on 10/23/01 4:26 PM, MidLife Crisis Enterprises at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One more comment.....and I could be completely wrong about this. So, we'll just say this is an observation that I've made: I started playing with old Macs a few months ago. First one was an LCIII than a Quadra 700 then a Quadra 950 and now I have this upgraded 7200. I share my internet connection (DSL through BellSouth) with 2 PC's on my home network. The PC's are a Pentium II 400 and an AMD 900. Both of the PC's are FAST! They handle streaming stuff, like video and such really well. I use Internet Explorer and Netscape on them and web pages load FAST. Now the first time I connected the LCIII to the net with Netscape, it seemed to take minutes to get the same web page to download over the shared connection, the Q700 was a bit faster and the Q950 even faster (but still WAY behind my PC's). When I first got the 7200 it was still using it's native 90 mHz 601 processor and on the net still slow! It was faster than the Q950 but still slower than the PC's and it would freeze when I tried to access any video. Then I upgraded the 7200 to a G3 400. Now, it is useable on the internet--it is still slower than the PC's and still freezes with video and audio but that's something I'll live with cause well, I just like using the Mac better than the PC's.....and I'm getting a G4 for Chanukah/Christmas! Now, the point of my message..... These Macs are ancient in computer years when compared to the PC's that I mentioned. They just aren't 'wired' to handle it. Now if you are using a G3 or G4, you should expect GREAT performance, but on a pre-G3 PPC, be grateful with what you get! >> On Monday, Marc wrote: >> >>> I am moving to the country, where cable is not accessible and high speed >>> connection over phone lines is also not available. I guess that the only >>> other option is a 56k modem. I have a PPC 7600 G4XLR8 400/200, with 768 mb >>> of RAM. Any brand of modem to recommend? >> >> >> Well, Marc, I, too live in a rural part of the world, and I have to >> use my 56k Global Village modem hooked up to my PM7600/G3/400/512k. >> It works fine, although the maximum connection speed I have ever had >> has been 48,000. I also had good results with my old US Robotics >> 33.6k modem, connecting with no problems. From personal experience, >> I'd say that either of these two brands would do you fine. The real >> issue will be the condition of the phone lines in your area, and the >> quality of service the ISP provides. > > I too live in the country. Using a US Robotics FAXmodem V.90 56K > standard &x2 compat. on my 6100/60AV. Works well but I must say my > daughters new iMac (56k internal) access the web 4-5+ times faster > than my setup over the same lines, the same ISP. I have tried to get > new drivers for the modem but 3Com (evidently bought out US Robotics) > is not offering anything in the way of updated drivers. I figure > there has been some new stuff figured out allowing the newer modem in > the iMac to operate so much faster than my setup. I have had the > modem for about 4 years (I think) and have never updated the driver. > > Am I on the correct track here about drivers and modem operation?? I > used to have a GV unit and it was problematical, the USRobotics unit > been no problem at all, save this, apparent, no further support by > 3Com. > > John -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
