When I got it (used) it had 24mb of RAM and a 700mb hd. While it was my main machine I had a 4.5G hd and bumped up the RAM to 88mb. Recently I acquired some other machines and moved the 4.5G hd to my current main machine and swapped the 1G from the newer machine into this one. So this machine has had it's config played w/ a bit, but it was running 8.1 till a couple weeks ago and I decided to check out 9 on this machine. I think much more of the OS is now native and is therefore a bit peppier than before.
As for expandability, the 7100 could take up to 4 32MB sticks (128MB) and had 8MB on the mother board IIRC. The 486 that I have can only use single sided SIMMs and I didn't feel like searching for higher density SIMMs for that, so I'm currently stuck at 16mb on that machine. I'm not complaining (too much) as it was free, but my point was that I put MacOS9 on a 7100 as it sat in my bedroom, while I have had to upgrade and limit the functionality of Linux on the "free" 486 I have. That's OK, I have fun w/it. Both machines serve purposes in my house and I do think the whole concept of the article was silly (along the lines of: what is more masculine, a pinapple or a schoolbus?) and was argued by advocates that were woefully inadeqately knowlegable about their opponent's OS (and in some cases their own).
PS. The 6100, 7100 and 8100 are exactly the same age. they ware all first gen (nubus) 601 ppcs. w/different clock-speeds and different cases. The 6100 which was the low end could do up to 72mb IIRC (2 SIMM slots + 8 MB on mother board) Anything older is moot or this discussion as MacOS9 only runs on ppc machines.
I put MacOs9 on a 7100 recently and had actually recently downgraded the HD and left the RAM the same and it really runs pretty nicely. (Actually in some ways I think it's faster than 8.1)
I also have a (free) 486 that I had to upgrade the HD on to make linux usable and I couldn't upgrade the RAM (physical size problem) so I wouldn't want to THINK of running X on it.
You can be a cheap b*&^(* w/any OS and you can spend WAY too much supporting any OS.
Alot of speed issues come down to poor configuration.
If you'd like to see some of this, you could drop by on the way to the LUG meeeting tomorrow night!;-) (I live pretty close to clc)
"1939: John J. Atanasoff designs a prototype for the ABC (Atanasoff-Berry Computer) with the help of graduate student Clifford Berry at Iowa State College. In 1973 a judge ruled it the first automatic digital computer. "
Absolutely right! Not only do radio and TV stations have to pay licence fees to ASCAP & BMI (which they must keep copious logs for) - If they want to use a particular piece (say in a TV show or movie) the producer of the show must obtain individual "Grand" rights for that piece which are negotiated one on one with the holder of the copyright.
The ability to make numerous copies of something is NOT really the issue, when you buy a CD you are at least paying a share of all of the time that went into producing that work - which is not just the artist's time to play that tune once - it's the hours of studio time, it's the years of practicing and honing their craft - you're not buying a piece of plastic, you're buying someones time.
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As for expandability, the 7100 could take up to 4 32MB sticks (128MB) and had 8MB on the mother board IIRC. The 486 that I have can only use single sided SIMMs and I didn't feel like searching for higher density SIMMs for that, so I'm currently stuck at 16mb on that machine. I'm not complaining (too much) as it was free, but my point was that I put MacOS9 on a 7100 as it sat in my bedroom, while I have had to upgrade and limit the functionality of Linux on the "free" 486 I have. That's OK, I have fun w/it. Both machines serve purposes in my house and I do think the whole concept of the article was silly (along the lines of: what is more masculine, a pinapple or a schoolbus?) and was argued by advocates that were woefully inadeqately knowlegable about their opponent's OS (and in some cases their own).
PS. The 6100, 7100 and 8100 are exactly the same age. they ware all first gen (nubus) 601 ppcs. w/different clock-speeds and different cases. The 6100 which was the low end could do up to 72mb IIRC (2 SIMM slots + 8 MB on mother board) Anything older is moot or this discussion as MacOS9 only runs on ppc machines.
I put MacOs9 on a 7100 recently and had actually recently downgraded the HD and left the RAM the same and it really runs pretty nicely. (Actually in some ways I think it's faster than 8.1)
;-) (I live pretty close to clc)
I also have a (free) 486 that I had to upgrade the HD on to make linux usable and I couldn't upgrade the RAM (physical size problem) so I wouldn't want to THINK of running X on it.
You can be a cheap b*&^(* w/any OS and you can spend WAY too much supporting any OS.
Alot of speed issues come down to poor configuration.
If you'd like to see some of this, you could drop by on the way to the LUG meeeting tomorrow night!
It was 1939
"1939: John J. Atanasoff designs a prototype for the ABC (Atanasoff-Berry Computer) with the help of graduate student Clifford Berry at Iowa State College. In 1973 a judge
ruled it the first automatic digital computer. "
Absolutely right! Not only do radio and TV stations have to pay licence fees to ASCAP & BMI (which they must keep copious logs for) - If they want to use a particular piece (say in a TV show or movie) the producer of the show must obtain individual "Grand" rights for that piece which are negotiated one on one with the holder of the copyright.
The ability to make numerous copies of something is NOT really the issue, when you buy a CD you are at least paying a share of all of the time that went into producing that work - which is not just the artist's time to play that tune once - it's the hours of studio time, it's the years of practicing and honing their craft - you're not buying a piece of plastic, you're buying someones time.