Re: IIGS + PowerMac via AppleTalk

[texan@onyx.southwind.net (Dustin James)]

Steven Nelson (snelson@news.uiowa.edu) wrote:
: From article <erik-3011950739180001@192.0.2.1>, by erik@hypermall.com (Erik Kloeppel):
: > In article <49gqse$ri4@opal.southwind.net>, texan@onyx.southwind.net
: > (Dustin James) wrote:
: > 
: >>I'm considering the purchase of a PowerMac (yikes!! $$$$$).  I have an Apple 
: >>IIGS (ROM 

(snip)

: What PowerPC are you looking to buy?

Probably a Performa 5200CD.  I like the $1899 pricetag, and this is for 
the family, not a high-powered graphics business.  I know it's slower 
because it does not have the L2 cache (or something like that), but once 
we add on the A/V card so my son can edit videotapes, RAM, printer, etc, 
we're looking at $3000, about the top of my price range.

: We just got a PowerPC 7200 at work.  BAD NEWS!!!  Avoid this model,
: although the 6100 series  or 7100 series will probably work.

: 1) PowerPC 7200 will not run _any_ current version of Appleshare server
: software, v4.x and under.  

Thanks for the warning.  If not the 5200CD, I would next get the 6200 or 
6300 Performas, although I don't like the built in speakers on the sides 
of the monitor instead of the front.

: 2) PowerPC 7200 will not run a modem and Appletalk simultaneously.  Appletalk
: must be disabled to use the geoport modem adapter.  (Evidently the 7200 and
: the 9500 both share this little boo-boo).  Apple has promised a future
: software upgrade to fix this problem, but that does us no good at the
: present.

: 3) A PowerPC 7200 locks up - a lot!  We haven't found a MacSE applic yet
:   that will run without bombing the PowerPC 7200.  So much for Mac emulation.

: Just a few observations based on 3 days of unproductive usage.  Your mileage
: hopefully will be better :)

Thanks for all the information!!  I would really like a PCI PowerMac, but 
they have had a whole butt-load of problems (been reading the Mac 
groups).  My guess is that Apple will come out with a PCI Performa in the 
next year or so, but I don't know if I want to wait, and I'm not sure I could
afford it.

:   --Steve  (steven-nelson@uiowa.edu)


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texan@southwind.net           http://www2.southwind.net/~texan/
D.JAMES34@GEnie.geis.com      Dustin James