Ryan Michael Stevens wrote:
>
> I made a trade recently involving an old PowerBook 1400 for a 9600/233
> and a PowerBase 200, as well as some other goodies. The 9600 doesn't
> worry me as far as upgrades are concerned as I've had good luck with
> genuine Apple machines, Clones, on the other hand, are a different
> story. I won't bore you all with the details of the compatibility
> problems associated with upgrading a Umax S900, nor shall I go into
> great detail about the erratic PowerWave I have sitting around
> gathering dust and rust.
>
> Even though I haven't fired up this PowerBase yet, I see great
> potential for it as a tertiary machine. I like the fact that it has
> PS/2 connectors for the keyboard and mouse, which means that it should
> plug right into the KVM switch used by my PCs. That is, of course, if
> the machine doesn't require some sort of driver to make those ports
> work.
Well, good news. I plugged a PS/2 mouse & keyboard into PowerBase 200,
and a PC VGA monitor, and they worked without any special drivers.
> On that note - what is the keyboard mapping on a 101 key
> keyboard for the command and option keys?
I do believe that the Windows key and Alt key map to the Apple and
option, just not sure which is which, though. I thought I heard
something on the net about an extension to remap those. I'll check on
the Power Computing CD I got with my recently acquired PowerWave 150.
> What I am interested in doing right away is upgrading the processor,
> preferably with parts that I already have laying around. Even though
> this machine has a 603e, I see that the slot for the processor is the
> same design and size as those in other PCI Power Macs and clones. Does
> this mean that I can use any old processor that I have laying around,
> provided, of course, that I find one that's short enough?...
I'm not sure, but in a message someone sent to me, they know of only
one G3 upgrade card that is compatible with the PowerBase 200...
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