply. My worst-looking 700 became a 500 by replacing the power components mentioned with salvaged 500 units. The hot-pluggable 700 PSUs liberated thereby went into 700s thereby giving these N+1 redundancy. Such redundancy is not needed on a test machine. An ANS has eight EDO/FPM RAM slots and can, theoretically, accommodate 1024 MB of RAM. However, the ROM has a critical flaw and it will fail to POST if even one DIMM is installed which causes the total RAM to exceed 500 MB. Therefore, 512 MB at 8 x 64 MB is the optimum. Some time ago, an eBay seller was selling a "lot" of 64 MB parity DIMMs really cheaply, and the whole box of these went for not much more than a buck a stick, with free shipping. Presto, all my ANSes received their maximum complement of 512 MB. A stock, off-the-shelf 500 has 32 MB as 4 x 8 MB of IBM RAM. A stock, off-the-shelf 700 has 48 MB as 2 x 16 MB + 2 x 8 MB of IBM RAM. As with most 7000 (except the 7200), 8000 and 9000 series PPC machines, the RAM may be any mix of EDO or FPM as all RAM accesses are by FPM. Alas, no G3 card was made for the ANS. The 604ev was the best which was offered. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
