Re: Apple Mac

["Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com>]

"Mike Spurgeon" <mike@spurgeon.net> wrote in message 
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> Byron Winmill wrote:
>> On 2005-12-21, Mike Spurgeon <mike@spurgeon.net> wrote:
>>>> Mac Color Classic - Can take a //e card, and be upgraded to a Mystic
>>> A Performa 575 can use *both* ethernet and IIe cards (perhaps not *use* 
>>> both at the same time but *installed*, has a larger color screen than 
>>> the Color Classic, and takes up  a space not much larger.  No reworking 
>>> required.  ie. best of both worlds.
>>
>> I tried installing both a IIe card and a CommSlot ethernet card into an
>> LC 575 mainboard, and the system would not even boot until one or the 
>> other
>> was removed.
>
> Mine has no problems.
>
>> Also, the larger screen of the LC 575 doesn't offer any advantage for the
>> IIe card -- and its utility for Mac applications depends upon what you 
>> are
>> using (many older applications were designed to work on small screens). 
>> So
>> in my books, a Mystic is better.  Of course, your opinion may differ.
>
> I'll repeat "No reworking required.  ie. best of both worlds."
>
> I've got a color classic, and could never get an OS installed after 
> installing the 575 motherboard.  That's probably 'just me'...

IIRC, there's more that you have to do than just to swap the motherboard. I 
think you have to do the 640x480 monitor hack and/or install some system 
enabler. Probably more information to be had in a mac group, but as I recall 
you can't just swap in a 575 mobo and go.

-Greg