Re: Upgrades to a 7200/90

[David M. Ensteness]

OK, I will be the first to upset you ... buy a new Mac. I had several 
7200s and they are great for light file serving and such. Problem is 
that they are not meant to be upgraded. For the cost of the stuff you 
have listed there ... add $50-75 [maybe] and get a 7300/7600/8600 and 
work with it. Or remove the Sonnett card from the list the buy a Beige 
G3 [$100-200 range stripped]. Then you also don't need the ATA card. So 
basically for what you can dump into this you could get a G3 running OS 
9 really really well, or what you have outlined below. I have both 
systems, trust me, go with the G3.

David

On Sunday, June 22, 2003, at 01:36  PM, Jacob Tennant wrote:

I am looking into some simple upgrades to my 7200/90 and was looking 
for
some advice other than go buy a new Mac...

PCI USB card upgrade to add USB capabilities.

ATA IDE upgrade card so as to use regular IDE drives.

Mac OS 9.? so as to use CarbonLib to run some MacOS ham radio software.

Sonnett upgrade card for MORE POWER!!! (add in Tim Allen grunts)

Just don't have the money right now to buy a newer Mac so would like 
to make
this one a little better for a while...

Jacob Tennant


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