Re: Rebuilding Power Macintosh 9600

scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> wrote:

[a very nice summarization of ToDos]

Once I get past this issue and get the machine set up as stock with 7.6.1, I
will then start to add upgrades; max out the RAM, add a Sonnet G3 or G4
board, and fit a high-end Radeon video card (forget the model numbers now
but I've got several in my storage crates to choose from).

I have a PowerMac 7500 with 512 Megs of RAM, and a "G3"-Card (400 MHz, with 1
MB L2 cache, clocked at 200 MHz). Drawback: The RAM test needs almost a
Minute to commence.

I also added a High End Graphics card at one point. Allows me to run Unreal
and Unreal Tournament. :-)

I'm also a big fan of 7.6.1. I just like the lean and less bulky window
decorations more than the thick stuff Apple started with OS 8. And this thing
runs 7.6.1 and especially FreeHand 3 like mad. I even encountered a bug with
FH: If a document has hundreds of elements, they will be drawn but the watch
cursor never disappears. Then it's force-quit time. Doesn't happen on slower
machines with the same document.

My goal is to have an absolute insane monster of an OS7 machine.

I can comprehend. :-)  The only drawback I see is the memory test time.

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:wq! PoC