Scott R. Every (scott@emji.net)
Fri, 04 Feb 2000 16:47:01 -0500
--On Friday, February 4, 2000 3:27 PM -0600 Shawn Madsen
<stm001@acad.drake.edu> wrote:
> You'll have to forgive me, I'm new to this list, but I was hoping to pose
> a couple questions to you people...
>
> I don't have an ANS of my own, but I'm seriously considering acquiring one
> provided I can piece together the type of configuration that would most
> benefit my needs.
>
> Specifically, I'm looking for an ANS 700/150 or 200 in great condition but
> for relatively cheap. Would anyone know where I can find one? I've been
> monitoring eBay and other online auctions but don't seem to be having much
> luck there...
>
> Also, I've been told that the ANS motherboard closely approximates that of
> Power Mac 9500s. Likewise, I've heard that the processor card on ANS's is
> larger than that of typical Power Macs, so processor upgrades are
> problematic. By chance, has anyone attempted Sonnet's Crescendo G3/PCI
> 500MHz processor card? This card fits into PCI slots (leaving the current
> processor card where it is) and works on 73/ 75/ 76/ 85/ 86/ 95/ and
> 9600s. For more information on this card, you can find it on
> http://www.macmall.com, for instance. The part number is 52319.
based on sonnett's page this card would need software in order to work:
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/crescendo_g3_pci.html
i doubt they will support this under linux and the ANS can't run MacOS.
>
> Then, another person told me that Mac OS X would run on ANS's, although it
> wouldn't install. Essentially, I'd have to install Mac OS X on another
> computer and move that HD over to the ANS. Would Mac OS 8.6 work under
> Mac OS X's blue box, though? For that matter, would Mac OS 8.6 work on
> its own? I recognize that ANS's don't have Apple ROM, but systems 8.5.1
> and beyond technically have their own ROM copy. Does this mean they'll
> work!?
OS X doesn't currently work AFAIK(haven't tried DR 2) DR 1 did NOT work.
my gues is if OS X works, the blue box(classic) would as well.
>
> And a final question that probably won't work anyway -- since IDE HDs are
> by far cheaper than SCSI, and I really don't need the speed or reliability
> (since they're cheap enough, if one dies I'll just buy a replacement), is
> it possible to find and put a PCI IDE controller in an ANS?
I imagine a PCI IDE card that was supported by linux would work, but if you
are looking for a cheap machine, why not grab a used Powercenter(or
8500/9500 Mac). They'll run linux, can take 512MB RAM and a G3 card and
has 3 OCI slots. The only real advantage of the ANS is its massive storage
capabilities and redundancy. If you don't want that you shouldn't pay for
it...
s
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Shawn Madsen
> stm001@acad.drake.edu
>
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