XLR8 Velocity MPe dual G4 500Mhz CPU upgrade

2010-05-25 Thread Larry Stotler
Found this on eBay recently: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320531235320ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT Kinda pricy, but an interesting upgrade I think I've seen before. Does anyone have any experience with this? Under OS @ or Linux? Was wondering how well the BW was able to run 2

Re: XLR8 Velocity MPe dual G4 500Mhz CPU upgrade

2010-05-25 Thread Len Gerstel
On May 25, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 25, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Larry Stotler wrote: Found this on eBay recently: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemitem=320531235320ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT Kinda pricy, but an interesting upgrade I think I've seen before.

Re: XLR8 Velocity MPe dual G4 500Mhz CPU upgrade

2010-05-25 Thread Larry Stotler
On May 25, 11:53 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: Look more closely, this is NOT for a BW, but is a processor slot upgrade for the *Beige* G3's. Actually, it is a ZIF upgrade. I put Beige instead of BW though. Good catch. Well, here's the Standard LEM Car Analogy:

Re: XLR8 Velocity MPe dual G4 500Mhz CPU upgrade

2010-05-25 Thread JoeTaxpayer
Interesting. But $400 will get you a dual 1.25 MDD G4 w/2GB memory and leave enough money to add the USB 2.0 card which is now the only thing this model needs, and still enough money to pimp out the Hard Drives. I don't mean to dis a machine you may love, I just can't see putting that much more