[DuoList] PB 2400 G3 new upgrade card for sale

[Ivan Drucker]

Oh yeah! I forgot I never did the screen.

Well, if you find anything interesting in there, be sure to let us know...

Ivan.

>Wow Ivan, I was just looking over your old take-apart notes on  
>mac2400 to see if you broke down the screen....in case Gene could use  
>the instructions.
>
>Sorry Gene, he just detailed the case break-down.
>
>Next thing you know Sidney Ho will chime in. ;-)
>
>
>On Mar 14, 2006, at 7:34 PM, Ivan Drucker wrote:
>
>> Hello old friends, it's been a long time, and I don't really use my  
>> 2400
>> every day, but I still lurk from time to time.
>>
>> While moving out of my place, I found something that I thought  
>> might be
>> of interest to the 2400 community: an in-the-box NewerTech NuPowr G3
>> upgrade. I bought it three years ago from Techno Warehouse LLC (who
>> appear to be no more, unfortunately).
>>
>> I remember talking to their engineers and they said they basically
>> bought a bunch of defective 2400 cards from Newer when that company  
>> went
>> down (before they came back), and put new CPU's on them and tested  
>> them.
>> I remember him telling me that actually they used the copper 333  
>> MHz G3
>> (even though the card still runs at 240 MHz), meaning this card  
>> runs not
>> only cooler than the original 240 MHz upgrade, but cooler than the 180
>> MHz 603e which came with the machine.
>>
>> I remember installing this card once to verify that it worked,  
>> which it
>> did, and then I put it back in the box.
>>
>> The driver is available here:
>> <http://eshop.macsales.com/Tech/FTP/newertech/NUpowrG3v103.hqx>
>>
>> Part of me is inclined to keep it around as a backup in case my
>> Interware card dies one day, but I thought I'd ask to see if there was
>> anyone in the community here who it would make happy. If so, please  
>> make
>> me an offer. (A fair offer, please.) I'll guarantee the card  
>> against DOA.
>>
>> Glad to see you're still keeping the 2400 torch alive!
>>
>>
>>
>> Ivan Drucker
>> IvanExpert Consulting
>> http://www.ivanexpert.com
>> (212) 353-3310
>> (917) 400-6090 cell
>>
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