yo Well today was the day that I put some new life into my aging but hardworking G3 MT!
I started with an Apple Power Macintosh G3/233 MT, based on the ultra-compact Gossamer logic board (Rev 1) which features a 233 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) processor, 32 MB of RAM ...which I had upgraded to 384 MB some time ago, a 6.0 GB Hard Drive, an internal Zip Drive, ATI 3D Rage II+ graphics acceleration, and a standard personality card (Rev 1) with audio input/output, in a tower case. I had also added sometime ago a Radeon 7000 Mac Edition graphics board and a USB card Today I replaced the motherboard with a Rev 3 motherboard mounted with a 333MHz chip and a Rev 3 personally card. The task was easier than I had through! So now I have a upgraded Apple Power Macintosh G3/333 MT, based on a ultra-compact Gossamer logic board (Rev 3), features a 333 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) processor, 384 MB of Ram ...which I upgraded to 768 MB, a 6.0 GB Hard Drive ...next to be upgraded, an internal Zip Drive, ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo graphics acceleration, and a DVD Video and A/V personality card (Rev3) with audio and video input/output, in a tower case. I had also added sometime ago a Radeon 7000 mac edition graphics board and a USB card And yes next to the 233MHz chip I have seen a lot of improvement in speed ...I guess I am about half way to where I want to as far as speed. Next to get a face lift is the hard drive. I plan to keep the 6 MB drive and add one or two new hard drives something like 40 GB each ...any ideas on the right hard drives? todate I have spent about $150 on this ongoing project. I am also looking at PowerLogix's new PowerForce G3 ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) which is a super-fast, yet economical CPU upgrade for my "Beige" Power Mac G3 which I understands has solfware which help to overcome my limited bus speed ...has anyone tried this solution yet. I have also started to load XpostFacto and Panther (OSX) and will soon retire OS9 or at least begin to phase it out ... so far no problems with the downloads and I have just started up OSX without any problems ... it looks great! If anyone out there needs used hardward (a motherboard, RAM, ROM, and/or VRAM) ...drop me a line or two. Ric ===== have a great day... rick -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
