--- You wrote: What is required to Upgrade a REV. A Beige G3? Do I have to replace the motherboard? --- end of quote --- My rev 1 mother board has just about every up-grade imaginable including a rev C rom, usb/firewire, Radeon video board etc. It works just fine. It's a very competent DV video platform, for example, to cite a rather demanding application.
If I have it right, the mohtherboard revisions are numbered, the roms lettered. The main difference between boards is the onboard video capability. The main difference between roms is that B and C allow use of slave ata drives. Both video and drive upgrades are best done with pci cards rather than new motherboards or roms. An ATA 133 or 100 pci board, is much faster then the native IDE bus. The Radeon 7000 and a number of lesser video cards are much superior to the video on the rev 3 motherboard. So take heart. Technology has come a long way since the Beige computers, but that machine is wonderfully expandable and can handle a lot of the new stuff with grace. Rich -- 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
