Donald Parsons wrote: > Does anyone have experience, either Pro or Con with installing OS 10.2.+ > to a G4 processor upgrade on a beige G3 desktop, originally a beige G3 > desktop 300mhz. I am looking to purchase a G4 ZIF upgrade, probably a > 400 or 450 mhz, of either the PowerLogix or XLR8 variety. It is of > particular note that right now because of the "demise" of XLR8 their > upgrades are 60 to 80 dollars cheaper, but I have been told that there > are OS 10.2 compatibility issues for these upgrade processors, which may > or may not get resolved. This is allegedly not at issue with the > PowerLogix ZIF upgrades. > > I have no first hand experience with upgrade processor installation, so > any experiences, good or bad, will be appreciated. > > My other question is whether it is possible to print to a Apple > Laserwriter Pro 630 from OS 10.2. I have heard not, but it would seem > that since the LR Pro 630 has an ethernet port that there should be a > way to do it, if not directly, then through an ethernet network via > another Mac with OS 9.1 or earlier ?
I'm running a G4/466 upgrade in my G3DT right now, and am pleased with it. That one was $179 new (and with a warrantee) from OWC. Upgrade went smooth as silk, popped it in, ppulled the old jumper block, put on the new jumpers, pressed the cuda (of to the side of the farthest OCI slot, iirc) and booted up. Installed 10.2 without a hitch. (well, minor hitch...I dropped the 40 gb drive I was transferring in with it, and that was that for the drive, bit other than my klutziness all went well.) As for printing to the LWPro, you ought to be able to do it via ethernet, although OSX doesn't support PostScript level 1; I believe it's Level II in that printer. That said, even Level 1 PS may be supportable using Gimp-Print <http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3> which is fabulous and saved my butt when I advised one of our faculty members to upgrade, then realized that he couldn't print anymore Ten minutes messing with Gimp-print and all was well. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
