Wow, it's nice to see someone has done their homework first ! Kudos Welcome to the world of die-hard PowerComputing owners. As mentioned you found a nice Mac clone for a great price. I bought my PTPro 250 new in 9/97 for $2700.00 and it's still kicking but today sitting next to my B&W G3. It's still a decent production machine.
A few suggestions: Get more RAM, minimum 128MB for OS 9xx and any apps you may want to run. The 5volt 168 pin DIMMs are cheap and can get two 64MB chips or a 128 for less than 20 bucks. At the least another 64MB for newer OS's. OS 9 will run on 32MB but will have a lot of memory errors. Get an OS 9.1 install CD and use the helper app OS9forever to get to OS 9.2.2 for your USB/FireWire needs. The 2 updates after OS 9.1 can be downloaded from Apple. Careful of the iMac install CD's, some will only work on iMacs and they are the cheaper ones on Epay. I have an iMac OS 9.1 install CD that is grey colored and will work, watch for those. Pre-OS x software is getting cheap, I would'nt keep any of the original stuff on the HDD because of conflicts like you have found. It's best to eliminate the previous owners mistakes and a freshly fomatted drive is better to start with. You can add another 50pin SCSI drive easily also and keep the original drive and try to eliminate the problem later. Email me directly and I may have an old drive I can give you for shipping cost along with some 8 or 16MB RAM chips. On one condition... you promise not to throw it away. Give it away if you get bored with it but don't throw it in the trash like the previous owner. That is clone abuse and frowned upon ;-) You can eliminate the FWB problem easily using an older Apple CD extension, no need for any 3rd party CD -ROM tools. The Hard drive is not an "official' Apple unit either so 3rd party drive software is needed usually to format the drive. I can help with that also. The clones kinda have the best and worst of both worlds as you will find. On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 20:19:55 -0500, Sean Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, just found this e-mail list today. > 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. Good idea, external SCSI HDD's and Zip drives can be had cheap. > > 2. Back up the current system hard disk. Personally I would'nt bother, all the apps on it are old and cheap or free to replace. > > 3. Run Disk repair and cleanup the disk. Won't fix extension conflicts. but may help. An install CD will have utilities on the CD that can be used when booted from the CD.. > > 4. Buy an upgrade CD for OS 8.6 or OS 9.1 OS 8.6 is decent but basically OS 9xx will be needed for USB and FireWire. There's much more current software for OS 9xx than OS 8xx. If you need an install CD you may as well get OS 9.1. Don't get any of the OS 9.2 CD's as they won't work, you'll need OS 9.1 specifically to go to OS 9.2.2. > > 5. Buy a PCI USB and FW adapter card Check out Xlr8yourmac.com for it's drive compatibility database for the right card(s) to get. > > 6. Hookup to Internet Router through the Ethernet RJ45 connector Usually just plug it in and set the OS to ethernet connection and your good. > > 7. Commence exploring the Low-End-Mac world LEM is the best ! Also check out: http://www.powerwatch.com/ http://www.everymac.com/ http://www.macgurus.com/forums/index.php MacGurus has a PowerComputing forum but this list is more active. http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ http://www.applefritter.com/ Don't forget this one ;-) http://krowmagnum.4mg.com/ > > Where do I find a good SCSI drive to use as my backup? email me... > > Does 8.6 or 9.1 come with a web Browser? Yes, but stick to the WamCom build of Mozilla. Mozilla upgrades for OS 9 browser stopped but there is an independant build called WamCom which is a good 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. Your PTP is basically an ATX case as well as the PSU. Lotsa room for toys..... > > Finally, will I be able to integrate the Mac into my LAN? As a web server? Not a problem, but I can't help you on that. > > Thanks for any input you may have. > > Sean Kennedy > You are doing well so far Sean, Good Luck...... -- Ron http://krowmagnum.4mg.com/ -- 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
