no sweat. my 8500 has an 8 meg video card, and my wifes has a 6 meg onboard. but if you want to do any gaming, you need more. On Friday, November 1, 2002, at 08:48 AM, Larry Coltharp wrote:
> 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
