Author: Frankie Doyle (62.65.99.190)
Date: 03-26-2003 21:59
Hi Shaktiman,
Do you still have the Q840 MOBO?
If so, you actually have the fastest 68K machine Apple ever made. Quadra 840AV is the one and only 68040 MAC that runs at 40MHZ in its original state. If you want to run TOS applications VERY fast, then just install MagiCMac, NVDI and Jinnee desktop on it! It will read every Atari formatted SCSI HD you throw at it, and it runs most 'clean' Atari programs except DSP apps.
These old Quadras are very easy to speed up further, it's only a matter of replacing an oscillator. In my Quadra800 I replaced the 33MHZ original osc with a 50MHZ, and my gosh is it a fast machine now!!
Gembench tests comparing CPU speed:
Falcon CT2 (50MHZ 68030) 420%
Quadra800 (50MHZ 68040) 1170%
Most big and heavy programs like Smurf or Papyrus are up and running in the same moment as the second mouseklick on the icon! (try to do that on a wintel, hehe:)
I have been looking for a Q840AV MOBO for ages. *If* you are not going to use it, can I buy it??? (c:
Frankie
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