[geeks] Fun compariosn between Mac Plus and AMD Dual Core PC

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 10:04:53AM -0400, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 14:42 +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> 
> > A PowerMac 7100/120. 64m RAM. Runs MacOS 9.1. Includes a 2g internal HD, and
> > 8x CD-ROM drive and a SCSI HP 12x CD burner, 9g USB hard drive.
> 
> I've very curious about how you got USB to work on a NuBus Mac.  I have
> a 8100 with a G4 upgrade.  Adding USB to it would be amusing.  Who made
> your USB adapter?

OOPs, sorry to dispoint you it's a PCI, that must make it a 7200. 


> 
> Why in the world would you put a 80Meg disk in a modern PC?  Or for that
> matter, why both putting in less disk space than you have RAM, unless
> you are using flash to boot from?

Because the same idiot that said his 7200 was a 7100, typed 80meg instead
of 80gig. I think it would be a good idea to stay off the computer
for the rest of the day. :-)

I must have been thinking about the Mac/SE which had a 20MEG dis, upgraded
to 50meg.

Geoff.
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