MAMA's Techno-Geek Thread

[m2smith]

Actually they were pretty good about it the time my son Zach bought his 12" Powerbook. The day it arrived they announced a $200 price decrease. Zach bought it on an academic discount so there was no dealer to talk to directly and after a supervisor involved we worked it out

[GadgetGav]

I never knew they did price protection... They were good when Jane got her new PB and they forgot to tell her about the $200 off the iPod and those other offers. She went back and they effectively took it back and resold it on a new invoice with the iPod on it too. Sold the Gen3 on ebay and got a Gen4 for $89

[snid]

PowerPC 615: disucss... and, anybody want (a broken) one?

[bakerjc]

Quote: Originally Posted by snid

PowerPC 615: disucss... and, anybody want (a broken) one?

If there's a taker for that I'll sweeten the pot with a nice 386 looking for a home.......

[pezboy]

Do you mean a 6115? That's what we used to have, and I saw a 6116 in Goodwill in Davis Sq. the other day so I would guess that there won't be very many takers.

[snid]

Quote: Originally Posted by pezboy

Do you mean a 6115? That's what we used to have, and I saw a 6116 in Goodwill in Davis Sq. the other day so I would guess that there won't be very many takers.

Nope... 615 - google for it.

I just recycled my 7100/66, though. The 8500 with a G3 upgrade card is still in my posession, but hasn't been fired up in a while.

[pezboy]

Our 6115 would still be online if we had a place to put it. It used to be on the network via an AAUI adapter or something because it was NUBUS!

I remember when the 61/71/8100 series came out...nobody thought you would ever need more than 80mhz. The minimum requirement for that game Absolute Zero was 80 or 90mhz.

We actually got a clock-chip accelerator or something and overclocked it to 86mhz or so, but after a while it was probably running too hot and the computer got lame so I took that thing out.

[snid]

Oh yeah, notice I said "PowerPC 615" not "PowerMac 615"...

I remember playing Doom on it back in the mid 90's - at work - as directed.

[jwardell]

I think you mean Centris 615 or Quadra 615. they were 040s not PPCs.

I don't have a bone in my body that can throw out electronics. It must be sold, usually on ebay. My parts-built 6100 is still under my bed, my PowerTowerPro with 8 drives in the basement. And I really wish I still had my Classic but that was sold as was my 7100av.

[snid]

http://www.microprocessor.sscc.ru/powerpc-faq/#2-8

Quote:

[2-8] What is the PowerPC 615?
There were a couple of conflicting rumors regarding the 615. The primary one suggested that the 615 was a PowerPC processor, being designed by IBM, which would have special x86 emulation hardware. Another rumor suggested that it would be pin-compatible with Intel OverDrive sockets.

IBM has denied that the project even exists. This is substantiated by the lack of any mention of the 615 recently.

[jwardell]

Ah, you you work at IBM's chipmaking plant, stop messing with our minds.

[GadgetGav]

I'll take it Jason..!
Although, since it doesn't officially exist, maybe I'll just get an empty box...

edit:
Doh.! Should check what's been posted since the notification email shouldn't I..! Late to the part again Carry on.!

[bakerjc]

Go here:

http://www.apple.com

then go here:

http://www.microsoft.com

Notice a difference?

Not the first time they've done something like this.

Ya gotta love Apple.

[GadgetGav]

Maybe M$ gave their web site people the week off...
(The most sickening thing on their site is the big 'Stamp Out Spam' link.)

That tsunami is just so devastating it's hard to get your head around. Hard to see how the areas affected are going to get rebuilt too...

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