Re: Adding RAM to WS II

[Brian Bush]

I'm sure it was a CPU thing. They probably got faster rated chips from 
Moto, but had to downgrade the CPU bus to match the multiplier. (ie a 
250 @ 83 x 3 vs a 300 at 66 x 4.5) the 83Mhz bus speed was probably 
actually too big a chump for the CPU speed at the time, and the G3 
might not have supported a 3.5x multiplier.

Brian

On May 14, 2004, at 11:58, Nils wrote:

I always wondered about that myself...

Why did Apple "downgrade" the system bus on the WS II line? I can 
understand
them wanting to make a uniform motherboard, but why as 66mhz? Unless 
it was a
consideration for PC66 RAM?

Craig W.
Atlanta GA
Me too. I've got a WS w/ the 83 bus. It just feels really zippy for a 
250Mhz
machine. The WS II and Lombard both went 66MHz. Then the Pismo went 
100Mhz bus.
Seems like a step forward, then back, then two forward.

-nils

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