On 11/14/05, Al Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The thing about the Wegener Media machines is that they are Rev 2. > Logic boards.. > > The $50 specials on eBay are usually Rev 1. logic boards which don't > like slave drives or drives greater than 10gb. > > On DealRam.com, 128mb Dimms are $9 each with Free Shipping. 256mb are > $20.00 each. > > So, it's not that expensive to kick a B&W G3 up a couple of notches. > > And usually, you can remove the Blue Apple Jumper Block, and using > some $1.29 set of jumpers from Radio Shack, kick the stock processor up 50mhz. > > I bought a Radeon 7000 PCI Card for mine for $32, and passed the 16mb > ATI card onto another B&W that had the older card that wasn't MacOS X > compatible. > > My PowerCenter 132 has a 601 225mhz Upgrade in it, and works fine as > a MacOS 9.2.2 machine. > > Since it's a 7200 Logic Board based machine, and Ryan doesn't seem to > be working on supporting them, it probably NEVER will run MacOS X. > > But, it's a fine machine as is.. With 256mb of RAM, a Zip 100 Drive, > 8gb HDD, and MacOS 9. > >
I don't think the rev. 2 B&W board is worth another 50 bucks honestly. The money would be better spent on a decent ATA controller card becasue the onboard controller in the rev. 2 B&W is slow anyway. An ATA 100 or 133 controller card can be found for $50 usually and may support drives larger than 120GB which the B&W cannot. But I'm getting off topic here so I better quit just in case this list still has a nanny. Did you know the PowerComputing desktop pics can be downloaded from MacDesktops ? <- On Topic ;-) http://www.macdesktops.com/ -- 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:powercomputing@mail.maclaunch.com> 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
