[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My Reply follows quote. On 12/03/2003 18:58 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Franz) > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Hello Ken, > > > >Thanks for your reply to my letter in pci-powermacs list, I responded > on > >the list but my text got lost between your lines (no experience how > to > >post). I high lighted them here in red. > >Since you have two machines of the same kind I would like to > >ask more questions (hope not to bother you) about names of items I > need > >that everybody can understand when I post on LEM swaplist or I look > on > >eBay and that I know what I have to looking for. > >What I understand to now is that I need a low rise PCI 1 slot adapter > , > >in this one I can connect for example a USB card, what other cards I > >could use in this adapter? > >The L2 cache is for a G3 upgrade, right? > >I read about the L2 cache 512 mhz , is that the same then an G3 > >upgrade? > > > >Thanks in advance > ---------------- > If you have the "bare" logic board from a 6500 and want to use it in > the > chassis of a 6200, you are sort of making a "souped up" 6360. In order > to > use the PCI slot of a 6360, you will need a "single height" PCI riser > card. It should be Apple Part Number 922-2292, Adapter, PCI Card, > Right > Angle. > > This slot on this card is a "standard" PCI slot. You can put any > standard > PCI card in the slot and it should work as long as you have Apple > drivers > for it. Video cards, USB cards, Firewire cards, etc. I have used both > a > USB card and an ethernet card. Both work well. > > The L2 cache slot was intended for the use of an L2 cache module. This > > provides "fast access memory" for the processor and speeds up > operations > considerably. The G3 upgrades for the 6500 (and 6360 and 6400) use > this > same slot. You remove the cache module and insert the G3 upgrade. > > The L2 cache module is, I believe, a 512 megabyte module. That is, it > provides 512 megabytes of fast ram to the processor. The module has > nothing to do with the G3 upgrade as such, though both use the same > slot. > The G3 upgrades also provide L2 cache on the upgrade cards for use by > the > G3 processor. > > Hope this helps. > > Ken > > Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks a lot Ken, This was exactly what I needed to know to get going with this 6500 motherboard. Franz -- 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
