>That would be me. I inherited a 3000/200/96MB/2GB/Ethernet that runs >pretty well (someone was throwing it away) and was just wondering if >it has any magical abilities. I'm versed in some of the other flavors >of PCI based Mac prior to the factory G3 machines (6500, 7300, 7500, >7600, 8500, PowerBase, PowerCenter, PowerTower Pro, oh and a llci in >the house right now) but I haven't used this flavor of Mac. Would it >make a decent server (file or web)? Is upgrading the OS to 9.1 >warranted (I don't mind being at 8.6, just curious). What is the >upgrade route for the CPU? Could it possibly run X10.x? Is it similar >to the 6x00 machines (limited RAM room, odd access to internals)? >Directions to favorite online information sites for this machine also >appreciated. And thanks in advance for reading and responding.
Both 8.6 and 9.1 are very stable on the SM. I know a few people have *inx variants installed on the machines. As for the CPU upgrade, I believe Sonnet still sells a G3/L2 card for the computers. OS X is currently not possible. It has unique RAM among Apples, you need to look for RAM sold for PM 4400 and/or StarMax computers. It has 3 DIMM slots with 1 (marked Single Bank) support 32MB and the other 2 supporting 64MB for a total of 160MB. Access to internals compares is Ok, better than some but nothing compares to an 86/9600 or later Mac. Some of the sites I know of: Motorola: <http://www.mcg.mot.com/starmax> <http://www.musc.edu/~schwarda/> <http://www.geocities.com/pkominsky/> <http://geekysheep.tripod.com/starmax/index.html> <http://macspeedzone.com/5.0/upgradesmanufactureresults/starmax3000180_july00.html> <http://homepage.mac.com/~schrier/maxpowerg3l2a.html> <http://home.t-online.de/home/andreas.kann/44003.html> And the other StarMax e-mail list, which also has a files area: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/starmax-talk> -- -- Mr. PopMan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Does anybody want to play a game of pinball?" Comfort is the enemy of greatness. -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
