--- Fill every ram slot with 128mb ram sticks, put a G4 800Mhz Crescendo processor, add a Sonnet ATA 133 PCI card with several hard drives, a firewire card, a USB card, and you'll have a street legal dragster capable of keeping up with anyone.
Georgia Thomson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks, i'll look into getting more ram and putting > 9.2.2 on it. i > hate to see functional machiens of any description > go in the bin, i'm > a bit of a hoarder. > > > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:35:58 -0700, John Laughlin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Georgia, the 8600 is a pretty decent machine. To > run OS X on it, you do > > have to do some hacking (XPostFacto), but, it's > perfectly happy running > > MacOS 9.2.2... I'm currently using a 9600/350 > with a G3 processor and > > 576MB of RAM. Works great for internet usage and > other normal tasks. > > -J > > > > >hi all, my first post to the list. i'm a recent > apple convert (osx > > >switcher) but last night i rescued a powermac > 8600/250 from the > > >dumpster. i've powered it up, and it boots ok, > but i was wondering if > > >it's worth keeping around for nostalgic reasons, > or if i should > > >attempt to make use of it? it's got 64 MB of > ram, so could probably > > >do with more, is it hard to get hold of? > > > > > >sorry for the silly questions, but i'm new to the > older macs. > > > > > >Georgia > > > > > > > -- > > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by > <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com > | Refurbished Drives | > > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 > | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> > > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[email protected]> > > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > iPod Accessories for Less > > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > > www.1800ipod.com > > > > -- > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by > <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | > & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
