Umax SuperMac C600/Apus 3000

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Ido.Yehieli@gmail.com - 14 Jun 2006 18:48 GMT

Hi, I just bought a UMAX Apus 3000 (C600 in the US) [603e@240Mhz/80mb
ram] on ebay, and I had a couple of questions:

1. do these machines normally come with an Ethernet port? can I connect
it to my router and expect it to be able to share the Internet
connection with my PCs? If it does - is it a normal Ethernet port like
on a PC?

2. Can I use a PS/2 keyboard & mouse with it, or do i need ADB
versions?

3. Which mac os version is the best suited for it? I can download 7.5.5
from apple's site & I think I can get a mac os 8 cd that came with
another computer (performa 5260 I think).

4. speaking of the performa 5260, it is only a bit older then the Umax
- and uses a 603e as well. Can I cannibalize something from it and put
it in the UMAX? Do they use the same memory? I know the hard drive in
the performa is useless, since it's an IDE HDD and the UMAX has a SCSI
one.

Thanks in advance,
Ido Yehieli.

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John Albert - 14 Jun 2006 20:37 GMT

Ido wrote:
<< 1. do these machines normally come with an Ethernet port? can I connect it
to my router and expect it to be able to share the Internet connection with my
PCs? If it does - is it a normal Ethernet port like on a PC? >>

If I recall, you need to use a PCI based Ethernet card for 10/100 Ethernet.
You can probably find one very cheaply. MAKE SURE that any card you buy has
drivers for the Mac, otherwise it will be useless.

<< 2. Can I use a PS/2 keyboard & mouse with it, or do i need ADB versions? >>

ADB is your only option. I've seen brand new Supermac keyboards selling on
ebay for $5, and have bought a couple myself.

<< 3. Which mac os version is the best suited for it? I can download 7.5.5
from apple's site & I think I can get a mac os 8 cd that came with another
computer (performa 5260 I think). >>

For free, you can try 7.5.5 (though I can't recall if perhaps you needed 7.6
for the SuperMacs). OS 8.x would be better, either 8.1 or 8.6. I _think_ the
c600 can run up to 9.1, but could be wrong about this.

- John

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G.E.R.R.Y. - 14 Jun 2006 21:24 GMT

> I _think_ the c600 can run up to 9.1, but could be wrong about this.

I don't know about the c600, but I've been running 9.1 on a UMAX S900
for years flawlessly. It's rock-solid stable.

Gerry

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Ido.Yehieli@gmail.com - 15 Jun 2006 10:20 GMT

> ADB is your only option. I've seen brand new Supermac keyboards selling on
> ebay for $5, and have bought a couple myself.

OK, I guess I'll just use the performa's keyboard & mouse, not like the
computer's worth anything. it was actually cheaper to buy it including
mouse/keyboard/joystick/printer/some software disks then to buy an ADB
keyboard & mouse by themselves....

> << 3. Which mac os version is the best suited for it? I can download 7.5.5
> from apple's site & I think I can get a mac os 8 cd that came with another
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> for the SuperMacs). OS 8.x would be better, either 8.1 or 8.6. I _think_ the
> c600 can run up to 9.1, but could be wrong about this.

I believe it comes with OS 8.5 preinstalled, but it might contain a lot
of junk and I would like to do a clean install of the system. Can I
somehow do it if I only have the system installed on the hard drive but
don't have the CD?

Excuse the newb questions, but I am more of a PC person. The last (and
only) mac I've ever had before my recent ebay purchases was a "classic
II" with a 9" b&w screen from '91 or '92...

Ido.

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