🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi,

7.6.1 is the last and most stable of all system 7.x.x releases and is
recommended for your machine!
MacOS8 will run, but s   l   o   w   l    y   !
-- 
Andrew Summerton
<summo@wh.camtech.net.au>


 Geoff Phillips <1geoff@one.net.au> wrote in article
<38554322@pink.one.net.au>...
> In article <384f5df8@duster.adelaide.on.net> , goble@kin.on.net 
> (David. E. Goble) wrote:
> 
> > Hi All;
> >
> > What can I do with a Performa 850 20MB RAM, 800MB HDD, Ethernet,
> > system 7.5.5?
> >
> > What is the lastest stable system possible. Are any of the upgradable
> > bit-n-pieces easly available in AUS?
> >
> > Thanks for you help.
> >
> David,
> 
> The Performas were/are quite a nice little machine, I still have
> one on the desk alongside me and another is on permannent loan to
> my secretary.
> 
> The lack of CD is probably the limiting factor these days as so
> many programs are on disk.
> 
> I think 7.6 is the latest that you'll run, but it's a good system
> and 8 is not a brave new world in relation to 7.6 Frankly, I'd
> stay with 7.5.5 and Netscape and Explorer 3
> 
> The upgrade solution is possible but a B&W G3 is worth going
> without food for.
> 
> If memory serves correctly, the Performa uses a chip called
> 680LC40 or something like that, the LC stands for low cost and
> the chip didn't have a math co-processor (or something like that)
> which limits its ability to perform some more ambitious computing
> functions. Therefore up-grade cards and the like are of dubious
> worth/value.
> 
> Basically you have a good little machine, it will do most of the
> normal business admin jobs with style, clean up the kid's
> homework, run your family accounts, surf the net, and lever you
> and yours into the technology age.
> 
> Kind regards and a very merry Christmas.
> 
> Geoff Phillips. Gold Coast, Aus.
> 
>