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Upgrades for G3 beige
Name: TechQuest Date: November 22, 2003 at 22:39:47 Pacific OS: 8.5? CPU/Ram: 266Mhz 96Mb
Comment:
I just recently bought a powermac beige g3 266mhz processor with 96mb ram. I was just wondering how much upgrading can be done with it and a possible site I can look at upgrades for it. Thnx...
Name: Petrok Date: November 23, 2003 at 07:56:12 Pacific
Reply:
I was thinking of doing the same myself. Lowendmac is quite a good starting point with lots of info and links:
http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/index.shtml
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Response Number 2
Name: Yahtahei Date: November 23, 2003 at 11:54:53 Pacific
Reply:
You can find clocking info here:
http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/j16.shtml
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Response Number 3
Name: Netboy76 Date: November 23, 2003 at 12:50:16 Pacific
Reply:
From what I understand you can upgrade the beige g3 plenty but as for the cost effectivness of it is another story as I have one myself that I was wanting to upgrade but I dunno if it would be worth it as you can get a B/W g3 for what it would cost to upgrade the beige. If it is worth upgrading somone let me know.
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