Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)?

2002-05-16 Thread Craig Phillips
$$$ wise buy a powermac 7500-9600 or clone, and I say stay away from the 7200. See http://lowendmac.net/best/index.shtml Best Used Mac Buys. -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)?

2002-05-16 Thread the pickle
At 03:16 -0400 on 16/05/02, Craig Phillips wrote: $$$ wise buy a powermac 7500-9600 or clone, and I say stay away from the 7200. See http://lowendmac.net/best/index.shtml Best Used Mac Buys. What do those have to do with upgrading a 640 DOS? the pickle FAQ http://macfaq.org/index.shtml

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)

2002-05-16 Thread Joshua D. Braun
You have all been very helpful. However, I was wondering what the difference between 6400 and 6500 boards was that makes the 6400 incompatible? Also, didn't Apple switch to IDE drives at about that time? I believe the P640 has a SCSI drive, so is there any problem accessing the hard drive?

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)

2002-05-16 Thread Haroon
While we're still on this subject, what non-68k logic board(s) could be stuffed inside of a Performa 600 case? -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 |

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)

2002-05-16 Thread Scott Holder
At 03:57 PM 5/16/2002 -0400, you wrote: While we're still on this subject, what non-68k logic board(s) could be stuffed inside of a Performa 600 case? As far as what fits, any [5/6]200, [5/6]300, [5/6]400, and [5/6]500 board. As to what works, the x200 and x300 boards should work without

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)

2002-05-16 Thread the pickle
At 15:57 -0400 on 16/05/02, Haroon wrote: While we're still on this subject, what non-68k logic board(s) could be stuffed inside of a Performa 600 case? Lessee...7100 most easily. Actually, pretty much anything onve you really start playing around. the pickle FAQ

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)

2002-05-16 Thread the pickle
At 16:06 -0400 on 16/05/02, Scott Holder wrote: At 03:57 PM 5/16/2002 -0400, you wrote: While we're still on this subject, what non-68k logic board(s) could be stuffed inside of a Performa 600 case? As far as what fits, any [5/6]200, [5/6]300, [5/6]400, and [5/6]500 board. Re-read that. P600

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)

2002-05-16 Thread R.A. Cantrell
on 5/16/02 3:13 PM, the pickle at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re-read that. P600 = IIvx. P600 != P63x/640 :) PPC 7100/80 board should fit the form factor ( and have I got such a dill for you) -- All the best, R.A. Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)

2002-05-16 Thread the pickle
At 16:09 -0400 on 16/05/02, Scott Holder wrote: cards or a G3 upgrade. My mostly naked 6500 board works, though I once disassembled the case to stick a PCI video card vertically to flash the ROM to Mac and it still worked fine. Wait a sec. You wanna clarify that a bit? :) the pickle FAQ

Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)?

2002-05-15 Thread Joshua D. Braun
I have a Performa 640 (with DOS card) and was looking to speed it up and turn it into a legacy port printing server. I could care less about the DOS card... If there¹s a market, I¹ll sell it on Ebay, but... 1) What are my best options to speed this machine up? (I¹ve heard either replace DOS

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)?

2002-05-15 Thread Scott Holder
At 05:59 PM 5/15/2002 -0400, you wrote: At 17:38 -0400 on 15/05/02, Scott Holder wrote: Several options. You can clock chip it to 40mhz, which wouldn't take much. No idea if the DOS card will still work if you do this. Anyone know? Works fine. Mine is chipped to 40mhz and the DOS card

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)?

2002-05-15 Thread John Teffer
on 5/15/02 4:17 PM, Joshua D. Braun at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3) If I upgrade to a new motherboard, is there still a capability to insert a tuner card? Is this a cost effective way to not need a TV in a small apartment? I was watching TV on an all-in-one PowerMac today at school. While

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)?

2002-05-15 Thread Mark Benson
At 17:38 -0400 on 15/05/02, Scott Holder wrote: Several options. You can clock chip it to 40mhz, which wouldn't take much. No idea if the DOS card will still work if you do this. Anyone know? about any of the 5200/5300/6200/6300 class boards, and if you don't put much on it, one of the

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)?

2002-05-15 Thread Mark Benson
I was watching TV on an all-in-one PowerMac today at school. While the video was filling the whole computer screen, it was obvious that the picture wasn't 640X480, but looked more like pixel-doubled 320X240. This made it very hard to read small text and make out details. I don't know if all

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)?

2002-05-15 Thread Mark Benson
Well, the main problem with the DOS cards from the P640 working on the PowerMacs is they plug into the '040 socket itself. The x200 and x300 boards don't have '040 sockets, so there'd be nowhere to plug it in :) How the hell was I supposed to know that - I've never even seen one before ;).

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)?

2002-05-15 Thread John Teffer
I was watching TV on an all-in-one PowerMac today at school. While the video was filling the whole computer screen, it was obvious that the picture wasn't 640X480, but looked more like pixel-doubled 320X240. This made it very hard to read small text and make out details. I don't know if