Thanks for the very useful information. Larry
>i upgraded a Powercenter(non-pro) to run 10.1.5 and i can tell you that >you need a few things. > >1. an ATA card & IDE drive(20 gigs or more). >2. 256 megs ram minimum. >3. at least a 16 meg Rage Orion video card. >4. a faster cdrom(i went with a 32x IDE). still had to leave the 4X >original scsi cdrom installed because the IDE cdrom would not boot the >machine. a cd placed in the 4x scsi drive won't always show up on the >desktop but it will always boot. >5. a G3 upgrade card. i used a 266. > >if you want to run it respectably, then do at least this. otherwise >it's a curiosity and not much more. > >i also added a USB card for peripheral compatibility. mine was a >desktop model, so to make room for the extra cdrom which took up the >bay i would've used for the hard drive, i removed the floppy and put >the hard drive there. if yours is a tower, you won't have that problem. > >i'll be installing Jaguar on my next trip home(this is my moms >machine), so i'll report back on what i encounter with that. -- -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
