[geeks] was OSX --> worst of Apple

Peter L. Wargo pwargo at basenji.com
Fri Mar 1 16:00:31 CST 2002


On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Bill Bradford wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 02:47:57PM -0500, Andrew Weiss wrote:
> > On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Peter L. Wargo wrote:
> > > > I also have several high-end 24-bit frame buffers for the Quadra.
> > > Feel free to send 'em to me. :-)
> > Whatever Josh doesn't claim is yours.  I can't run Linux or NetBSD on them
> > anyhow, at least not in the Quadra.  I've kept my 8100's fb so far.
> 
> Are Quadra 950s worth $50?  Guy here in town has one or two for sale.

If they work, yes.  I paid $200+ for one with 256M, a PPC card, and a
bunch of brackets.  Q950's kick royal arse, and make great A/UX boxen.
Also, there is a 5-drive tray seup that lets you have lotsa internal disk.
I have a FH 9G in mine... :-)

-Pete



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