on 6/14/04 1:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Morning all, > I just subscribed to this list last night, so this is my first post in this > forum. > To begin with, from newest to oldest, I have a Compaq Presario- 1.2 GHz a > graphite iMac DV SE, a Powerbook 1400c/166 (233 mHz G3 in it), and finally a > powermac 7500, DP 200 mHz 604einstalled currently, 144 megs RAM, OS 9.0.4. > The 7500 serves no use to me, except as a hobby, at least until now. A > friend's PC has reached it's last leg, so I offered to let her use my 7500 > until she can get a new computer. > As such, I have a renewed interest in adding upgrades to it in order to make > it more user friendly. I was wonderingif anyone in here had any > recomendations on what brands of internal modem I can get for it, and possibly > a USB card as well. Also, I've been toying with the idea of a G3 upgrade as > well, but I'm unsure which card to go with- preferably 300 mHz or greater, but > I'm still undecided with which brand to get. > Any suggestions would be appreciated, > Brian
You have a pretty decent Mac for upgrading and the used upgrade market is very good for buyers. A lot of Mac users are getting rid of the hardware you need for upgrades because they have moved onto newer Macs. I would go up to OS 9.1 as mentioned. Avoid OS 9.2 unless you specifically need it for an application. I have always used US Robotics modems with no problems. I would suggest adding RAM at the very least. With a decent amount of RAM (256MB or more) the 7500 will be much better. 5 volt 168pin Dimms are pretty cheap now. You can get 4k refresh 168pin 128MB Dimms for about $16.00 each + shipping on the OtherWorld Computing site. II just sold my 300MHz Sonnet G3 card on the swaplist for $40 shipped today. You can't beat the prices on used upgrades. I used it in a Power Tower Pro 250 and it made a difference and worked flawlessly. If you still have the original CD-ROM you may want to upgrade to a faster 12x or better CD-ROM. The used SCSI CD-ROMS up to 12x are cheap and plentiful. I suggest subscribing to the LEM swaplist on LowEndMac's email list page. You can post a wanted ad and get almost anything you could want for a decent price. But then again, if you pay $40+ for a G3 card you could buy a beige G3 desktop for about the same price. Ron -- 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
