Jacob Tennant wrote: > I have been given a Mac PPC 7200/90 for FREE from my sister in law and was > hoping to upgrade a little bit for home internet use and some play with my > hobby, Hma Radio. > > I have seen a few sites that offer a G3 CPU upgrade card and I am seriously > considering this move in the next few months as well as 256M ram or more > ASAP. > > My main question is about moving it up to MacOS 9 something, as I have read > that it won't run MacOS X. > > Any advice? ? ? > > PS: Last Mac I had was a IIci. . . > > Jacob Tennant > >
Jacob, Hard to beat that price. ;) Because the processor is soldered onto the board the 7200 is an upgrade-challanged machine. You can buy g3 upgrade cards for them but they tend to be more expensive than the processor slot upgrades and I believe only one company (Sonnet) makes them. You'll end up spending less and getting more if you install a 7500, 7600, or 8500 logic board. You only need to swap the board, everything else is interchangable. With one of these boards you will have a much better and less expensive selection of upgrade cards, 8 DIMM slots as opposed to 4, the ability to use EDO RAM which will fry a 7200, the ability to interleave RAM for faster perfomance, and partial A/V capability (7500/7600) or full (8500). You can use Xpostfacto to install OS X on PCI Macs. Not sure, but I don't think it will work with a 7200. From what I've read you should have at least a g4/450 or g3/500 upgrade for OS X, otherwise it will be slow. I installed a 7500 logic board in my 7200/120. There are usually several on eBay for a decent price. Often they are sold with the A/V module and a processor card. With careful shopping you should be able to find one for around $15. -+-+-+- RPM -- 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
