It all seems a bit quiet in the world of unsupported Macs the last few weeks, so I'll ask a couple of questions that have been on my mind for a while. My 8600/G3 (300MHz, 384Mb RAM, 50MHz bus, Rage 128) is dog slow compared to all my other Panther machines I have. An iBook 500 (256Mb RAM, 66MHz bus, 8Mb Rage 128 Mobility) and a Pismo 400 (384Mb RAM, 100MHz bus, same graphics) are both a lot snappier, despite having inferior graphics, and in the case of the iBook, a similar bus speed. On paper, it doesn't look like it should be as slow as it is. Would sticking in a fast G4 (say 700MHz) make all that much difference to the 8600, or does its weaknesses lie elsewhere, like the hard drives? How would I expect the G4/700 to compare to an AGP G4/500 with the same graphics? Second question, the 8600 has always had problems reading burnt CDs. In OS 9 it spits them out, and in OS X they just don't mount. Is this just the sign of an ageing drive, or is it a limitation in the 8600s architecture, ie would replacing the drive fix the issue? Thanks James
One thing I have found is that older CD-ROM drives can not read cheap CD-R disks. The 'cheap' ones are those that are semi-transparent, where you can hold the the CD-R up to a light and from the back (data side) clearly see what is on the front. They work fine in newer CD drives, but the older ones want a higher reflectivity than provided by the disks and they simply don't 'see' them.
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