Ooo, that's a tough one. Because (as previous replies have pointed out)
the upgrade will likely cost more than buying a new machine. I wonder if
you could get a local mac shop to understand your problem and agree to
'upgrade' your 230 for just about the cost of a used 2300c. They could
even itemize it: new motherboard, new screen, new hard drive. Etc.
There are some big advantages for you in that larger size SCSI drives are
getting hard to find (on eBay a 1G SCSI will go for $200) whereas the IDE
drives that a 2300c can use are cheap (from all those Wallstreet owners
upgrading their tiny 4G drives :-0 ). The screen is 640x480, which is
nice.
The 'official' upgrade kit had a new motherboard (I think the official
Apple upgrade was an assembled bottom half), and I think the special
replacement motherboards had video connectors for the passive matrix
screen. Anyone know for sure? That is, will a regular 2300 mb take a
passive screen?
Bummer about these fiscal rules. If you get a color screen duo, don't
forget to get the color lid upgrade for your dock, too. (The color screens
are a bit thicker.)
If you can't find a 2300c cheap enough, consider the 280/280c. The actual
speed is pretty close (and if you use lots of 68K software I think it's
faster--I use Word 5.1 and I like it better on my 280 than my old 2300c).
Silly rule!
Mark
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At 4:55 PM -0700 9/1/1999, Blair Fisher wrote:
>Hi everybody:
>
>I was the happiest guy around when my College bought me a Duo 230 and
>DuoDock when they first came out, and it has been a faithful friend. They
>show no signs of replacing it in the near future, however, and it's
>pretty pokey compared to my G3 desktop I have at home. I can't get funds
>to buy a new computer, but I can get funds for repairs and upgrades. .
>.So. . .
>
>Is there currently any realistic way of upgrading this computer? I have
>heard of people on this list who have upgraded to a 2300 from this
>machine - are there any places that still can do this? Would it be a
>worthwhile thing to do?
>
>I have the memory maxed out, so it's not a problem. I replaced the 120MB
>hard disk with a 320MB - but this is obviously very limiting now and
>would also have to be upgraded.
>
>Probably all of this would be much less economical than getting a whole
>new machine (or even a used one) but the College's budget rules don't
>always make sense.
>
>Blair Fisher,
>Douglas College
>Box 2503, New Westminster, BC
>CANADA V3L 5B2
>Tel: (604) 527-5272 Fax: (604) 527-5095
>
>
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