Great Wayne...goody...brag time !! I've been running 2 PowerTowerPro's (G3/300 & G4/350) alongside a 400 mHz B&W for quite a while now. One PTP is dedicated to printing(w an Epson StylusPro XL) and the other to backup, while the B&W, with it's 100mHz bus and speedy video has taken over as the CAD box.
The PTP's are rock steady and reliable as refrigerators. They only got displaced as a result of B&W's hitting eBay for just over $200. Hobby units here include: 1) My favourite...an SE/30 running a 50 mHz 030 with 80 mB ram on OS 8.1 with 256 level greyscale. ( aka Gamba's House Special) 2) A 2Si running a 20 mHz 040 and dual monitors 3) An obligatory 2Ci boosted to 40 mHz 040 4)A Power 100 running a 100 mHz 601 (PowerComputing's first Mac clone) 5) My aforementioned PowerWave (150 mHz 604...now 250 mHz 604e) with Stargate card. There's over thirty pre-G3 Macs littering the premises...everything from the original 128 and 512, an SE running a Daystar 030, on up to the king of the 604e's...the PTP (the Mach5 8600 & 9600's, although taking the 604e's on step beyond, were actually premature Beige G3's) I recently had the pleasure of giving away a 2 -210 mHz PowerCenterPro's to friends as starter machines (spoiled bastards), and a PowerTowerPro 250 mHz to another in exchange for a flight to Japan...cool ! I finally succumbed to portable fever when Wallstreets hit the magic $200 plus level on eBay, and have, through small time wheeling and dealing on eBay, worked up to the 300mHz G3 model with the 14.1" TFT screen and 192 mB ram for around $300 total outlay. Among my most valued treasures are the old MacWorld and MacUser magazines which review all the goodies that were available for these old macs, and make the pursuit of first class video cards, scsi cards and the like easy and fun. I love to glance at the ads for PowerComputing from the days when a basic PTP 225 cost $4995 ! One thing I have learned is to avoid mixing whiskey with eBay...=) Cheers...Michael >it'd be interesting to know how many of these work horses are still in use. >I'm still responsible for keeping the following operating: three powerwaves, >a powertower pro(web server for newkirkherald.com), a powercenter pro, an >imac(replaced a powerwave), two mac 2ci's, and a power mac 7500. oh, and my >cute little powerbook 1400 that i got for $75 including a scanner and other >miscellaneous hardware (and since put in another $125 or so for g3 upgrade, >memory, battery, bigger hard drive. it needs a new cd player, anyone got an >extra for cheap?). >and I need a good bottle of whiskey to go with all the above. >wayne -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
