Re: SE/30 Upgrades

2005-02-25 Thread Bill Sheehan
Hi Thomas, You can try here: http://www.micromac.com/products/diimo_030.html But I wonder really if it's worth it. The fact of the matter is that even if the CPU is twice as fast, it's still going to be a slow machine by modern standards. I'd bump up the memory and maybe install a

Free SE/30, Classic Classic II's

2005-02-25 Thread Dylan McDermond
Not affiliated with these guys in any way, but they're offering up SE/30's, Classics and Classic II's for the price of ground shipping. http://www.welovemacs.com/se30.html Thought I'd pass it on. -Dylan -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac

Re: SE/30 Upgrades

2005-02-25 Thread Jack Gallemore
I agree the CPU is the least of your worries. certainly can get 128MB of RAM at an affordable price. I've been working with a Daystar Turbo '040 which has been hit or miss. Other things you might want to do is use a more modern OS or even install Linux, but that would conversely slow

Re: Free SE/30, Classic Classic II's

2005-02-25 Thread Joseph Welling
On Feb 25, 2005, at 9:04 AM, Dylan McDermond wrote: Not affiliated with these guys in any way, but they're offering up SE/30's, Classics and Classic II's for the price of ground shipping. http://www.welovemacs.com/se30.html I think you misread their offer. It says for local pickup only. They're

Re: Free SE/30, Classic Classic II's

2005-02-25 Thread willi
Hi! Quoting Dylan: Not affiliated with these guys in any way, but they're offering up SE/30's, Classics and Classic II's for the price of ground shipping. http://www.welovemacs.com/se30.html Thought I'd pass it on. Thanks for mentioning it. I went to the site and went through the

Re: Free SE/30, Classic Classic II's

2005-02-25 Thread Dylan McDermond
No, I even called to be sure. They will ship them. You only pay for shipping. -Dylan On Feb 25, 2005, at 8:15 AM, Joseph Welling wrote: I think you misread their offer. It says for local pickup only. They're in Santa Clara, CA 95051. Joe -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/.

Re: Free SE/30, Classic Classic II's

2005-02-25 Thread willi
Hi! Quoting Dylan: No, I even called to be sure. They will ship them. You only pay for shipping. Based on the $37.08 that I saw when I got most of the way through the on-line order process on the site, you're paying for more than just shipping. It would seem that they are running their

Re: Free SE/30, Classic Classic II's

2005-02-25 Thread Dylan McDermond
It was $17 from Santa Clara, CA to Corvallis, OR. $17 for 20lbs. -Dylan On Feb 25, 2005, at 4:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Quoting Dylan: No, I even called to be sure. They will ship them. You only pay for shipping. Based on the $37.08 that I saw when I got most of the way through the

Re: Free SE/30, Classic Classic II's

2005-02-25 Thread Thomas
I picked up a Classic today from the place, which is pretty much down the street from me. The guy said that they have Mac Classics left, so if you order one, that's what you'll be getting. Thomas On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:25:41 -0800, Dylan McDermond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was $17 from

Re: SE/30 Upgrades

2005-02-25 Thread Brandon Davis
Thomas - I concur with Bill - who already noted - that a 7200rpm drive does make a noticeable difference, and is recommended ...which you've already done, I see. If you're trying to link to other systems, get an internal Ethernet card ..which you've already done too. My personal opinion on