>I have a UMAX C500 240 with 144 meg memory, a 20 gig hard drive, with no >partitions, as well as a Macintosh 16 inch color display monitor. I >have a USB card with software, an Iomega Zip Drive, and an Epson Stylus >Color 600 printer. I'm trying to upgrade to OS 8.6 so that I can use an >hp deskjet 5550 printer and hook up my hp photosmart 318 digital camera. > > > >I'm now wondering if upgrading my UMAX to 8.6 is impossible ...... could >it be that its 'innards' are just not compatible with this Apple upgrade? > >I'd be most grateful for any help anyone can offer. > >Rus Bain >
Rus, Keith Pendlebury here in BC. I am running 8.6 on a c500 200 mz with USB and zip, 1.9 Gig HD and Epson 740 and it runs beautifully. I am a complete zero in any kind of tech stuffso other than telling you all the upgrades went smoothly, I can't add anything. I have had the system set up for about 2 years. I upgraded to 8.1 from the original system which I think was 7.5. So Far as I recall I ran 8.1 for a while and after a few months went to 8.5 and then found the upgrade to 8.6. Only problems I has was downloading the whoile upgrade to 8.6. The only problem I had was with the Appearance after I downloaded Qicktime 5. I couldn't get the deskjtop picture I wanted to come up. All I got was a in the preview was a soli pink pattern the same size as the picture I wanted. I found out from somebody else that the problem was caused by the Quicktime extension inside the preferences file. As soon as I deleted that, I could select my desired Desktop Pictures again. -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> 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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
