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anonymous 31 January 2003

I was given a Quadra 840AV that I would like to use as a two track recorder for recording practice sessions. My other Macs get used for MIDI and virtual synths. Where is the best place to find recording software for such an old machine. Is there anyone who has some System 7 stuff they want to sell? What programs (and version S) are the best to use on an 840AV? Is it even worth the effort to try and use such an old machine(though I think Sys 7 is the best OS ever made)? Your replies are much appreciated

Mighael

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Kev Fri, 01/31/2003 - 13:37

An old version of Peak .... 5.4 or 5.6 ??

should run in system 7 unless there is a 603/604 type of issue.

I like 8.6.
It took a hile for me to move from 7 but I diod and I didn't regret it.

I think the 9500/7300/9600 are the oldest machines worth playing with. An 86 probably fits in there somewhere..... PCI and 604s.
Use a Tango FW card and you have acces to all the cheaper IDE drives, FW and USB2.0 stuff.

The old quadra might be cool as a spectrum analyser or a Reverb unit with that Lexicon card, if you can find one.

SonOfSmawg Fri, 01/31/2003 - 20:19

Oddly enough, I just bought a Quadra 840AV system a couple of months ago for $30, complete with monitor, 2 SCSI ext HDDs, scanner, and lazer printer. It's in mint condition! It only has 32Mb RAM.
Mine has OS 7.6, but the Quadra 840AV can be updated to OS 8.1 (no further). The problem is that I can't find a copy of OS 8 ANYWHERE! Nobody is selling it, and Apple hasn't released it for free download yet. But, go figure ... the update from OS 8 to OS 8.1 is a freebie.
I really haven't messed with it much yet, and I have no idea what I'm going to actually do with it. For the time being, it's on the back burner. If you have any good ideas for me, by all means, let me know.

anonymous Fri, 01/31/2003 - 23:14

Originally posted by Mighael:
I was given a Quadra 840AV that I would like to use as a two track recorder for recording practice sessions. Where is the best place to find recording software for such an old machine.

Hi,

try this one: Coaster

It's a simple recording software and doesn't need much resources.

Matthias

anonymous Thu, 03/13/2003 - 19:27

ahhhhh Coaster, very handy program! :)

You might want to track down copies of SoundEdit16 and Sound Designer II

Deck 2 might work

btw, the 840av maxes out at 128megs of ram.
adding an L2 cache will help quite a bit, as will adding more VRAM, depending on which monitor output you use it will take up system ram (and slow ya down!)

anonymous Thu, 10/09/2003 - 16:05

Originally posted by pmolsonmus:
Four (count 'em) :eek: Quadra 610s beats any ol' 512!

Sorry, your lame old Quadra is a johnny come lately.

Mine is the first model apple released.

Or am I mistaken??

[edit on] actually I WAS mistaken. I have a 128k. Older still. Mwa ha ha ha ha[edit off/]

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