Hi Christian, You will have to spend a fair amount to use OSX on the 9500 you describe. The only new video card for a non-APG Mac is the ATI Radeon 7000. But if you want the most bang for the buck get a used ATI Rage 128 16mb; About $50. and that is less than half of the cost of a 7000 card.
Look for used stuff on the LEM Swap List. A good $55.00 ATA controller, ACARD AHard PCI Ultra ATA/66 PCI Interface for PCI PowerMacs at OWC; < http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Page.cfm?Parent=96&Title=SCSI%20%26%20IDE%20Controllers&Template= >. You can buy most of what you need at good prices at OWC. The 128mb DIMMS are about $27.00ea. You need at least 3 DIMMS and 5 or more would be better; OSX will use all you can give. CompUSA had some $20.00 Generic USB cards that work well. $210.00 should raise the dead. Roger Harris ************************************************** Christian wrote: > Firstly, I'd like to say I'm glad to finally be posting after lurking in > here for a few weeks. My name is Christian and I recently purchased my > first Mac. > > I'll describe my setup, resources and then try to paint a picture of what > I'm hoping to accomplish with this Mac. > > My Macintosh is a 9500 that I bought off of Ebay for $30 dollars. It has a > 120 mhz proc, 64 megs of ram, some pci ati video card, a 1 gig scsi hard > drive, 8.1 installed, and it seems to run fine yet slow. I was able to > scrounge a mouse, keyboard, and vga adapter from some of my mac friends. > > I'm a linux nerd and was drawn to Apple by Darwin. That being said, I'd > like to run OSX on this computer. I'd also like to do this as cheaply as > possible. I mean really cheap. It pains me to think that I may end up > spending more upgrading this computer, with a 50 mhz fsb, than I could have > bought another that was OSX ready, but that's also a little bit of the fun. > > Can I use a PCI nvidia video card? I went to nvidia's website to research > this but their macintosh pages basically talk about apple shipping g4 boxes > with agp nvidia cards. I couldnt' find any drivers on their site. Am I > going to be able to just use the BSD drivers? > > I would appreciate any recommendations on what I'll need and the best places > to get the cheapest prices on said items if any of you have the time. > Example: from what I have gathered, it would behoove me to put an ide > controller in this box, but can I use just any controller or do I have to > buy the one's that say MAC and cost 4x as much. > > What's the best bang for the buck on cpu upgrade? What cpu upgrade > manufacturer should I use? What generic ata66 pci ide controllers work? > Will a 400-450mhz g4 be enough? How much ram should I go with? Where's the > best place to get the cheapest deals? Can I use the cheapest usb pci card > or do only specific ones work? > > I appreciate your time and again, thank you for your help. > Christian > > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
