[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> I got a "7600/200", and when it got here, the case said 7600/120 . I checked
> out apple system profiler and it said it was a 604e 200mhz. So I said, okay,
> they probably just switched the cover...although after a while I began to
> wonder. So I e-mailed the seller asking him why it said what it did and he
> said that it was the computer's original case and the machine was upgraded
> with the 604e processor a few years ago. Now, the main reason I got this
> machine is because of the 50mhz bus. (A 10x Zif can run at up to 500mhz)
> But the 7600/120 has a 40mhz bus. Now I've recently decided that I want to
> spend as little as possible upgrading this machine (only what I need to get
> by while I save up for my B&W) so IF I upgrade the processor it will only be
> to around 300 oe 333mhz...so...should I raise a stink? I paid 180 dollars
> for the machine, (keyboard and mouse) a scanner, software bundle and a few
> cables...??
If your only concern is the bus speed, rest easy.
Your 7600 is fully capable of running the system bus at 50 MHz. It is the CPU
which basically determines the bus speed. All of the 7300-9600 boards were
designed to run between 40-50 MHz (depending on the speed of the processor
combined with the highest multiplier that yielded a bus speed of 50 MHz or
less). And in fact, with a 200 MHz CPU in it now, you're currently running a
50 MHz bus.
> I'm not sure if I should say anything or not, I went back to the original
> auction page and it distinctly advertised a 7600 with a 200mhz 604e processor
> (now I know to ask exactly which machine it is before I pay), no upgrades
> were mentioned.
The seller should probably have mentioned that it was an upgraded system
instead of a stock 7600/200, but in eBay terms that's a pretty minor
transgression.
-Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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