Here Ron, (all prices are estimates and may include estimated tax and/or shipping)
G3 233mhz DT (refurbished at powermax or the like): $500 (at least) Good Firewire Card: $80 40GB Firewire HD by LaCie (who I recommend btw): $250 LaCie 24x10x40x (if you're a speed demon) CD-RW: $300 (keeping in mind you'll still have to boot and run your os from your old slow stock hd) TOTAL UPGRADED MACHINE WORTH: $1,130 Apple Power Mac G4/466MHz (133mhz bus) 128MB, 30GB, CD-RW 56K PLUS FREE copy of Mac OS X V10.1! PLUS FREE 512MB ram (640mb total) !! (at maczone): $1,294 (do with this information what you please) Just food for thought :oP Justin on 10/1/01 9:24 PM, Ron Darlington at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > on 10/1/01 4:04 PM, Ron Darlington at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> My beige G3 DT 233MHZ has ROM Rev A which doesn't support a slave hard >> drive. I have installed and am using a USB PCI card for other devices which >> works fine. Will an external USB HD boot and mount on the desktop without a >> ROM change? I could also add a firewire card (one empty PCI slot left). Any >> reason to regarding benefits of a firewire external HD? Also, I have an >> Iomega 100MB Zip drive plugged into my scuzzy port and it mounts fine. Would >> a true scuzzy HD mount there as well, or, in place of? Thanks > > Thanks to all for the feedback. Looks like USB for HD & CDRW is too slow. > ATA is best for $ but appaears to function internally & my DT case appears > full (altho it is stock apple, nothing added inside) which leaves external > firewire which I could move to the next machine (someday). Firewire looks > spendy tho at OWC.....I would like a large HD & CDRW both of course. Add it > all up & a new machine with all the goodies is looking better. Never ends, > does it! -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
