Well JK I think we would all be interested to see if you get your asking price. All of us that have upgraded can surely appreciate you price, it is surely worth it.
Thank you for listing you configuration, it could possibly help with my freezing S900. Good Luck. Tom > From: J K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "SuperMacs List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:14:17 -0700 (PDT) > To: "SuperMacs List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [SM] A Super S900 > > Hi SuperMac Email List, > > I have a Supermac S900 that is looking for a new home > and a caring user. I purchased the S900 in 1998. It > was one of the last ones sold by Umax. It has always > served me well and is in excellent working condition. > Over the years the S900 has been upgraded > significantly. I hope there is someone out there that > would like to purchase my machine and give it a great > home. > (I needed to move to a PowerMac G4 1.25 Dual Processor > to support my software requirements.) I hate to part > with my S900, but I can't stand to see it sit idle. > > Here are all the details and extras would come with > the S900 purchase. > > The machine has all the original items as described by > the "SuperMac S900 Engineering Specifications". The > Original S900I/250 has been through several upgrades > since 1998. > Here is the current configuration: > > The Sonnet Crescendo/PCI G4/800 PCI Processor Upgrade > is running Mac OS 9.1. > There is 1024 MB of Memory. (8 x 128mb) > An ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition Video PCI Card. > The original 4GB SCSI Hard Drive. > A 2nd 9GB Seagate Cheetah Hard Drive. > An Adaptec PowerDomain 2940UW Fast and Wide Ultra SCSI > Accelerator PCI Card. > A Sonnet Allegro FW400 Firewire Card (3 connectors). > The battery has even been replaced. > > Everything runs great, including the Firewire Card. > > (When I was using the machine on a daily basis, I had > a Lacie CDRW and 160GB Hard Drive connected, burning > Audio CDs from audio files on the Firewire Hard > Drive.) > > The Original E100 Ultra-Wide SCSI/100Base-T Ethernet > Card was removed in order to configure the machine. > (I use the 10Base-T port with my DSL Modem and router, > and it works great.) > > During the upgrade process, a specific PCI slot and > card relationship was arrived at in order for all the > added cards to operate together. Here is the layout: > > Slot 1 contains the Video Card. > Slot 2 contains the 2940UW SCSI Card. > Slot 4 contains the Firewire Card. (It will operate > in Slots 3, 5 or 6 as well.) > (I had a MOTU PCI 324 Audio/Digit Interface Card in > slot 3 that functioned perfectly.) > > It seems that the Video Card must be in Slot 1 and the > SCSI Card in Slot 2. It was not a big deal to me, so > I didn't rearrange the cards once they were working. > > I have saved all the previous upgrade cards and the > original cards as well. Here is a list of all the > items that will come with the S900: > > The original keyboard and mouse. > The original S900 250 Processor Card. > The original E100 Card. > The original IMS Twin Turbo 128 Graphics Card. > A Newer Technology MAXpower G3 400 Processor Upgrade > Card. > 8 dimm memory modules that total 312 mb. (Original 64 > mb plus four 64mb modules.) > > Other extras (really cleaning house): > > A US Robotics 56k modem. > A UMAX Astra 1200S Scanner, SCSI Connection. > A SyJet 1.5GB Portable SCSI Drive (discontinued) with > 4 cartridges. > > The machine has Norton Utilities 7.0, Norton Antivirus > 8.0, FWB Hard Disk Toolkit 4.5.2 and FWB CD ROM > Toolkit 4.01 installed and working. Also a 8.0 > version of Conflict Catcher is still running just fine > on the machine. > > I have all the associated documentation and software > CDs and Floppies I have the original Supermac CDs, > the Apple MAC OS 8.0, 8.5, 9.0, and 9.1 CDs. I have > the Microsoft Works Software and a Microsoft WORD > Upgrade for the Works (currently not installed). > > The machine is as up to date as possible and runs > perfectly. The Sonnet G4 Processor, the Radeon Video > Card, and the memory were added in the last year and > therefore are very new. > > It is hard to set a price since the machine > discontinued. However, the S900 is solid and has many > years of life left. The last set of upgrades (G4 > processor, video card, memory) cost over $600 new and > could get over $400 used. All the Software does add > up and the Machine runs great. Add a monitor (they're > cheap now) and this machine will serve you well. > > If you are a SuperMac Avid User/Collector, or just > need a great machine, you can get everything there is > for a S900 Machine. That is why I am posting on this > email list. > > I think a $1000.00 is a reasonable amount for all, > including shipping. If you are located in Southern > California (San Diego to Santa Barbara), I would > provide personal delivery and a lower price. > > I hope I have not offended anyone on "the list" by > this posting, but I was searching for the best > possible audience. I'm not a MAC "techy", just a user > of the right tools. > > Sincerely, > > JJK > > > -- > SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 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