I picked up a G3 All-in-one last year which is working quite well as a bridge machine. It already had a bunch of upgrades (RAM, HD, bootable DVD-ROM/CD-RW Drive) done before I got it but I'm curious about a few other things:
It looks like from this thread that I can use the same ZIF processor from the B&W G3 series in my machine without issue, which would be nice as I found a site where I can pick up an OEM 450MHz G3 for $28. My question is, would it make a noticeable difference going from a 233MHz G3 to a 450MHz G3 as far as basic file management and light web browsing are concerned? It does both decently right now but it really slows to a crawl in Classilla when I'm scrolling on even the most basic of sites. I understand it's not going to be fast by any stretch of the imagination, I'm just looking for if it would be noticeably better than what I have.
I thought I remembered seeing somewhere on here that there is a combo card that had 10/100 Ethernet, Firewire, and USB all in one PCI card, but I can't seem to find that thread or the model number for the card anymore. Does anyone remember the card to which I'm referring?
The RAM was already upgraded to 224MB which I feel is already a solid number for OS 9. Given that RAM is so cheap now, would I gain anything going up any higher than that?
It looks like from this thread that I can use the same ZIF processor from the B&W G3 series in my machine without issue, which would be nice as I found a site where I can pick up an OEM 450MHz G3 for $28. My question is, would it make a noticeable difference going from a 233MHz G3 to a 450MHz G3 as far as basic file management and light web browsing are concerned? It does both decently right now but it really slows to a crawl in Classilla when I'm scrolling on even the most basic of sites. I understand it's not going to be fast by any stretch of the imagination, I'm just looking for if it would be noticeably better than what I have.
I thought I remembered seeing somewhere on here that there is a combo card that had 10/100 Ethernet, Firewire, and USB all in one PCI card, but I can't seem to find that thread or the model number for the card anymore. Does anyone remember the card to which I'm referring?
The RAM was already upgraded to 224MB which I feel is already a solid number for OS 9. Given that RAM is so cheap now, would I gain anything going up any higher than that?