A/UX Runs very snappy on my AWS 95. I'm waiting to get my network together
so I can NFS it some more disk space.
----- Original Message -----
From: "TeoZ" <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: Souping up Classic Macs: was Reading various format 5.25"
floppies on a PC
> I find my 840AV 68040/40 with 128mb ram to be pretty snappy, same with my
> Q950 (with server card + full cache simms) with 128+mb ram.
>
> As far as unix on a mac goes, will let you know in a week or so when A/UX
> 3.0 with full manuals shows up on my doorstep.
>
> I wanted to try A/UX out on my IIfx but with only 8mb or memory I would
> either have to find A/UX 2.0 or more memory for 3.0 (both are hard to do
> within $$$ reason).
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hans Franke" <Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de>
> To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 3:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Souping up Classic Macs: was Reading various format 5.25"
> floppies on a PC
>
>
> > > > > I like the LC 475 for it's compactness while still having a
> > > > > powerful 040, and the 630 for it's extensibility. 56 MB of
> > > > > RAM in a 68k Mac is just to good to be true.
> >
> > > > Yes, but I have 128MB in my IIci :-))))
> >
> > Now tell me, a 25 MHz 030 on 128 Meg, or a 33 MHz 040
> > on 56 Meg, what's supposed to give you a better user
> > experiance?
> >
> > Ok, if you use a bloated thing like unix, then maybe
> > Memory is more important, cause it's already slow :)
> > For a Mac, Made to work quite fine with 8-12 MB, 56
> > is basicly unfillable.
> >
> > Serious, if you had said a Quadra 950, with 256 MB RAM,
> > I'd had to give in, but below that, nothing beats the
> > 630/640 DOS. It has a huge RAM size and soppurts standard
> > PS2 RAM (cheap), has an extended LC slot, so supporting
> > Regular LC Cards and extended ones. Not to mention the
> > additional communication slot for Networking cards and
> > the video slot.
> >
> > Ok, it's not a 'general' slotsystem, but then again
> > who cares? If I can plug in whatever needed it's all
> > I need. I'm not that exalted to require my cards to
> > be pluged in in alphabetic order :)
> >
> > > My friend and I are collaborating on juicing a IIci as high as it will
> go.
> > > Right now it has 128MB RAM, two SCSI disks (No floppy mod) a Daystar
> 100MHz
> > > PowerPC upgrade card, and a fast Radius video card. I'm working on a
> fast
> > > SCSI controller, and maybe a faster video card.
> >
> > > What would be the fastest video card you could drop in a classic,
NuBus
> > > based Mac? I've got a Radius 24MXtv that's about the old equivalent of
a
> ATI
> > > All-in-wonder, all singing and all dancing, but drivers are impossible
> to
> > > find.
> >
> > Nice, but wouldn't it be more interesting to get the
> > best possible base (like a Q950) before starting the
> > fine tuneing? If the engine is already weak, big tires
> > don't realy change the experiance.
> >
> > Gruss
> > H.
> >
> > --
> > VCF Europa 5.0 am 01./02. Mai 2004 in Muenchen
> > http://www.vcfe.org/
Received on Thu Jun 19 2003 - 12:03:01 BST