> I love my old IIsi. I have 5 MB of memory and a NuBus adapter with FPU. > I would love to speed up the performance, not to unimaginable levels, just > whatever can be done (relatively) cheaply. I am looking into the Sonnet > Presto card and getting 4 more 4MB SIMMS. Anything else I should consider? > NuBus Video card?
Prestos are not cheap (for this class of machine), and I don't know if the performance benefit would be worth the money. Make sure you're running 7.1, it's the slimmest and sleekest System 7. Or even System 6 if you like -- that's faster still! Memory, memory, memory would yield untold benefits. When I went to 17MB on my IIsi, it took off. A NuBus video card would also be helpful -- I always espouse the benefits of the glorious 8*24*GC card, which makes video paints on my IIsi go lightning fast. The accelerator control panel, which is needed for proper QuickDraw acceleration, only works with System 7.1 and lower but really the IIsi derives little benefit from 7.5 and higher (especially when the features that 7.5 and higher provide can easily be copied to, or mimicked in, 7.1). If you want Ethernet, stick on a SCSI-Ethernet box like an Asante EN/SC, which has performed very well for my IIsi. The IIsi is the first Mac I ever owned (the Plus being the first Mac I ever touched), and I have a certain fondness for it :-) it is still in use, though the IIcis get more continuous activity since they're the servers. -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TODAY'S DUMB TRUE HEADLINE: Cold Wave Linked To Temperatures --------------- -- Vintage Macs 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> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
