ethump
Experienced Member
Hi all,
I picked up a Power Mac 7100/80 recently. Just the main unit - no keyboard, mouse or screen.
Inside, there is a couple of sticks of DRAM regular memory (no idea the capacity) and what I'm learning is the ROM on a stick, and cache on another. Also, a 700Mb SCSI disk.
I can probably get an ADB keyboard & mouse easily enough. What are my options regarding display?
I see there's a chonky HDI-45 connector on board, I also have an add-in card which has a 15
I'm not minded to seek a CRT, I'd rather get an adapter and use a VGA LCD panel. I have VGA panels, and one works happily with my Amiga, if that has any bearing on an answer. I know sync rates can be a thing with some machines, not sure about this era Mac.
Also, what are my options regarding ethernet? I see there's an "Apple AUI" connector but it's not like I've seen before (I stopped using Macintosh around IIfx period. My Mac had a NUBUS 10baseT card). Guessing I need a dongle type media converter or something? Any pointers?
cheers!
e
I picked up a Power Mac 7100/80 recently. Just the main unit - no keyboard, mouse or screen.
Inside, there is a couple of sticks of DRAM regular memory (no idea the capacity) and what I'm learning is the ROM on a stick, and cache on another. Also, a 700Mb SCSI disk.
I can probably get an ADB keyboard & mouse easily enough. What are my options regarding display?
I see there's a chonky HDI-45 connector on board, I also have an add-in card which has a 15
I'm not minded to seek a CRT, I'd rather get an adapter and use a VGA LCD panel. I have VGA panels, and one works happily with my Amiga, if that has any bearing on an answer. I know sync rates can be a thing with some machines, not sure about this era Mac.
Also, what are my options regarding ethernet? I see there's an "Apple AUI" connector but it's not like I've seen before (I stopped using Macintosh around IIfx period. My Mac had a NUBUS 10baseT card). Guessing I need a dongle type media converter or something? Any pointers?
cheers!
e