[G4] G4 upgrade questions

[Greg Manzie]

Hello there

I have a G4 400 Yikes 1999 model and it runs OS 8.6 to OS 10.4.4  
happily.


Regards

Greg Manzie
Director
Glyde Gallery Conservation
5 Glyde Street
Mosman Park
Western Australia 6012

Phone (08) 9383 3929
Mobile 0438 833 144
Email gmanzie at bigpond.net.au


On 04/02/2006, at 12:31 AM, Snow White wrote:

>
> On 3-Feb-06, at 4:22 AM, g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com  
> wrote:
>
>> G4 upgrade questions
>>
>> I have a MDD dual 867 Mac, and find myself trying to make the next  
>> best step.
>> I bought the dual 867 because I like the looks of the case and  
>> GigaDesigns
>> had a dual 1.4Ghz upgrade card at the time. They quit selling them  
>> not long
>> after I got the MDD. I'm considering trading up my mom's 7600/200  
>> (that I gave
>> her) to my MDD and getting an older G4 and getting a dual 1.8Ghz from
>> Sonnet/PowerLogix/GigaDesign. I want the fastest machine that will  
>> boot into OS 9. So, I
>> have a few questions for you G4 wizards.
>> 1-Has anyone run an early model MDD with a GigsDesigns dual  
>> opgrade card?
>> Runs ok or problems?
>> 2-Outside of the looks of the case, are there any advantages/ 
>> disadvantages
>> between the AGP/Gigabit Ethernet/Digital Audio/Quicksilver models?  
>> Any reason
>> not to get the last Quicksilver? To those of you who have done the  
>> dual 1.8 Ghz
>> upgrade on any of the G4's, have you had problems or not?
>
> The last MDD to run OS9 was a 1.25 Ghz dual firewire 400 (not  
> 800).  This is the speed you refer to in Q 4 below.
>
>> 3-Has anyone tried to put a MDD front face on a Quicksilver?
>
> If all the slots you need line up this should be possible - but why  
> would you want to?
>
>> 4-Has anyone tried putting a faster MDD card (like the factory  
>> 1.25Ghz or
>> 1.42 Ghz from a faster MDD) into the dual 867 with good results?  
>> Can it even be
>> done?
>
> I do not believe this is possible and once above 1.25 there is no  
> chance of running OS9.
>
>> 5- Does anyone know the last model that will run OS 8.6? I had to  
>> boot up my
>> 6100 just so I could use ClarisCAD. My MDD won't boot into 8.6 and  
>> ClarisCAD
>> won't run in 9.2.2.
>
> 8.6 could run on a G3.  It will not run on a G4 as far as I know.   
> But a response to your query says it is possible to run your program.
>
>>> "<skenn at earthlink.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [G4] G4 upgrade questions
>>>
>>> I have been running ClarisCad on my G4 dual 1.25 firewire 400 in  
>>> Classic mode, OS X 10.3.9.  There are one or two tricks but it  
>>> runs fine.  So far the best replacement I have been able to test  
>>> seems to be RealCad.  It is quite close in function and interface  
>>> to CCad with a few improvements.
>>>
>>> Contact me off line if you desire more info about this.
>>>
>>> Skid Kennedy"
>
>>
>> STeve
>
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