Dan Knight wrote:
> J. S. Garrison writes:
>
> >Since overclocking the Quadra 700 I own, I went on to try it with a
> >Classic, and a 128 having a Mac Plus motherboard.
> >The Classic hated it. Last night, the 128 begrudgingly allowed it.
>
> Once you replace the motherboard, it is no longer a 128. Your little old
> Mac is now a Mac Plus no matter what the case may say.
> >> Well, it came to me as a 128 with no motherboard and no floppy drive.
> >>The extra Mac Plus motherboard made it come to life for the trial.
>
> >The board-speed is at 10Mhz. instead of 8.
>
> You're asking for trouble, because almost everything on the motherboard
> is tied to the speed of the crystal: the CPU, video, SCSI, the floppy,
> etc. I'm surprised your seeing anything on the screen....
> >> It really was just a fun experiment. That I got it to work at all was
> a delight.
>>The screen was narrower than normal and I adjusted it to appear
normal. As mentioned,
> >>I couldn't use the floppy drive and the only access was through an
> external hard drive.
>>It isn't something I'd keep that way. In fact it's already been
dismantled and put away.
> >>But, I wanted to do it, to pioneer the possibilities with Macs from MY
> perspective.
>
> The same goes for the SE and Classic. None of these models can be
> effectively overclocked.
>
>>I put a 33Mhz., (15Mhz. effective), oscillator in the Classic and it gave
me the sign it hated it. Thin squiggly video, and no way to see the goings
on. As far as it being OK with a 20 Mhz. one, (10Mhz. effective),
>>I would probaby have the same results as with the 128 / Plus. But, it's
just a trial. I have a burning
>>curiosity about what these machines will and won't do. And I love doing
it.
Jeff
>
> --
> Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc.
>
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