Fellow gentlebeings, I'm sure I saw it discussed somewhere (here? on applefritter? some obscure web forum in another dimension? in a dream? i dream of long lists of mac-related hardware these days, you know . . .), but I can't seem to find the link now, if there was one in the first place.
And so: presumably, my G3 300 WallStreet can handle a maximum of 512 megs of RAM. I wanted to clarify a few points concerning the exact specifications of the modules I shall have to use. SPD. Check. Chips on both shoulders . . . ahem, sides of the module. Got it. Make sure it's 144-pin (the other kind wouldn't fit, anyway). Fine. 100/133 mhz shouldn't really make that much of a difference due to backwards compatibility, insofar as I understand it. Okay so far. The question is: is the above list of criteria exhaustive? Anything else I might be overlooking? Any known caveats? Also - is there such a thing as a list of 256-meg RAM modules tested on WallStreets and known to work? Any notoriously nasty modules? Most curious; this beast runs a total of 192 now (OS X 10.2 sans Classic, I was an idiot to format the drive and NOT install MacOS 9 anywhere, but those were the salad days of the Mac user in me; another excuse that I have is that I actually followed the advice of another Mac user, a daft and dangerous tosser, as it turns out, but he seemed knowledgeable at the time, so there; still on the lookout for a copy of the nine). Next: there was much talk here about Wegener Media, and, going by the amount of dissatisfied customers, my best option would be to avoid them like the plague. Yet they appear to carry the cheapest CPU upgrades for the WallStreet. Given the choice between G3 500 and G4 500, which would you go for? Is there any reason the former is actually some 20 USD more expensive than the latter, although chronology suggests the reverse to be more logical? On their site they claim that I'll only need the G4 features if I work with video. Not the case with yours truly; however, this machine is definitely used for audio (for the meantime, Csound is the absolute champion speed- and stability-wise; however, after the upgrade I intend to delve a great deal further into the world of GUI ). So yeah: do I really need a G4, and are there any cheaper/faster options, such as getting the G3 and overclocking it, or is 500 mhz the limit on a WallStreet because of bus speed? Low priority issue: the LCD looks bleak, as though someone has gone and sucked the very essence of colour out of it, devouring the contrast for desert. Must be the relentless demon of age; the calibration tool doesn't do much beyond making the hues look sombre and funereal. Also, it proudly wears a couple of battle decorations commonly referred to as "dead pixels". I'd love to replace it, but how do I go about it, exactly? Will a generic 14" panel do the trick? If the answer to this one is in the positive, is there any chance I might perform the transplantation myself with the assistance of a soldering iron, a Torx screwdriver, a Sisters of Mercy album, a Talk Talk album, a Joni Mitchell album, a gallon of Coca-Cola, a gramme of sulfate and five packets of fags? If not, where do I look for one? Should I just get me a complete screen assembly and discover the LCD panel to be just as bleak as the one I have? Please advise. I have more questions, but I suspect the Procrustean message size quota may well have been exceeded already; if not, the above opus is all yours to peruse and ridicule. Curtsies, Mickey. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
