> From: John Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> across a 650 and a 8100 and some other stuff that was
> just going to be thrown out- so I grabbed them.
> They all turn on and work, but they have
> newer OS and it seemed (to me at least) that they ran
> "slower" than the 800.
I've been dabbling in PPC's for the first time as I found a 6100/60 for $5.
Frankly, I found that web surfing with this (60Mhz PPC + 72Mb ram) was no faster
than my LC475 (25MHz 68040 +FPU + 36Mb ram). Both running 7.6.1 ('cos I like
it), and both using the same GV 56K external modem. Puzzled me. On the other
hand, the 6100 will run PPC only games (tried it with "Starcraft" - a bit slow
but usable). One problem is the lack of cache, and the sharing of DRAM with
video. I'm about to try upgrading to a separate video card and some cache, so
I'm keeping an open mind.
However, one thing to point out about the 8100 is that it has 8 slots for 72 pin
SIMM's. All the old PC's I've come across have only 4 slots. A lot of old (now
scrap) PC's have 16Mb FPM, 5V SIMM's - giving only 64Mb max. 32Mb SIMMS are
much harder to find. So the point is you can fill all 8 slots of a 8100, and
make 128Mb easily. I got a set of 8 such SIMMs salvaged from tossed work PC's.
I'm getting a WGS 9150 (same 8 slots) to put them in.
It's an odd way to look at building a system, but hey, think of it as a
retirement home for shagged out PC simms :-) It's a kindness to those DRAM's :-)
Then there are the G3 upgrade cards...... :-)
Cheers,
John
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