James wrote:
>We've plunked a 604e/240 from a PowerTower Pro into a PowerCenter 120
>(low profile) and it works great. The 604e is one of my favorites as it
>gives pretty close to G3 performance.
How true! Although the G3's ARE faster, the fact is that unless you're
doing 3D graphics or, say,
heavy Photoshop work, the 604e's are ideal upgrades 'cause they're cheap!
What cost $1000 in 1997 now sells for around $25 on eBay...hard to beat!!
It's the cache dimms that are the monkey wrench here. The ideal pairing
with the high
speed 604e cards are 1mb cache dimms. These are harder to find and usually
sell for
as much or more than the CPU's...go figure...
Ergo... when upgrading these days, the total cost of a 604e cpu and 1mb
cache dimm can be
not a helluva lot less than a low end G3 .
The continued pursuit for speed in computers is a wonderful thing for those
of us
content to remain a few mHz behind the 'bleeding edge'
>I have put together several souped-up PowerCurve computers ($99 from
>http://www.shrevesystems.com ) and every PowerCenter CPU (604/120, etc.)
>I have put in works great. Therefore, I would logically conclude that
>the PTP CPU should work great in the PowerCurve.
I concur...the PowerTower Pro's run at around 45-50mHz bus speed, so CPU's
from these machines are easily withing the limit of the PowerCurves.
...those of you who have PowerCenters...next time you have reason to
open the case, look at the lower right hand corner of the motherboard where
you're
likely to see the word 'PowerCurve'....8>)
two other things to be aware of
1. the cpu's from the PowerCenterPro's run up to 60 mHz (which is why they are
such an impressive preG3-computer) and had components installed to assist this.
Apparently, later model PowerCenters also came with the capability of
running the'high
clock' (over 55mhz) cpu's.
2. 604e daughtercards from Apple (used in the 7300~9600) WON"T work the the
PowerCurve, PowerCenter or PowerCenterPro's. This is due to Apple's failure
to implement the removable processor capability in their 7200 series
computers which are the basis of the 'Catalyst' board used in these
computers.
Cheers...Michael
--
Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...
123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html>
Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html>
Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html>
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]>
List archive:
<http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/>
Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks!
<http://www.applelinks.com>
