Or, you could just purchase a 280c with 40mg of memory and a 750mg HD, then
sell yours for what ever you could get for it. That should be the less
expensive way to go.
Tom
> From: Harbourmaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 09:37:30 -0800
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Duo/2400 List)
> Subject: [Duo2400] Re: 280c upgrade?
>
>
> Gerald S. Abreu inquired:
>
>> I have a 280c that is still chugging along great. My question is
>> twofold. Is it worth the expense to upgrade the hard drive which is
>> currently in the 320 range? If so what is a recommended drive? Ata?
>> Ide? Eide? Scsi? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> The cost for used SCSI Duo Hard Drives is rediculous!
>
>> Second what is involved in upgrading from 68k to powerpc? Would it be
>> worth it? BTW, I have three other Macs which are all powerpc.
>
> To upgrade your 280 to PPC you would need the 2300 Motherboard and case
> stiffener. You could then use a larger IDE hard drive with the appropriate
> cable.
>
>> If these are possilbe/feasible, then where could I find such things as
>> powerpc upgrade. (I did see one on ebay recently for $145, a little
>> steep IMHO.)
>
> Feasible yes, cost effective...IMHO no.
> By the time you have secured all of the parts you will have spent as much
> money as if you had bought a 2300 to begin with and you dont have the
> bigger screen that goes with it!
> My advice is to look for a 2300 that has the max Ram installed (56) and if
> you need a larger hard drive then go ahead and put one in. New IDE drives
> in the 4-6gig range can be purchased for less than $100 and are easily
> installed by anyone with a reasonable amount of manual dexterity.
>
> (Having just assembled a 2300 from pieces I am speaking from experince!)
>
>
> Aloha, Ken
>
>
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