anyone know a cheaper but reliable place for me to get a 256 meg chip for my Lombard? i have learned that this book is picky about it's ram and as i understand it i can replace my bottom 64 with a 256 and leave my 128 in top? that's the max right? ----- Original Message ----- From: Marc van Gemert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: G-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:40 AM Subject: Re: A couple of Glist newbie questions
> Len Gerstel wrote: > > > A local store has some beige G3 266 DT for $279 and some B&W G3 350 AGP > > video for $449. > > <snip> > > > Should I go the cheap route and plan to upgrade in the future or bite the > > bullet and get the B&W. > > I totally agree with Mikael and Jeff. Go for the B&W G3. It has a 100 Mhz bus, > can have up to 1.5 GB RAM, has two extra hard drive bays, has a 16 MB ATI Rage > 128 PCI (!) card, three 33 Mhz slots and one 66 Mhz slot. And a tower model is > easier to upgrade than a desktop. And it's not expensive. And if you're > planning to run OS X, it'll run much faster on a B&W G3 than a Beige G3. > > But B&W G3s don't have an AGP slot aux contrary what the advertising says, one > of the four PCI slots is used by that ATI Rage 128 card. > And to avoid ROM problems (even with the B&W G3 yes) open the B&W G3 casing > before you buy and make sure it has a dual-HD bracket, so that you can stack > several HDs on top of eachother instead of side by side. That way you can be > sure you'll be buying a B&W G3 Rev2, because Rev1 B&W G3s don't support slave > drives which means adding a second HD on the same IDE bus. Even installing a > large HD as the master can give corruption problems. > > For more info check http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/yosemite/IDE/. There is > also a link there which shows the innards of a Rev2 HD bracket. > But if you're planning to use the stock HD only (6 or 12 gig, has this one a > SCSI HD or IDE?) than it doesn't matter if it's Rev1 or 2. > Another option *if* you want to install an extra HD (up to four) is to buy an > VST Ultratek IDE controller card ($45 from OtherWorldComputing (OWC) > http://eshop.macsales.com) which can be made OS X compatible with a firmware > patch from OWC. > > HTH, > Marc > > > -- > 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> > > -- 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>
