THis is a big PS. What Jack Russel tells you is good, but I bought eight IBM SCSI 9GB hard drives for 4.95 each from Surplus Computers.
OWC is Other World Computers. They are a great source. Best buy on good Ram Dimms I've found. BTW, Did you know that with your eight Ram slots and 8 128mb ram d imms .... you will have 1gig of Ram? I have that on my PTP 225 back at home in Arlington, TX. It has a Sonnet 500MHz G3 card now. Since you have 6 PCI card slots, you can get USB cards for $10 to $15. The same for Firewire cards. Your unit is limited to USB 1.1 and Firewire 400. YOu must have a G4 daugter card to run OS X. RHB Robert and Sue Lynn Baucom are wintering in Borrego Springs, CA until March 25th. Use the email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] rather than [EMAIL PROTECTED] unless it is a large graphic. This ISP - here in the desert outback - only transmits at 246,400bps ... so send it to the Texas ISP and I'll retrieve it via webmail. on 12/26/04 5:19 PM, Sean Kennedy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there, just found this e-mail list today. > > I've read the entire archives for both the Power Computing and PCI-Power > Mac. I've also browsed the web a little bit to learn a few basics. I have > never owned a MAC OS computer before. I worked with a MacSE and a LW when I > was working for a printer a few years back, but thats the only exposure I've > had. That was System 5 or 6, I think. This PowerTowerPro was sitting on the > ground at the Transfer and recycling Station. It looked like a high-end PC > and I grabbed it to take it home and check it out. I thought maybe I could > set someone up with a starter PC. > > When I found out it was a Mac clone I thought maybe I would go ahead and > keep it awhile so I could explore the Mac world. Problem is, it came with no > disks. The system boots to OS 7.5.3L. I have downloaded some manuals from > the Apple support web site but I am concerned about making any changes to > the system without any backup fo the system software and the applications > that are on the disk (Claris Works, NOW Utilities, NOW Contacts, > Quickbooks). > > There is no upgrade to G3/G4, Standard PTP 225, the Ram is 16MB, 2.0 Gb Hard > Disk, Ethernet 10-base-T, and the Video card has two connectors, one > presumably Apple-style, the other standard VGA. There was a keyboard but no > mouse. I found a Mac mouse in town and hooked it up. I found I couldn't do > anything without the mouse! Once I got the mouse hooked up I was able to > explore the OS. The system was crashing on bootup but I figured out how to > disable the NOW Toolbox extension and it now completes the boot. But the NOW > menu system does not work and I keep getting an error from the Adobe fonts > and the Launcher error -39 (I have no idea yet how to fix these errors). > > From reading the internet I think I would like to attempt an upgrade to OS > 8.6 or maybe 9.1.1. But I am afraid to attempt anything before I get a > backup disk. This system uses SCSI internal and external. I only have IDE > drives laying around (I have lots of PC's and PC parts) so I guess I have to > decide whether to buy a SCSI drive or an adapter that can allow me to use > the IDE drives. But I don't even know if the OS 7.5.3 I have will support > IDE drives. How about a SCSI ZIP drive? I have lots of ZIP drives and disks > but they are all IDE or USB. > > I would like to clean up the hard disk and run a complete diagnostic on the > disk. There are some files I won't use and don't need. I tried to run the > Disk Diagnostic but it wouldn't let me run it on the System disk. It did > tell me the disk needs repair. I don't want to reformat the drive because I > want to keep the application software and I don't have any original disks. > > Can you all tell me if the following plan for an upgrade makes sense? > Anything I am missing? > > 1. Buy new disk that can be used to backup the existing hard disk. > > 2. Back up the current system hard disk. > > 3. Run Disk repair and cleanup the disk. > > 4. Buy an upgrade CD for OS 8.6 or OS 9.1 > > 5. Buy a PCI USB and FW adapter card > > 6. Hookup to Internet Router through the Ethernet RJ45 connector > > 7. Commence exploring the Low-End-Mac world > > Where do I find a good SCSI drive to use as my backup? > > Does 8.6 or 9.1 come with a web Browser? > > If I were to consider upgrading the daughter card to a G3 or G4 processor > how much can I expect it to cost? I would like to keep the expense under > $300. Seems I can but an iMac for about that on e-bay. But being a PC guy I > like the form factor of this PTP. > > Finally, will I be able to integrate the Mac into my LAN? As a web server? > > Thanks for any input you may have. > > Sean Kennedy > > -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
