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Just got an 8100&7200-Now I want to tweek em
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Senior User
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Alexandria, VA USA
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Thats right. Last night I got an 8100/100&7200/120...for free. They are both pretty stripped (no HDs, CD-ROMS, Floppies, RAM). But, now comes the fun part.
First I have a question. Is there a way to hook an ATA CDROM(from a beige G3) to the int SCSI bus of the 7200?? (SCSI-ATA adapter?)
8100-
I want to get this one on its feet, but thats about it. Im looking for a 1GB SCSI HD, CDROM, SCCI zip(int).
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This one, I will work on. Im looking for suggestions. I have a 9GB Seagate UltraSCSI-3 Wide (or whatever order that stuff is supposed to go), and will get a SCSI card for it. Possibly a G3 upgrade. If OSX will not work on this w/the G3, then Ill use it as a Linux Server when I get DSL.
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Coyote
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Sorry to say, but the 7200 is a sad piece of work. (don't mean to offend any 7200 owners out there).
I have two semi-stripped 7200's (no memory, but +cdrom and +HD), that I bought for 10 bucks each sitting in the computer lab at school. I still haven't figured out what to do with them, except maybe a printer stand or something.
They are virtually the only PM for which there is absolutely no upgrade path. Processor is soldered on. In addition, they use FPM memory, and I haven't found a reasonable source of it since they've stopped manufacturing it completely.
The 8100 has some potential though.
-Coyote
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Senior User
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Alexandria, VA USA
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What a bummer! After wrote that post, I found out the dirt on the 7200.
I think Ill go to a used computer store neer by and see if I can work a trade. At least the price was right.
I want to be able to run LinuxPPC, so the 8100 will be refitted and given to my girlfriends mom.
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Naples, ID
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If either of you are considering selling the 7200s let me know (and put up the specs). I'd like to put together a cheap@$$ print/email/web/file server or possibly a server for Terminus (though I'm not sure a 7200 would even be able to run Terminus). I wouldn't be willing to spend a lot but I am willing to buy if no one else is. In other words, check other places first, but if no one takes it, let me know.
Thanks
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- Design: QS G4 933 / GF4MX / R7k / 1GB / 160GB RAID / 60GB boot / Jaguar
- Games: Abit KD7-RAID / XP 2200+ / Ti4200 / 512MB GeIL PC3200 / 40GB / XP pro
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The Wolfe
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the 7200's are solid machines from a stability and case design standpoint, although it is annoying that they can't be upgraded.
LinuxPPC is compatable with all of the 7200 series - give that a try. I have a 7200 running LinuxPPC 1999, and it works great. These machines still have a long life ahead of them!
(I got my memory for it from Memoryx.net)
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-Eliott Wolfe
Winnetka, Calif
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