I recently bought a 7300/180 from a guy on the LEM Swaplist. Now I'm getting ready to upgrade it. (Does anyone buy a PCI Mac without opening the case and putting more stuff in it?)
The reason the PCI Macs are still in demand is that they are the 1st macs that were very easy to expand.
I went to Other World Computing's website to order some RAM (it only has 64M total in it now) and this is where the confusion starts. I see they have at least 3 different 128M sticks available, all for roughly the same price. Two say they are compatible with G3 upgrade cards, the third doesn't say one way or the other. Of the two that say are G3 compatible, one is non-edo and one is edo. Which ones do I need? I don't have a G3 card in it, and maybe never will, but I don't want to have to go out and buy new RAM if I do get one down the road.
Oh this will generate a few e-mails. Some people swear by EDO some by FPM. For me, I'd say check the RAM you have and buy memory of the same kind (EDO or FPM). The only weird RAM problems I've had (other than a bad stick) where when EDO and FPM were mixed together. I'd also say get the G3 compatible memory in case you update the CPU later. Most modules will have a sticker on them with an EDO or FPM tag on them. If not, you'll have to identify the chips on your current modules by checking <http://www.chipmunk.nl/DRAM/DRAM.htm>.
Also, this machine does not have the A/V ports. Is there a way to add them? This is another thing that I would probably never use, but you never know.
This is NOT a plug-in option, although I have been told you can solder in the appropriate hardware to the MB to make it work.
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