Building the Ultimate Classic Mac.

[Austin Pass]

I have a "pinstripe" grey G4 PowerMac with (if memory serves) a 400Mhz CPU - would this be a safer bet?

Is there any way to underclock the 1.25Ghz CPU's in the mirror door for improved reliability in the mirror door?

We used the MD PowerMac as an OS X 10.3 server running Macintosh Manager catering for two suites of eMacs and iMacs running 9.2.1 "back in the day", and I don't recall it being overly unreliable.

-Austin.

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> On 15 Jul 2016, at 20:29, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
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>> On 7/15/16 12:03 PM, Austin Pass wrote:
>> I have a lovely mirror-door G4 PowerMac I'm intending
>> to use.
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> bad idea.
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> Mirror door G4's were the least reliable machines we released.
> Too many compromises getting to a GHz, esp WRT noise and heat.
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> I personally like Beige G3's, or mid-life G4's for differing reasons.
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> And I use a Wallstreet daily (last portable with ADB and SCSI).
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