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| Power Macintosh 9500/120... it just followed me home! | |
| Posted by: frankblues on 2013-07-13 14:27:58 So, I'm digging around the local thrift looking for wireless stuff for a project (found both a nice 802.11b and 802.11n router) and lo and behold for $13:  What I've managed to figure out so far: - It's got the mach64 Apple PCI video card with the old school 15-pin connector. Only monitor I have that fits is the 12" Apple RGB monitor, and it doesn't like the output from the 9500 - Two hard disks, one is an Apple branded IBM 1gb disk, the other is a Quantum of some kind. Sounds like the Quantum is banging it's heads around on boot - it had power disconnected when I got it, so I am guessing the previous owner knew of the problem. I don't have a monitor that fits it. It posts (glorious sounding chime 🙂 ), and I can get it to shut down (power button, then enter on the keyboard does it), but other than that, no other information. What to do with it? I think it'll be a project eventually, but right now I've got my hands full! | |
| Posted by: frankblues on 2013-07-13 14:29:09 Razzafracking dropbox... https://www.dropbox.com/s/5sq1lpjysj0m35h/20130713_145919.jpg | |
| Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2013-07-13 16:51:13 Very sweet box! | |
| Posted by: LCGuy on 2013-07-13 16:56:05 Very nice...and it even has a non-broken CD bezel! | |
| Posted by: Schmoburger on 2013-07-14 11:56:49 Great stuff! I love the oldworld 9xxx towers... they just scream professionalism, power, and general awsomeness! Not much to talk about by todays standards, but in the mid-90s, it was not something you'd laugh at. 🙂 | |
| Posted by: frankblues on 2013-07-14 16:15:32 Thank you, thank you! I do love the look of it, but also the expandability - looking at eBay right now there are processor cards, ethernet cards, usb cards, it'll take big hard discs, 1.5gb of ram *pant pant pant*... BTW, do the 9600 processor cards work in the 9500? | |
| Posted by: Unknown_K on 2013-07-14 17:58:31 9600 processor cards with cache onboard (604ev) don't work in a 9500, but you can pick up cheap G3 upgrades on LEMswap google groups lists from time to time. I have a 9500, it is a nice machine but the 9600 case is easier to work on (less brittle also). | |
| Posted by: CelGen on 2013-07-15 12:05:30 I think somewhere I have the multiprocessor card for this system. | |
| Posted by: onlyonemac on 2013-07-18 09:58:30 I'm not a great fan of the power macs, but that's such a beauty! | |
| Posted by: frankblues on 2013-07-23 08:30:47 Got a monitor connected (17 inch LCD), and I can report back on a few things: It had Mac OS 8.0, I just updated to 8.1. PowerPC 604 at 120 mhz 48 MB ram 1 gb HD Not sure what to do with it now. Never had a machine that ran OS 8 before (and it's a little wimpy to go to 9, at least not without some RAM updates and maybe a new processor card). Kinda nice to have a 7, 8, and 9 machine. Any recommendations on web browser (Classila needs 8.6 I believe) and maybe a nice IM / IRC client? | |
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