> On 15 Jul 2016, at 21:54, Swift Griggs <swiftgri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, 15 Jul 2016, Austin Pass wrote: >> I'm toying with putting the "ultimate" classic Mac together, although >> I'm having a little difficulty pinning down the definition of what the >> ultimate representation of the type is, so was looking for a little >> input from Classic CMP'ers. > > I've recently been through that exercise with M68k Macs. I settled on the > Quadra 700 and the Quadra/Centris 660AV. However, I think you'll hear a > lot of people also recommend the Quadra 950 and Apple Workgroup Server 95. > However, I realize you aren't interested and are looking at the PPC > systems. > >> I'm aware that there's a clear divide between Motorola and PowerPC CPU'd >> variants, so I'm going to plump for a PowerPC based version so that I >> can get access to newer hardware and use it as a kind of bridge system >> between my current computers and the more historic versions. > > I've contemplated doing a PPC rig, too. For me, I don't care much about > hyper-expandibilty. I like the more blingy hardware. So, for me, at the > top of the pyramid stand two systems: the G4 Cube and the 20th Anniversary > Mac. The Cube is now cheap on fleabay. It's prime time to grab those. If > one comes up on cheap Craigslist here in Denver, I'll probably snag it and > warehouse it for a while. I am just not motivated enough to pay shipping > or Ebay prices, yet. > > IMHO, most of the tower systems were too "plasticy" and the desktop > Performa-styled boxes were uglier than homemade sin. > >> I have the original media that shipped with this, so I can get 9.2.1 on >> it relatively easily. > > You'll want to Google MacOS PPC. Let's simply say "it's out there" and > easy to get. Unless you just want the manuals an screen-printed discs, > which I understand, too. > >> Was a gigabit ethernet card ever released with Mac OS 9 drivers? > > Ohhhh, yeah. Lots of them. Check out lowendmac or the like. They have > lists of them. > >> I have a couple of 600GB PATA disks that I can use with it, but has >> there ever been a SATA implementation that worked with classic Mac OS? > > Not sure about that, but I can tell you that there are ton of SCSI > controllers and you can use an expensive SATA-to-SCSI bridge like the one > sold by ACARD. I use several of those on various machines and they rock. > >> In terms of the software - any top-line utilities or System Extensions I >> should look to get my hands on? > > Yes. Get the disk utilities that allow you to use non-Apple disks. The one > that comes to mind the fastest is Lacie Silverlining and LIDO. > >> What's the state of the art in classic Mac OS browsing nowadays, Mr >> Kaiser - is Clasilla still maintained? > > He will know better than me, but your best bet IMO, is either iCab or > Clasilla, for sure. > > -Swift
I have a G4 Cube, complete with ADC Apple Cinema Display but it (subjectively) feels slower in normal use than the MDD, with a single 400Mhz G4 and PC100 SDRAM vs dual 1.25Ghz and PC2700 DDR RAM. I have lots of 68k Macs and love them dearly, but was looking for the biggest, best, fastest that could be used with Mac OS 9. -Austin.
