Hi James:
I remember vaguely that there was a firmware upgrade
that disabled a G4 upgrade but for which B & W?
ProLogix or similar sounding produce a G4 upgrade that
comes with a work-around (SW).
George
--- James S Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm upgrading a B&W G3 300 in anticipation of OS X
> 10.1 in September.
> (Currently, I'm at 9.1.) With memory now
> unbelievably cheap, I just maxed it
> out at 1 GB and am considering a G4 ZIF upgrade. I'd
> like some feedback:
>
> 1) With the memory maxed, virtual memory shows as
> being off, even though it's
> turned on. With 1 GB, I'm not concerned about
> needing VM, per se. But does
> this mean the "modern memory manager" is not
> functioning? Will this lead to
> less efficient memory management? More conflicts?
> Leaks and, so on? For
> example, Mac OS is now using 91+ MB and growing.
> With VM on, it generally
> stayed at ~36 MB.
>
> 2a) It looks like more and more things are taking
> advantage the G4 (IBM's
> ViaVoice, VPC, OS X, itself...). But, which upgrade
> to get? The Newer G4 400
> is the cheapest, by 15 to 20%. But, I'm concerned
> that this upgrade has no
> future, since it requires a firmware update to run
> and Newer is out of
> business. Suppose OS X 10.2 introduces a change that
> breaks the firmware? One
> alternative brand, the Sonnet Encore/ZIF, claims to
> work without updating the
> firmware (though it does need some sort of
> "software" to run).
>
> 2b) Are a lot of people on the list using G4
> upgrades in the B&Ws? Were they
> worth it? Does the Sonnet really work with vanilla
> ROM v1.1f4?
>
> 3) I installed Netscape 4.78, last night. It ran OK
> for a while, but then quit
> with a "1,011" error (and said I should restart,
> which I've yet to do). Just
> *what* is a 1,011 error? A conflict with the
> Lockheed-Martin extension? Ideas?
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