I think I saw 1 or 2 64MB modules on eBay the other day. You might want to consider upgrading the RAM before attempting anything, just to be on the safe side.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew W. Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Duo/2400 List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 10:59 PM Subject: [Duo2400] Re: dusting off a comet > I'd say you can probably run all three of those at once with 48MB if > virtual memory is on. > Get RAMDoubler 9. It's fantastic. Just in case sort of thing. > Andrew > > On Friday, March 29, 2002, at 07:55 PM, Ralph Mawyer wrote: > > > 48MB constraint...doable, but is anyone doing it with MacOS 8.6, Eudora > > 5 and Internet Explorer 5.1? > > > > > >> A 2400 is a great machine. Get MacOS 8.6, Eudora 5 and Internet > >> Explorer 5.1. IMAO Netscape is worthless. I run MacOS 9.1 and > >> Mathematica 4 on my 2400/180 80/4, along with AppleWorks 6, Opera 5 > >> and Eudora 5. > >> Peace > >> Aqua > >> > >> On Friday, March 29, 2002, at 05:13 PM, S. Bibb wrote: > >> > >>> i'm new to the list, so please bear with me. i've got an ibook, and > >>> the > >>> 2400/180c is foreign to me. but i'm trying to return a big favor to a > >>> friend > >>> by bringing her powerbook more current. she really only uses it for 2 > >>> things: surfing the web/ordering online, and dialing into our > >>> corporate > >>> network to retrieve office email. because of the online shopping and > >>> other > >>> concerns, i'd like to get her at least to os 8.1, netscape 4.7 and ie > >>> 5. i'm > >>> reading conflicting documentation about minimum system requirements > >>> (i was > >>> about to attempt a download of 8.1 updater). PLEASE GIVE ME A CLUE! > >>> or two! > >>> here's what she has: powerpc 603ev @ 180 mhz; os 8; 48 mb memory; > >>> largest > >>> unused block of 35.3 mb. she won't need ANYTHING fancy or extra > >>> beyond the > >>> base os, except the ability to dial in past our firewall at work to > >>> retrieve > >>> work email. sorry to be wordy, but the two obvious questions are: 1) > >>> does > >>> this 2400 have enough juice to download, install AND run os 8.1, and > >>> 2) are > >>> there any screaming gotchas? thank you so much for your help. > > > > Ralph Mawyer, Jr. > > San Antonio, Texas > > > > Associate Editor > > mac2400 ... http://www.sineware.com/mac2400 > > Your PowerBook 2400 Reference Site > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 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