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Travis Pearson wrote:
> 
> I have a mac LC III computer that I want to upgrade.  I wish to put in
> some more MHz but I'm not really sure where to start. I am in the process
> of buying 16 MB of RAM, but any way at all that you can think of to make
> this old hummer go faster, I would really appreciate your input. Thanks in
> advance.

There really isn't a way to "put in more MHz," as you put it- upgrading
the RAM will not improve the speed of the processor. RAM upgrades
usually do result in some overall computational improvements, however,
since applications have more room to work. At the very least, more RAM
will provide you with the ability to have more programs open
simultaneously.

There are a number of third-party accelerators for your LC III, most of
which make use of the LC-compatible PDS expansion socket on the
motherboard. They will provide a moderate benefit for a couple of
hundred dollars.

Frankly, your best solution at this point is to get by for as long as
you can with what you have, and replace the system with a low-end Power
Mac- perhaps a 7200. Use of non PowerPC-based Macs like yours is a
dead-end, in fairly short order. More and more utility and application
developers for the Mac are producing PowerPC-only versions of their
products as the bulk of current Mac users migrate to PowerPC.

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