--- After I read this, I went to my ASP to see what I had. It indicates I have 608MB of ram External L2 is 256k and Backside L2 is 0. Is this L2 backside the same backside you reccomend as 1MB? Who sells Backside L2 caches? >>David
David Elmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All the advice from Ron (and others) is sound, just > want to add that if you > do get an upgrade processor, try for one with the > biggest backside cache you > can (without going over a sensible budget). I would > recommend at least 500MB > Ram and a 1MB backside cache. Ram and caches make > for just as important > performance boosts as processor clock speed. > > David Elmo > > > > Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:55:41 -0400 > > Subject: Re: [PCI] 7500 Questions > > From: Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > 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 > -- 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
