>Greetings. I am once again on quadlist because I have once again >acquired my old LC575 that I had donated to our church a while ago. >Yes, they went to the (PC) Dark Side--an odd thing for a church to do, >don't you think?! > > > >I have it maxed at 36MB RAM, the hard drive is either 500 or 800MB >(can't remember at the moment) and it has OS 8.1. One thought I had: >Could I get an ethernet card and maybe arrange to put it on my hub and >cable modem? Are there ethernet cards still out there for LC575s? >(Would that be PDS plugable?) Anyone have any experience regarding the >practicality of putting an old 68K on broadband, given the limitations >on processor speed and screen redraws? Thanks. > >Gary >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gary, I have an LC575 running on my home network (ADSL), with a few improvements it makes a decent mail/web machine. LC ethernet cards are available used in the usual places or new from places like OWC, MacResQ etc... Asante: <http://www.asantestore.com/macetpds1010.html> Focus: <http://209.1.58.86/store/detail.las?-token.prod=UG003871&-token.1=20021007-131522-6738> MacAlly: <http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=3218&Item=MACMGILCBT> Two other things I did to my 575 to improve it's performance on the net were to install a 4.5 gig IBM 7200 rpm hard drive and after much searching and testing a 64MB ram chip. Both make a huge difference in overall performance of the Mac but the ram is the key, it let's me allocate plenty of memory to Netscape 4.08 and still leaves plenty to run other tasks. I have some used PDS cards available as well as a couple of sticks of Ram available. Email me off list if your interested and we'll work something out. -- Aloha, Ken Go the extra mile, it's never crowded. -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
