Well, the 8100 is a PPC which gives it a big advantage over the Quadras. It is a first gen PPC, but it's still a PPC.
As for the AVness of it, your best bet would be to try loading the Apple Video Player and see what you can get out of it. You could probably edit some home videos, but at a relatively low resolution/framerate. You won't be doing any 60FPS DV Video editing. As for parts compatibility, the things like memory, CD, and HD should all be fairly interchangeable. Floppy drives as well, though I can't remember if the 8100 used an auto or manual inject floppy. Make sure if you do any floppy changing they look more or less the same. The auto injects don't have a flip cover on them while the manual inject ones do. Any nubus cards in them are also most likely swappable. All three of them should have nubus slots. Much beyond that, however, is probably not swappable. Usages would be everything from web surfing to mp3 storage to whatever you usually use Macs with :) I've heard some Linuxes are even beginning to work. Incidentally, if you do go with the 8100, you'll want to move over to the 1st Powermacs list. Scott Holder -----Original Message----- From: Quadlist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Hahn Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 3:19 PM To: Quadlist Subject: 800 + 650 + 8100 = 9550? Hi everyone... I have a Q800 system (7.1, 8MB ram, no CD, 200ish MB HD) that had been collecting dust. Anyway, I came across a 650 and a 8100 and some other stuff that was just going to be thrown out- so I grabbed them. What I was wondering was- could I salvage parts from each of these computers like ram, hd and CD and put it into the 800? I thought the 8100 was an 800 at first until I looked closer, so I don't know if anything is compatible. They all turn on and work, but they have newer OS and it seemed (to me at least) that they ran "slower" than the 800.<snip> -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
