Old Beige Mac, Can any older mac users help? Options

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I picked up a 266 G3 beige all-in-one that was already upgraded w/ a 30 gb HD and 512MB RAM for $100. I've got 10.1 installed and all 3 PCI slots are available. I'm planning on installing a USB 2.0/firewire card so I can attach external CD/R and HD and MIDI interface, etc.> I have no experience using a computer for music. I'd like to use it as for sequencing and audio and will be primarily recording tracks one at a time. Can anyone suggest software I can use on that type of machine. New software typically requires a faster processer, but is there any way to pick up older software. For example, DP 4.0 I believe is the current version, and requires more than I've got, but people were using 2.0 or 2.5 back when the beige was a little more current. I've been thinking about adding a sonnet cpu upgrade, but I'm definitely on a budget. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Software that will run on a Beige 266 under OS9:

Studio Vision Pro 4.5.1
Logic Platinum 4.7
Digital Performer 3-3.11
Deck 3.5
Peak 2.6-3.1

There are others, these are ones I actually had success with.Assuming your HD is less than half full and is maintained with Norton Utilities regularly, you should be able to get 20-24 tracks of audio with this using the internal HD.The number will drop the more editing you do.

However, running OSX, you are going to limit what will run on your machine, plus the OS itself is eating up so much RAM and graphics.

And even with OS9, you'll have to go easy on the plug-ins and many softsynths will just kill the thing. You might be able to run Absynth, but forget the Moog Modular V

People that have trouble with upgrade cards on G3s, it's usually combo USB/firewire cards.Many have found less trouble with a separate card for each.Doing any kind of work inside these All-In-Ones is a nightmare so be careful.