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The "PowerMac" 8200

  • 28-01-2005 3:42pm
    #1
    KTRIC
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    Yep, just inherited a PowerMac 8200 from work and was wondering does anyone know what I could use it for.

    I have a wireless / wired network at home and I'd like to tie it into that somehow.

    So what i'd like to know is whats the best way I could put it to use.

    Thanks
    BF


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  • #2
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    Banta Fodder wrote:
    Yep, just inherited a PowerMac 8200 from work and was wondering does anyone know what I could use it for.

    A door stop ???!!!

    Seriously it's fairly long in the tooth at this stage so unless someone has upgraded it in some way - CPU, OS etc. - I'd be inclined to bin it.

    That said does it have a network port at the back. Looking at the spec here it has 10Base-T socket does yours have this if so there may be some hope getting it connected to your network. What version of the OS is installed on it ?

    ZEN


  • #3
    gutta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭gutta


    Banta Fodder wrote:
    Yep, just inherited a PowerMac 8200 from work and was wondering does anyone know what I could use it for.

    I have a wireless / wired network at home and I'd like to tie it into that somehow.

    So what i'd like to know is whats the best way I could put it to use.

    Thanks
    BF

    Ain't no such animal as an 8200 bubba. I assume you mean 8100...

    You could spend about $200 on it and stick a G3 inside - lookee here. Although she ain't gonna be no racehorse.

    Alternatively, you could just network it, stick 9.2.2 on it, turn it into a mailserver, apache server, mysql for wikis and the like, CVS server, print server - whever other server you can manage... use it for automatic backups - throw a buncha large drives inside it and backup all your other machines.

    It will be a snail, and will probably lie down and die fairly soon. I wouldn't use it for mission critical stuff like the overthrow of the Yankee Govt or anysuchlike...


  • #4
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    gutta wrote:
    Ain't no such animal as an 8200 bubba.

    Erm . . Yes there is !!!

    ZEN


  • #5
    gutta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭gutta


    ZENER wrote:
    Erm . . Yes there is !!!

    ZEN

    mea culpa.

    I used to have an 8100, had a nasty habit of shredding my fingers when I took the case apart. The 8200 looks similarly lovely.


  • #6
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    gutta wrote:
    Ain't no such animal as an 8200 bubba. I assume you mean 8100...

    You could spend about $200 on it and stick a G3 inside - lookee here. Although she ain't gonna be no racehorse.

    Alternatively, you could just network it, stick 9.2.2 on it, turn it into a mailserver, apache server, mysql for wikis and the like, CVS server, print server - whever other server you can manage... use it for automatic backups - throw a buncha large drives inside it and backup all your other machines.

    It will be a snail, and will probably lie down and die fairly soon. I wouldn't use it for mission critical stuff like the overthrow of the Yankee Govt or anysuchlike...

    I'm getting a guy from Apple that comes into our office every week to stick 9.2.2 on it for a laugh.
    Would it be possible to use this as a firewall ??


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  • #7
    Gr1f
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 324 ✭✭Gr1f


    pretty crappy machine nowadays. 9.2.2 will run fine, a bit slow tho. you could use it as a firewall if you had software old enough to run on it. Personally, i'd save up for a Mac mini if you want cheap (€500). at least it will run OSX. As for it dying pretty soon, i doubt it, those old Macs lasted years and years.


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