Man, I wish someone would give me an Apple 21" monitor! That's about the best you can get, short of professional-level CRTs which are very expensive... Enjoy it!
One of my Macs is an old 5200, which was a nice all-in-one machine but very slow, so I tossed the motherboard and stuck in one from a 6360 machine (an exact replacement), like yours, and it has worked very well! It has one PCI slot to which I added a USB card, but I haven't tried it out yet (at least Apple System Profiler recgonizes it being there, so I guess/hope it will work. Most new printers available now are USB, so this will come in handy. You can pick up cheap USB 1.0 cards new at computer stores for around $20-25. Both of my Macs run OS 8.6 which I'm happy with, but my Wallstreet laptop came with 9.2 on it and I left it at that (they guy I bought it from said he had OSX on it, but the 250 MHz Wallstreet was too slow for it to run well). Before that I used OS 7.6 for quite awhile before upgrading to 8.6, and did that mostly because most of the graphics and 3-D programs that I use require at least 8.6 but otherwise was content. Also, if you install a USB card, I believe you have to have 8.5 or 8.6 to use it. Speaking of printers, I had a color Stylewriter 2400, but it's ink cartridges are so small that the ink didn't last long enough for me, and if you ever have to replace the ink 'carrier' (the plastic part that holds the ink tanks, either a small color and small black, or one large black cartridge), at places like Office Depot it costs about $50! Not a chance! The output was acceptable for text printing, but just too expensive, so I junked it. I bought several other used printers that better suit my needs. For 'regular' printing I use an Epson Stylus Color 860 connected to a USB card in my Powermac 9500 (bought the printer at Goodwill for $15, and it works perfectly! Even had full inks...) Prints good text, and good color photos on photo-quality paper. For letters and manuals and other all-text jobs, I have a used Apple Laserwriter Pro 630; this is connected to my serial port (I know that I should be able to connect it somehow with an 'crossover' cable or something like that, but haven't gotten around to that; where can you buy a 'crossover' cable?) Very crisp text, no smears if the paper ever gets wet, and it's quiet. Got it on eBay for $40, from a great company in New Mexico. If anyone is looking for a used laserprinter, I'd be happy to forward the company's info to you; I can highly recommend this place. Lastly, for my larger color prints, I bought a semi-wide format Epson Stylus Photo 1200 that handles paper up to 13" wide and 44" long. The output quality is stunning on photo paper. Got it for about $100 on eBay. It's also connected to my USB 1.0 card. If you're going to do very much printing, you may not be happy with the Stylewriter 2400, but hopefully it will serve you well. --- Alex -- 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> --> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
