I've just got a WGS 9150 (I think)
Josh Watson
I've been on the Vintage macs and Powerbooks groups for a while, but
have just come across a PowerMac. I recently acquired a fully kitted out
Powerbook Duo AJ prototype (it has all the docks!) on eBay with a load
of accessories. I got an extra accessory with it too though, what I
thought was a Quadra 950, which has been painted black. I opened it up,
and it says it is an Apple Workgroup Server 9150 on the logic board. A
quick check shows it has a CD-ROM drive, floppy drive, a DAT or possibly
a Zip Drive (looks DAT drivey to me), no PDS Video card (but it does
have a terminator installed) and a NuBus ethernet card. All of the RAM
sockets look populated and it has an enormous fan/heatsink section
obscuring a good section of the case, so I can't tell if it's a 120 or
an 80.
I have a couple of problems, though. Firstly, I don't have an ancient
Mac monitor adapter here (my dad has an old Mac-VGA switched one, but
that's a few hundred miles away, and part of a Performa 450 set-up) -
will this allow this system to work on an old PC monitor or a TFT?
Secondly, my girlfriend might make me get rid of it as it is enormous
and we don't really have room for it (A vintage Powerbook fetish is
fine, as they aren't too space hungry. This thing is enormous though!
One thing that might ensure its survival - anyone know if it would run
Rhapsody? I have an old Rhapsody DR2 CD that I've never used - this
looks like it might have the horsepower for it. I'll have to dig the
manual out when I get home.
Cheers,
Josh
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PeterH5322
>... and it has an enormous fan/heatsink section
>obscuring a good section of the case, so I can't tell if it's a 120 or
>an 80.
Only the 120 had the Peltier active cooling unit, and its accompanying
cooling fan.
The 80 had neither of these.
The 9150 is a nice machine. Add a G3 PDS card to it (about $10 or so on
the LEM list) and it really screams.
The server version came with a built-in CD-ROM and DDS-2 tape drive, and,
usually, two 2 GB drives.
You can install up to five 50-pin drives of any capacity, assuming the
highly prized "five drive shelf" and its accompanying data cable are
there.
The server model which followed the WGS 9150 was the Apple Network
Server, and equally prized model.