"R.A. Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>The case movie is indeed too kewl. Thanks everybody for the input so far.
>What I gather is that the 9600 is a good machine and that I should have
>paid attention to the discussions of cache disabling if I am thinking of
>upgrading a 9600 to a G3 cpu. Is there any benefit in having one of the fast
>300-350 9600's if you are going to upgrade it?
Only that the Mach 5 "Kansas" systems has the L2 cache on the processor
card so when you upgrade the processor you also replace the cache and so
you won't have to fiddle with disabling it.
I believe the Mach 5's also shipped with a faster CD-ROM (24x instead of
12x), better video card (8MB of memory instead of 4MB), and an internal
zip as standard; though none of that may be worth much anymore.
> Will the 200 Dual Processor
>board let you use two G3 cards? (is this real dumb?)
No, there's only one processor slot ('One slot to rule them...'). :)
> What is the best card
>or remedy for the fact that the 9600 has no video in/out panel?
A video card is the best--and probably only--remedy for that. :)
Not many Mac-compatible PCI video cards still being made. I think ATI
is still making the Radeon 7000, which may be the best one. Otherwise,
there's lots of cards on the used market.
>While I'm at it, how can you tell just from looking (not starting up or
>running) which Rev. of a G3 Minitower board you are looking at?
If it has the ATI RageII chip then it's a Rev. A board; a RagePro chip will
indicate a Rev. B or C board.
Hope this helps,
-Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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