> From: Michael McMurtrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Upgraded 8500
>
> I recently acquired a used Power Macintosh 8600. The computer has been
> upgraded with a XLR8 Mach Speed G3 /300MHz. I've installed OS 9.1 The
> Apple System Profiler says it's a 9600. Does this mean it has a 9600
> mother board? How do I tell?
The surest sign is six PCI slots. Also, the 9600 has 12 RAM slots, the
8600 only eight.
> This computer apparently has no on-board video. The hole in the case for
> the video jack has been plugged with what appears to be a home-made
> plug, and there's nothing on the mother board in the obvious spot where
> the video jack would normally go. What gives here?
> (The computer does have an ATI Rage 128 video card in one of the PCI
> slots and it works just fine.)
Another indicator that someone installed a 9600 board into that case.
The 8600 has four VRAM slots for onboard video, but the 9600 uses a PCI
graphics accelerator card. Looks like you scored a gem! Many of us
would give our eyeteeth for a 9600, and it looks like you stumbled onto
one in disguise. Please don't tell us how much you paid for it - I'm
already green with envy.
--
Gene, a.k.a. G-Man
Friends don't let friends do Windows
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