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ATI Rage Orion 128 — #1

Help guys, I have an all in one G3 educational unit and I just got a ATI Rage Orion 128bit accelerator card. I dropped the card into the PCI slot and found that the card will on…
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ATI Rage Orion 128 — #2

There may be some hardware hack where you're able to string your internal monitor to your Rage 128 card, but that definatly requires some know-how and the right parts. As far as so…
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iMac RAM: Why the huge price range? — #1

I've just purchased an imac 333mhz, and I have decided to order 128 mb of Ram to support the intense gaming and graphic work that I do. I've searched around and I've found prices …
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iMac RAM: Why the huge price range? — #2

There is price variation between vendors. A 128 MB chip costs between $100-200: closer to $100 from chip venders (such as Microtech); closer to $200 from catalog stores. But the …
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iMac RAM: Why the huge price range? — #3

I bought additional memory for the iMac I bought my folks plus for my G3 using Ram Seeker. Try: http://www.macseek.com/index.shtml and it will pull up a huge list of places on the …
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iMac RAM: Why the huge price range? — #4

I think some vendors bank (literally) on you not knowing what RAM really costs. For example, I recently bought a bronze 400. At the same time, I bought an extra 128MB of RAM to get…
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iMac RAM: Why the huge price range? — #7

Yes, the Low-Profile RAM is the only RAM you can get to fit into the 2nd Slot... 192MB is the Fastest/most cost efficiect amount of Memory to have in the iMAC. 128MB in the top sl…
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iMac RAM: Why the huge price range? — #8

There is a difference in memory quality. The memory you buy from catalogs are top of the line premium memory, which is why you can spend so much on them, but you are guarranteed th…
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iMac RAM: Why the huge price range? — #9

Heh, you might wanna check that math, Macguy - 128+32=160MB :-D It was incredibly easy for me to install my 128MB DIMM... Apple even includes an illustrated guide in the Apple Gui…
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wall street upgrades — #1

An email from xlr8: "Thank you for asking about XLR8 upgrades! Keep an eye on our website, as that will be one of the first places to see an announcement for G3 upgrades for the …
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Wallstreet modem troubles — #1

Running 8.6, have the latest modem updaters from Apple. Still am only able to connect at 21600-28800. Whats up? Not my ISP cuz friend and relative have same ISP and connected in…
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Wallstreet modem troubles — #2

Since your friends and relatives can connect at 40k, the problem isn't with your ISP. Since I have a Wallstreet Powerbook running 8.6, and I can connect at 40k, it's probably not …
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Wallstreet modem troubles — #3

I agree. Your problem is likely with the phone lines. I connect with my bronze both at home (on two lines, one dedicated and the other my regular phone line) and at work. At work I…
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Wallstreet modem troubles — #4

One more thing! I have tried to disconnect all my in-laws various phones and answering machines and such in an attempt to get their connection speed up without success. This somet…
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Wallstreet modem troubles — #5

It's the phone lines 99% of the time. Sometimes you have to call the phone company, and ask them to run a line quality test. But disconnect your computer from the phoneline for …
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USB External Hard Drive and CD-R Help — #1

I have been looking into external USB hard drives, as well as USB CDr's and have a few questions. The USB hard drive that I found was made by lacie and was 20 gigs. You can check…
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USB External Hard Drive and CD-R Help — #2

Do you have an iMac or B&W G3? If it is an iMac then USB is your only shoice and I WOULD suggest LaCie, I have one of their SCSI CD-R's and it is excellent! --If you have a B…
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scanner and camera — #1

I have a small amount of money available to purchase a scanner and digital camera for my middle school art students to use. The computer we will use is a power mac 5300/100 lc. Any…
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Monitors — #1

I am looking at the new G4 computer. I would probably buy if it were not for that expensive monitor. Is there another company that makes the Apple "ice color" monitors that might…
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400 MHz Sawtooth G4s??? — #1

The rumor is that the current 400 MHz G4 model, based on the old B&W motherboard, will be phased out fairly quickly. Does anyone know whether a 400 MHz Sawtooth model will rep…
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400 MHz Sawtooth G4s??? — #2

Chances are that Apple will speed bump in November or December, phasing out Yosemite. Then 450 MHz will be the lowest speed, so there shouldn't be a 400 MHz sawtooth.
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Trouble installing internal CD-RW — #1

I just purchased an internal CD-RW (Yamaha CRW6416s) drive. I'm running a 7600/120 mac - I've got everything hooked up but now it seems to be giving me hang-ups on startups and whe…
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