[DuoList] Basic OS X questions (yes I searched archives!)

[Matthew Mung]

My 2400c has the same spec as yours and running OSX

1.  10.2 is "usable".
2.  Yes.  PCMCIA cards should work as long as they are supported by OSX or 
have native OSX driver.  Cardbus depends on your cards and 2400c.   IBM FW 
card, ADS USB card, Farallon FastEthernet card and Linksys 802.11G are 
working on mine.
3.  Yes. 10.2 support native thousends colours
4.  Never time mine, it is almost same length as reheating a microwave TV 
dinner.
5.  Never use the sound at all.  I believe it only fixed 10.3
6.  My prism based 802.11b card works find with 
http://wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net/ driver.  However, I am using the 
boardcom based 802.11G card (made by linksys) with build-in apple airport 
driver.
7. Should work.  I used AppleCD 300 with XPF to install OSX.
8.  It depends.  MS Office X (or openoffice) will kill your 2400c right 
away.  AppleWork works OK if you are not a fast typer.  iTune works fine.  I 
am using my as software airport stations, iTune server and kisMAC.

:-)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Moe" <hugeu2fan at gmail.com>
To: <duolist at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: May 16, 2005 2:06 PM
Subject: [DuoList] Basic OS X questions (yes I searched archives!)


Hello all,

I'm thinking about installing OS X on a Newer G3/240/512kb machine
with 112mb RAM.  After scouring the archives, I still have a few
unanswered questions:

1. Is there any build that people have found to be the best balance
between usability/speed and compatibility?

2. Do PCMCIA cards work, or don't they?  Some reports claim they do,
others claim they don't, yet others claim only Cardbus.  What's the
real deal people?

3. Can I set the display to use more than 8bit/256 colors?

4. Is there a benchmark on bootup time?

5. Has the sound only at maximum problem been fixed in XPF yet?

6. What's the deal with using 802.11b in OS X?  Does it work
decently/at all without major hassle?

7. If I have an external and ancient 2x Apple SCSI CD-ROM, can I use
the OS X install disc and still install it without removing the hard
drive from my machine?

8. Any other comments about this or heads up I should be aware of?
I'd honestly like to use this for everyday use and feel like if I get
a USB Pc card and a wifi/ethernet card, I'd be essentially good to go
for my purposes (word processing, minor web browsing/e-mail/instant
messenging, MAYBE music(mp3s))

Thanks a ton people, I GREATLY appreciate your wise experience!

Morris