So far so good! It's worked all week. 64mb ram in the centris and 68mb in the quadra. That machine has 7.5.5 - very snappy. The quadra runs 24/7 and doesn't have issues. Both still have the original 230mb disks too. Impressive.
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 14, 2013, at 11:43 PM, Hardware Mack <[email protected]> wrote: > oh yeah 7.5.1 on a Quadra or Centris, runs quite snappy indeed! :-) > no problem. > > On Jul 15, 2013, at 12:38 AM, Robert Hesson wrote: > >> I need to get you the board from my centris too. It hung again and I really >> needed to get at that database. Hope a weekend powered off will take care of >> it again. Shouldn't have left it on over night but hey.... It happens. It >> still boots 7.5.1 faster than my pc boots windows 7. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jul 14, 2013, at 11:27 PM, Hardware Mack <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> if you are just going to be operating that one CNC application, and you >>> have that 3mb ram card. >>> I think yes it will work fine. Of corse will take a while to boot. >>> >>> if you ever send me more boards to do, include your HD in the box and i >>> can throw 7.5.5 on there for you. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jul 14, 2013, at 8:31 PM, John Carmonne wrote: >>> >>>> I recently rebuilt a Macintosh Portable to like new condition with a >>>> recapped MOBO done by Hardware Mack. The machine runs the original OS >>>> 6.0.8 along with Word 4.0, Mac Draw, Excel 3.0 and a CAD/CAM application I >>>> still use today in my CNC machine shop. In the shop we use a Quadra 650 >>>> with 7.5.5 to communicate with the machining centers. I want to know if I >>>> can put 7.5.5 on the Portable? Even though last century I did these >>>> upgrade installations many times but I no longer remember how. As I recall >>>> it was done without losing any applications or extensions on the older >>>> system. I want to do this so I can use the Portable too kinda for fun:-) >>>> I found a complete set of disks on eBay, 18 in all including the 7.5.5 >>>> updates and tools. 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