I've maxed out the the RAM as far as the machine will take it. Any higher and it refuses to boot. I've got the DOS card loaded with 32MB of RAM.
I can only run one OS at a time on the DOS card; make no mistake, this is a full-fledged mini-computer on a card running alongside the Mac OS. Since the card uses the same video connection as the Mac OS, I have to hit a key combo to switch between the two systems. But I can be running something in DOS and switch to the Mac OS, and the DOS machine will keep plugging along. The coolest thing I've done is run a Nintendo emulator on the DOS card. . .it worked! Of course, I can also run a console system through the AV ports, which is actually a bit better in terms of playability. The AV card isn't accessible by the DOS card. But I can do input to the Mac using both RCA jacks or a cable TV input jack on the card. I have to launch Apple Video Player to use these features, but it works. I often listen to CDs popped in my DVD player. mws On Oct 16, 10:48 pm, tortoise <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 15, 9:11 am, mwschmeer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey all: > > > Way back in December 2007, I posted on this list that I was given a > > mint Performa 636CD, Apple Multiple Scan 15 Display, and a StyleWriter > > 1. Installed 52MB RAM > > Mine has 132, and it only has one RAM slot. Sounds like yours has two > so > you could go up to 128+64+4 = 196. What to do with it ? Well one thing > would be a big RAMdisk, which you could boot from and that speeds > things up considerably (that IDE bus in there is dog slow) > > You could try the overclocking but it might destabilize the video. > > > > > 4. Installed 6 GB ATA hard drive divided into three 2GB partitions > > (one for regular use, one for games, one to hold PC image files) > > Maybe you could go even bigger. If you run 8.1 then you can use HFS > extended > format for the non-boot partitions which is more efficient. > > My scanner, an Agfa is supposed to work with 68k although I never > tried it. But it would help you fill the hard drive.:.<} > > > > > 5. Installed a LC630 DOS board (and it's accompanying LC PDS board) > > with 486DX CPU and (I think that's right---whatever the max RAM that > > board can hold, it has it)--- using the PC Compatibility software, I > > can run DOS, Win 3.1, and Win95 (the last rather sluggishly) nativley, > > Just curious -- do they both run at the same time ? If so can they > communicate in any way? > > Does the A/V card help you with music at all (digital recording/ > playback more quality). ? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
