Suitability of Beige Desktop G3 for YDL

[Rob Brandt]

The stuff I read about it on lowendmac and everymac indicate that 
doing an upgrade can be as simple as replacing the CPU in the zif 
socket.  But there are obviously 'packaged' solutions as well.  What 
are the differences?  Does YDL care?

Also, how is this machine with 'standard' RAM?  I know it needs 10ns 
168 pin SDRAM, but do I need to buy some from a Mac supplier, i.e. 
Mac certified?

It also occurs to me that I *might* be able to get away with just 
transferring my old SCSI HD from the 6116CD in to the G3, swap 
kernels, and be in business.  Anybody with experience trying this?

Rob


At 4:19 PM -0500 4/30/2002, Robert Brandtjen wrote:
>On Tuesday 30 April 2002 03:47 pm, Rob Brandt wrote:
>>  It's only a 233, with 96 MB ram, but my understanding is that the
>>  tower was a better unit than the desktop anyway.  Yes, you read the
>>  price right.  $35.  There is an uncovered slot in the back that I
>>  don't recognize.  It's a bit higher than the conventional sized
>>  slots, and isn't perfectly rectangle.  Anyone know what it is?
>
>you can pick up other cpu's for it cheap enough.


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