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Jolt · 06-08-2004, 05:54 PM

Apple Macintosh Quadra 950.
Date of Manufacture: October 1991
66MHz MC68040 processor w/ internal FPU
256mb memory (16 16mb 30-pin SIMMs)
512kb L2 cache (on AWS 95 booster card in PDS slot)
on-board video w/ upgraded VRAM
total 5 SCSI busses (2 on mobo, 2 on booster card, 1 ATTO fast/wide card
Farallon 10/100 fast ethernet card
Radius VideoVision framegrabber w/ A/V patch panel
several hard disks of various size
6-disc CD changer, single CD-ROM, CD-R, and DDS tape drives.
Apple Color OneScanner 1200/30
Mac OS versions 7.1, 7.5.3, 7.6, and 8.0 depending on which disk I boot from, as well as MachTen on top of 7.1
19" (on KVM) and 14" displays
two keyboards, three mice, a touchpad, and a joystick

spare motherboard and power supply in storage

The total value of this hardware when it was new would rival that of the house I live in. Today most of it is literally worthless. I accept that but I refuse to part with some of my legacy software.

(just for the record, the other machines on my KVM presently are a 3-year-old Athlon 1000 and a 2.4GHz Xeon, new this spring)

06-08-2004, 05:54 PM	#20 (permalink)
Jolt Insane Location: Over here	feer the BigMac! Apple Macintosh Quadra 950. Date of Manufacture: October 1991 66MHz MC68040 processor w/ internal FPU 256mb memory (16 16mb 30-pin SIMMs) 512kb L2 cache (on AWS 95 booster card in PDS slot) on-board video w/ upgraded VRAM total 5 SCSI busses (2 on mobo, 2 on booster card, 1 ATTO fast/wide card Farallon 10/100 fast ethernet card Radius VideoVision framegrabber w/ A/V patch panel several hard disks of various size 6-disc CD changer, single CD-ROM, CD-R, and DDS tape drives. Apple Color OneScanner 1200/30 Mac OS versions 7.1, 7.5.3, 7.6, and 8.0 depending on which disk I boot from, as well as MachTen on top of 7.1 19" (on KVM) and 14" displays two keyboards, three mice, a touchpad, and a joystick spare motherboard and power supply in storage The total value of this hardware when it was new would rival that of the house I live in. Today most of it is literally worthless. I accept that but I refuse to part with some of my legacy software. (just for the record, the other machines on my KVM presently are a 3-year-old Athlon 1000 and a 2.4GHz Xeon, new this spring)