Greg, i sent you a message. let me know On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Dave the Modest <[email protected] > wrote:
> *Weirds stuff (www.weirdstuff.com) has G4's for $99 right now. I have a > newsletter I can forward to anyone that wants it.* > > > > If we cannot afford to take care of Veterans, then we should stop making > them. > David C. Wilker Jr. > USAF (RET) > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* PM7500 <[email protected]> > *To:* Vintage Macs <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, October 17, 2009 6:52 AM > *Subject:* Re: Overclocking 660AV > > > Honestly, if you're going to upgrade to a beige G3, you may as well > upgrade to a Digital Audio or Quicksilver G4. They are dirt cheap now > and a lot faster and will run later versions of the OS and software. > > On Oct 16, 6:11 pm, WhyOSX <[email protected]> wrote: > > A G3/233MHz is a really fast machine, compared to these. > > It can be equipped with USB, a lot of RAM, SCSI burner and so on. > > A good computer for writing anyway (Office, Quark), it will handle a > Photoshop 5.0 or 5.5 in acceptable speed, if you're not a professional user. > > An alternative may be computers of the 7600 series, they share the cases > with the G3 and can be upgraded to 500MHz at least (Sonnet G3 card for the > L2). > > But they are rare these days. > > Good luck ! > > > > > > > > >Thats a little disapointing, I was hoping to not have to look for the > > >non-existant QuadDoubler. I may have to check out LEM to see if anybody > has > > >one of these, or just get a G3 powermac (beige) and use it for > editing... > > >> As far as I know, it can be speeded up to 33MHz, if a passive cooling > is > > >> set on the processor > > >> (this is so for the LC). The effects are not dramatically impressing; > > >> I have an LC with a 33MHz 68030 card - that's a difference (to the > 16MHz > > >> 68020).- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
