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Offline Ilwrath

Re: Building the A4000 commencing
« on: July 29, 2006, 11:39:27 AM »
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My CS MK2 has a custom firmware that should make it bootable without 060 libs when you insert a WB disk. Never tested this though...


They all do this, as far as I know.  I routinely booted mine off all sorts of disks that didn't have 060 libraries....  And mine had the last update of the stock firmware; I know, because I flashed it.  :-)

Honestly, I'd take the CS-MK2 before the Warp Engine any day.
(Not that the Warp isn't a great card, too... Just that I remember how awesome my CS-MK2 was.)  

Sadly the card passed away a year ago or so, and I've yet to send it off for repairs.  But that was after over 10 years of dedicated service; with over 7 of those being my primary computer.  (From 1994-2001 my A4000/CS-MK2 was the rock-solid computer I used every single day.  And up until early 2005 or so when the card failed, the machine still saw semi-regular service.)

Honestly, for $391 US, you'll be lucky if I don't buy that CS-MK2 out from under ya.  ;-)
 

Offline Ilwrath

Re: Building the A4000 commencing
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2006, 03:16:20 PM »
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Wow, price went up to $459 USD -- that puts it (for right now) out of my price range.


Yeah, I actually looked just after posting this, and that was the price I saw, too.  Still not a BAD deal, but not as good as it would have been.

I really want a CS-MK3 PPC, but I really don't want to pay what they bring.  :lol: