Just received a CyberstormPPC!

[xeron]

Unfortunately the tax man got me for £60 because it came from Canada! Damn... but I've wanted one of these since they came out, and now i've got one. Its a 50Mhz 68060/233Mhz 604, with 128Mb of 60ns RAM. Oh yes. :-D

I've never had one of these before. I'm going to install both OS4 and OS3.9 on it. With OS3.x which is better to use, WarpOS or PowerUP?

Has any fellow CSPPC owner got any tips or things to look out for?

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@Thread

Thanks for all the great advice and links! Its going to be fun this evening ;-)

@doctorq
The seller assured me that the card is fully functional, so... it'd better be

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@redrumloa

Its going to take my A4000 specifications to:

Amiga 4000
Power Tower MkII (usually with the lid off, so plenty of ventilation
CSPPC 68060/50, 604/233, 128Mb 60ns Fast RAM
Repulse soundcard
Algor USB
Powerflyer 4000 Gold (i know... but i don't have SCSI kit)
Mediator 4000
Voodoo 3 3000
Realtek 8139 10/100 NIC
WinTV Primio FM TV card
40Gb HD, crappy old CD-Rom (The CD-RW moved to my A1)

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Hey bonkers!

Xeron, you lucky {bleep} =)

So I guess you will live on noodles for the rest of the summer now.

Well, luckily I got an £800 bonus completely by surprise with my last paycheque... so... i'll survive :-)

You're welcome to come over and see OS4 running on both machines as soon as i've tidied my flat up (its even worse than the last time you saw it... damn i'm so lazy...)

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JJ wrote:
comon misconception, having the case open a computer will not reduce the heat on the mobo and chips, for any chasis fans to work correctly they need proper airflow.

Yes, but also for chasis fans to work, you need to have some chasis fans ;-) The Power Tower didn't come with any fans connected to the tower, just the usual PSU one.

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Well, I don't have air conditioning, but I don't have chasis fans either. However, I *do* live in england, which isn't famed for high temperatures ;-)