Eliot Lee writes (about 66mhz-68040 macs and Reyburn CyberTuner) > Yes it is slow, but if you check out MacMall or MacWherehouse or >other Mac mail order magazines, you will see that Newer Technologies offers >an accelerated daughterboard card which runs about 160 MHZ for about $500. >It makes it faster than anything in its price class by far. > > I would like to know if Dean or Mitch have tried the accelerator >board on the older machines. > Yes, some time ago I installed a 117mhz PowerPC Newer Tech upgrade in a PowerBook 520 for an RCT user. RCT ran at a very nice speed on this machine. The only reason I don't mention the 520 much is that is a little bulky compared to say the 280, 2300 or even the 5300. The 520 would be about the same price as a 2300 or 5300 when upgraded, but screen is passive matrix. The current upgrade for the 520 is a 167mhz daughercard made by Newer Tecnology. This is an upgrade which a service tech should install, don't try this at home unless you are very experienced. If you already have a 520/520c then this upgrade is a pretty good deal. I know of at least 2 RCT users with an upgraded 520. Without a cpu upgrade the 50mhz cpu on the 520 is IMO too slow for RCT. -Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean L. Reyburn, RPT RPS, Inc. email: dean@reyburn.com 2695 Indian Lakes Road web page: www.reyburn.com Cedar Springs, Michigan, 49319 USA 1-888-SOFT-440 (or 616-696-0500) Fax: 616-696-8121
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