Thomas Harvey wrote: > Hi, I Have a few hardware questions... > (1.) Can you put a 9600 processor card on a 7500 or 8500 motherboard? Only if the 9600 was a 200MHz model. The faster models of that machine were Mach 5 machines and used a different processor that will NOT work in the 7300/7500/7600/8500/9500. > (2.) It looks like the 8500 has more audio/video in/out ports than all the > other Power Macs... is this true? It has full in and out. They are nice machines > (3.) Is the video/audio from a 8500 on a card, or is that built into the > motherboard? On a card but there are AV controllers on the board so you can't swap it into a 7500 for example. > 4.) If its on a card, what else will it fit? See answer to #3. > I'm really new to Macs, but very impressed. Thanks for any help you can give. Welcome. You found a good starting place. There are a lot of people here with alot of knowledge to share. -- Kyle H. Hansen Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning? --George W. Bush -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
