.............................Mike T.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: Zip on Compact


>
> On Monday, October 21, 2002, at 03:26 PM, Mike T. wrote:
>
> > The easiest way would be to switch out the mobo with a Color Classic II
> > motherboard, aka Performa 550. It is a total retro-fit but operates at
> > 33mhz
> > and can handle 33mb ram in addition to the 6mb onboard.
>
> Or even 32Mb in addition to the 4Mb on board

Whoops! You are correct sir, 4mb on board. My bad.

> > The "Mystic" conversion is better, but this requires the 575 board
> > which
> > would then require the VGA modification to the analog board.
>
> <sigh>
>
> There is no compulsion to do a VGA (or any other screen upgrade) with
> the 575 board.
>
> http://www.stuartbell.dsl.pipex.com/PowerCC/CompendM.html
>
> Stuart.

Yea, but having seen the original resolution vs. VGA, it seems a shame not
to do it, especially if you beef up the VRAM for the thousands of colors.
Absolutely beautiful. After using the Mystic for a while, the icons and
fonts seem "too large" on the original resolution. My opinion.

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