Re: Upgrade Question

[Douglas McNeill]

I installed OS 9.2 on my PTP 200 with a lot of ram but no change in the 
computer otherwise.  I initialized (to HFS+) the 2 gig hd and that 
installed the Apple drivers, and then i installed 9.2 from a disk I got 
on ebay.  The disks all work fine.  There was a box that came up saying 
if I install the OS on this machine it will cause harm and I eventually 
realized it was fake.  I checked install anyway and all went great.

The machine works fine.  I only use it for the internet and word 
processing, though.

It isn't as fast as my OSX Panther on a 450 iMac.

I like Panther.

Peace!

On Jan 10, 2004, at 5:28 AM, rbtbcm wrote:

Kelvin writes:
I've got a PowerWave 604/132. Since I bought it in '96, I've added a 
4MB hard drive, switched to an external CD (24X) drive, boosted RAM 
to 64MB, added a two-port USB card (to gain access to DSL service), 
and upgraded to OS 8.6.       Can I upgrade the OS to 9.X?      Or do 
I need to upgrade the CPU to a faster one?      Or, if I don't 
upgrade the CPU, would I gain significantly improved performance in 
going to OS 9.X?
     Would I gain much by boosting my VRAM from 2meg to 4meg?
     And would I gain by boosting my RAM to 128MB or 256MB?
     Also on a minor point. I've never been able to rebuild the 
desktop during the eight years I've used it (yes, I do hold down the 
Command and Option keys when rebooting). That's never posed a problem 
I'm aware of (at least my desktop has never appeared corrupted) but 
I'd like to rebuild it periodically just to to keep things clean. Any 
advice?      The answers to these have long since disappeared from 
MacWorld, so I'd appreciate comments from anyone with experience 
doing the same. Alternatively, of course, I could just buy a new Mac 
with OS X, but I'd prefer not to do that for the moment. Kelvin
************************
Robert H. Baucom - Certified Curmudgeon
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Until April 1st '04
Recommend you max your RAM. 256mb minimum Then a G3 accellerator 
upgrade 300MHz minimum. Sonnet 500MHz if there's one to fit your model 
and you wish
to invest that much change.
OS 9.1 is a beauty in my estimation. I much prefer it to my other 
machine with OS10.2. It's, (OSX), still 2 years away from being a 
mature OS so why the @#$%^&* should you be paying for all the chicken 
#$%& upgrades until it gets there?
RHB

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