So, I've a recently acquired PowerMac 7300/200 that I'd like some
upgrade options for:
L2 cache: 256 KB standard, I'd like to expand it to 1 MB
(assuming I don't get a CPU upgrade with integrated cache).
RAM: I'd like between 256MB - 1GB (max. amount supported) extra
RAM, depending on price (64MB currently installed).
Processor upgrade cards - any particularly good deals low - high
end, and if they're a G3 card - how big a cache do they have
onboard?
Graphics accelerator cards - best deals from the low to high
end.
Are there any Video cards that would support older low colour
depths like 2 bit, 4 and 8 bit colours? I'd love to be able to
play certain older games again.
Hard drives: large internal SCSI drives or ATA PCI card (7300
was SCSI only) plus IDE drives? Will I find any multi-gigabyte
SCSI drives these days? Is IDE the only way to go?
USB/Firewire combo PCI card or USB 1.1 and/or 2.0 only card (so
for a start I can get a better mouse than the ADB Mouse II! :-)
).
Ok, it would be silly to do all the above, but what should I concentrate
on to get the best speed possible for the least amount of money? Also,
I'm trying to keep the minimum system as low as possible (hopefully
7.5.5 - so that would rule out a USB/FW card for starters) - is that
practical?
What would my options be if I did want to go all out and cared less
about which system I'd be stuck with?
Any advice is greatly appreciated as I really want to give this Mac a
new lease of life!
Cheers,
Jamie Kahn Genet
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