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Posted by: tappdarden on 2019-02-22 22:08:50
Picked up the performa 550 EvilCapitalist linked to in the ebay thread. I live near by so i was able to pick it up without having it shipped.
Works great and not too dirty. Still had HDD with games like spectre and a non-working mario teaches typing.
weird ram at 5MB. 4 on board, 1 in slot.
Its a cute little machine. I'm thinking about putting //e card in there.
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Posted by: just.in.time on 2019-02-22 23:45:21
Very cool, the 550 is a great 68030 machine! Definitely an interesting RAM amount. Workable for 7.1, but the machine is really capable with a 32mb stick installed to bring it to 36mb total. 7.5.5 and 7.6.1 become viable options. Also, depending on what games and software you plan on running and FPU can provide a little boost as well.
Never played with the IIe card, or any Apple II software. Always seemed neat though, good luck 🙂
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Posted by: EvilCapitalist on 2019-02-25 05:32:31
Glad to hear that machine went to a good home! Echoing just.in.time, the Performa 550 works well in 7.5.5 and 7.6.1 and is comfortable enough stock that you wouldn't have to play card swapper between an accelerator and a //e card. You should be able to snag a 32MB SIMM for it (72 pin FPM) for under $10 shipped. If it's not already on your list of to-do items for the machine, definitely get the motherboard recapped as you're on borrowed time with the original caps on there.
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Posted by: tappdarden on 2019-02-26 18:26:01
i have a pile of computers to recap...
so practicing on not retro computes first before i feel comfortable enough to do such an operation on my own....
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