Am 30.06.2005 um 08:03 schrieb John Niven:
So I wonder what your position is on CPU accelerators and other
add-on's? What is the point of a PDS slot?
These items where produced to enhance the performance of the basic
machine. Don't they also have a place in history? Don't add that
ethernet card? Don't add more ram?
John,
sorry if I didn't make myself clear enough. (Those who bore long enough
with me on this list
know how I spread the news about the SE/475 and Norman Jagnow's SE/40,
so they may know about my interest in hacks.) I absolutely advocate and
encourage any approach anybody may think of to improve performance and
usability of the machines covered by this list, and I have done my
share of upgrading compacts myself. I have this 128 MB, 2 GB SE/30
sitting right here, and when it does not drive a 17" monitor in
millions of colours, it is because it is ethernetted and I am too poor
to afford a PDS duplicator. I have the 575 mobo waiting to make its way
into the Colour Classic which is "all slots filled", too, and so on.
I'll build my own SE/475 as soon as I find the suitable monitor. All
these are fun upgrades; I have difficulties today to follow someone who
says he has to upgrade an SE to the utmost because it is his only
computer; we are in 2005. But the point I wanted to make is, don't
upgrade everything that gets into reach just because you can,
especially if the change is permanent. Accelerators, add-ons of any
kind, RAM and HD upgrades are all in order, but I have fun in keeping a
couple machines the way they were "way back when" to keep the feeling
alive what computing was like before the upgrades. What about the "Gee,
there's a Lithium battery soldered in there - what a STRANGE idea!"
effect? What about seeing the incredible power of applications like
CricketGraph or even MacWrite in a 1MB/20MB environment, with a
400-something kB System Folder?
Keep up the good work!
Cheers, OM
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