flawed jai wrote: > There's an auction about to end at dawn today on eBay for a cache card > that sounds like it might be what I am searching for, but the seller > gave an indistinct description that leaves room for question whether it > is. > this is the totality of what they said about it: > "This is a 300 mhz processor with 512k backside L2 cache from a Power > Mac G3. It simply pops in to the processor slot of your Beige or B&W > PowerMacintosh. It can be installed in about 3 minutes. > I accept paypal only. Will ship to US and Canada." > > Is this s G3-L2 cache card that can go in the L2 of my 6360? Or is this > a different animal that I would be advised to refrain from biddiing for? > I only have 8 hours left in which to decide if this is what I need to > buy or not, so I hope you guys can come up with a solid answer in time.
It sounds like a ZIF card, especially being from a Power Mac G3. You can also use it in a 7300-9600 as well but via a ZIF carrier adapter card that goes into the processor slot. > > The fact that this is said to 'pop into the processor slot of your Beige > or B&W powermac" gave me pause. mine WOULD fit the description of a > "beige powermac", but certainly not a native G3. and hte said "the > processor slot", not "the L2 cache slot"---and yet he DOES say it has > 512k of backside cache....which sounds a hell of a lot like its an L2 > cache card. By "Beige Powermac" they must mean either the Beige G3 Minitower or Desktop, the last of the Beige Macs. Starting with the Mach V 8600/9600 the L2 cache is on the processor card, so there's no cache slot on the logic board. -+-+-+- RPM -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
