CPU upgrades for Beige G3 DT

2013-03-25 Thread Click
I have a 266MHz Beige G3 DT which is a workhorse for the OS 9 apps that it runs. 768Meg memory, USB, FW, and ATA133 PCI cards. Is there a ZIF cpu that I can install, perhaps from a B W, which would give me a noticeable increase in speed? Other than speed, the fit of the DT to my needs is

Re: CPU upgrades for Beige G3 DT

2013-03-25 Thread Guy Plunkett III
My 300MHz Beige G3 minitower -- which I passed on to a new home last November -- had a Sonnet Encore/ZIF G4/500MHz Processor Upgrade. IIRC, the upgrade was was easy, and it certainly made for a great OS 9 experience. Guy On 3/25/13, Click wrote: I have a 266MHz Beige G3 DT which is a

Fwd: teach yourself illustrator CS3

2013-03-25 Thread Bruce Ryan
Hi folks I've just set my dad up with a base-model mac mini after years of supporting his ancient XP box. He's used to Autosketch for technical drawing, but this doesn't work on the mac - even the wonderful Crossover turns up its nose. So I've given him my copy of Creative Suite 3 so he can

Re: teach yourself illustrator CS3

2013-03-25 Thread Fabian Fang
On Mar 25, 2013, at 10:30 AM, Bruce Ryan wrote: I've just set my dad up with a base-model mac mini after years of supporting his ancient XP box. He's used to Autosketch for technical drawing, but this doesn't work on the mac - even the wonderful Crossover turns up its nose. So I've given

Re: CPU upgrades for Beige G3 DT

2013-03-25 Thread peterhaas
My 300MHz Beige G3 minitower -- which I passed on to a new home last November -- had a Sonnet Encore/ZIF G4/500MHz Processor Upgrade. IIRC, the upgrade was was easy, and it certainly made for a great OS 9 experience. 500 and 533 MHz were offered by various companies. The Beige is somewhat

Re: teach yourself illustrator CS3

2013-03-25 Thread glen
___ From: Fabian Fang f...@mac.com So can anyone recommend a good guide/teach yourself Illustrator book? I don't think it will matter if it's from as far back as V5 (I recall the manual for V5 having a good teaching session, and I don't see that any of the

Re: teach yourself illustrator CS3

2013-03-25 Thread Bruce Ryan
Fabian, Glen http://www.amazon.com/Illustrator-Windows-Macintosh-Elaine-Weinmann/dp/0321510453/ref=sr_1_2?s=booksie=UTF8qid=1364233558sr=1-2keywords=illustrator+cs3+books It is a good book. You can still buy a brand new copy for as little as $3.37 (plus shipping) from an Amazon Marketplace.

Re: teach yourself illustrator CS3

2013-03-25 Thread Brian Christmas
G'day Bruce. As an aside, have you set up a screen sharing link with both Macs, so you can show your parents what to do? Skype makes it easy, but you do need reasonably fast links. Skype suggest 300 KBs. I find screen sharing invaluable, even from a few kilometers away. Regards Santa On

Re: teach yourself illustrator CS3

2013-03-25 Thread Bruce Ryan
Hi Santa As an aside, have you set up a screen sharing link with both Macs, so you can show your parents what to do? Skype makes it easy, but you do need reasonably fast links. Skype suggest 300 KBs. I find screen sharing invaluable, even from a few kilometers away. Agreed - and