But what I'm looking for is a neat PCI toy to play with. I'm not looking for computing power. We already have a 450 Mhz B&W G3, a 1- GHz G4 eMac, 500 DV SE iMac, 1 GHz G4 iBook and a Sonnet-powered 800 Mhz G4 Daystar Genesis MP 800+ (the last two being mine and the rest belonging to the wife & kids).
Last week I saved TWO 7300/180s from certain premature burial (landfill) and have been playing with them. I got EIGHT matched 64-Meg DIMMs from the LEM SWAP List for $5.00 each and a 300 Mhz G3 NewerTech processor upgrade card on eBay for $25.00 (should arrive Monday or Tuesday) but I think I will give the 7300s away and look for ONE REALLY GOOD 6-slot PCI Mac to play with. I was offered a 7600 today but isn't that more or less the same as a 7300 but with a 5 MHz faster bus ? I am familiar with the 6-slot Tsunami board (I have one in the Genesis machine) and am wondering if the earlier Tsunami 9600 would be better to play with than a later faster Kansas 9600. I vaguely recall that there were video and memory problems with the "Mach 5" 300 and 350 Mhz models (and with the 8600s, too). I only want to buy ONE 9600 or whatever so I don't want it to be the wrong one. > > From: "Mike T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/06/18 Fri PM 10:20:40 EST > To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PCI] Which PCI Mac is BEST ? > > Check out Low End Mac (lowendmac.com), they have an exhaustive > collection of articles and descriptions of all things Mac. > 7300/7500/7600's are great, very upgradable. Same with 8500/8600's. > Although at this point, prices being what they are, you could score a > beige g3 desktop or tower for well under $200. For a little more, say > under $350, a Blue & White G3 with firewire and OSX-ready is readily > available as well. Just depends on your needs, how deep your pockets > are, how much you want to tinker with it and whether you want classic > MacOS or OSX. > > ......................................Mike T. > > > > Michael Shaw wrote: > > > Fellow PCI Users: > > > > Many years ago I lusted in my heart for a really good Macintosh PowerPC > > and I could not justify the cost, what with stuff the kids needed and > > bills to pay and > > the rest of it. > > > > I settled for second hand stuff because the top of the line PCI Macs > > were just > > outrageously expensive. I still wanted one. > > > > Now that everything has dropped off the scale and new Macs are cheap, > > I find that I still want to own ONE really good 604e PowerPC to play > > with. > > > > What one should I get ? > > > > What ones SHOULDN'T I get ?? > > > > Are there problems with the 9600 models with the Kansas boards that > > the 9600s with Tsunami boards don't have ? > > > > Are there any high-end PCI models that turned out to be lemons ? > > > > Mike > > > > > > -- > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
