Well, the 5200/6200 do have several quirks, and they definitely aren't the best performers out there... but still they are a great improvement over the sluggish original CC 
The Mystic upgrade should be almost as snappy as those 75 MHz crippled PPCs, and it's a much simpler plug-and-play modification. But the LC500 series is almost unheard of in Europe, it seems; and the cost to ship one of those heavy machines from USA would be prohibitive -- unless I could find a bare, working Motherboard.
Another factor in praise of the x200 is the ability to run (even slowly) PPC-only software -- quite interesing since my first Macintosh was a 7500! Also, once the Takky work is done, upgrading that with, say, a 6500 mobo would be fairly easy.
But still don't know why can't I power up any of the 5200 mobos... it's unlikely that both went south! :?:
The Mystic upgrade should be almost as snappy as those 75 MHz crippled PPCs, and it's a much simpler plug-and-play modification. But the LC500 series is almost unheard of in Europe, it seems; and the cost to ship one of those heavy machines from USA would be prohibitive -- unless I could find a bare, working Motherboard.
Another factor in praise of the x200 is the ability to run (even slowly) PPC-only software -- quite interesing since my first Macintosh was a 7500! Also, once the Takky work is done, upgrading that with, say, a 6500 mobo would be fairly easy.
But still don't know why can't I power up any of the 5200 mobos... it's unlikely that both went south! :?: