They would probably have to sell it for 800 plus or 600 at the very least. I would hesitate to spend that on an eight year old motherboard.
RHB > From: Bolton Peck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Power Computing List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:44:33 -0800 > To: "Power Computing List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: A new Powerbase Graphics Card? + history lesson > > Aaron wrote: > >> Oops! As a PTP user, I forgot that the Powerbase takes a maximum of 160 MB >> RAM. Seems to be designed similarly to the Motorola StarMax clones in this >> respect, although they don't take EDO DIMMs of the same voltage. >> >> I'm surprised that none of the companies that make G3/G4 cards for these >> machines have figured out a way to add more memory. Anybody know why? >> >> - Aaron >> > I've wondered why as well. In the Amiga world, accel makers always hung > RAM onto the accelerator card itself, and often times a faster (than > what the Amiga had built in) SCSI interface as well. This did wonders > for the machine. I wondered myself why Sonnet, when making their 800MHz > Crescendo accelerators, didn't hang a RAM interface and a DIMM socket on > that great big board. Its not like there isn't room, and although it > would make the mobo essentially a PCI backplane, it would make for one > HOT PCI powermac in the RAM access department. Sonnet did it for the > 7200 accelerator, I always wondered why they never carried that on to > higher end cards. Then they could go all Phase5 and implement their own > custom connector which hooked up to its own custom Radeon 9200 in a PCI > slot or elsewhere. But then they could make an accel/graphics card > combo that would embarass Apple's own new G4 offerings, probably pissing > Apple off and potentially infringing on the no-clone rules. Essentially > it'd be a whole new computer within a computer. Hey, a guy can dream, > right;-) > > Phase5, german maker of Mac and Amiga accelerators and so on, made a > card called the Cyberstorm PPC for the Amiga 3/4000 computers. It had a > 68040 or 68060 on the same board as a 604 available at various speeds, > plus its own RAM controller and four 72 pin SIMM slots, plus a Symbios > UW SCSI port. 68K Amiga OS screamed on that card, and its Mac emulation > using the 060 side alone was by far faster than any real 68K Mac, faster > in some areas even than the first 601 based PowerMacs. There was a > PowerMac emulation in the works, but it never worked quite right-much to > the consternation of the people who pre-paid for it and never got it. > This was somewhere in the earlier CRT iMac era, btw. > > if someone would make a 1.4GHz CPU card for these machines, with its own > RAM and an option for its own video, I think they'd sell in pretty large > numbers. It'd be a great 'poor man's powerMac' and for the price of a > mini, you could have a big box PCI Mac. > > Bolton > > -- > 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/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > > -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
