My 300MHz Beige G3 minitower -- which I passed on to a new home last November -- had a Sonnet Encore/ZIF G4/500MHz Processor Upgrade. IIRC, the upgrade was was easy, and it certainly made for a great OS 9 experience.
Guy On 3/25/13, Click wrote: >I have a 266MHz Beige G3 DT which is a workhorse for the OS 9 apps that it >runs. 768Meg memory, USB, FW, and ATA133 PCI cards. Is there a ZIF cpu that I >can install, perhaps from a B & W, which would give me a noticeable increase >in speed? Other than speed, the fit of the DT to my needs is fine. > >I see CPUs available on eBay often, but don't have any idea which specific >ones would be compatible. I would certainly be happy with 450 to 500MHz, but >the machine needs to be solid, as it is in use most of every work day. > >-- -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
