Just got a PowerBase 200...

[Ryan Michael Stevens]

I made a trade recently involving an old PowerBook 1400 for a 9600/233 
and a PowerBase 200, as well as some other goodies.  The 9600 doesn't 
worry me as far as upgrades are concerned as I've had good luck with 
genuine Apple machines, Clones, on the other hand, are a different 
story.  I won't bore you all with the details of the compatibility 
problems associated with upgrading a Umax S900, nor shall I go into 
great detail about the erratic PowerWave I have sitting around 
gathering dust and rust.

Even though I haven't fired up this PowerBase yet, I see great 
potential for it as a tertiary machine.  I like the fact that it has 
PS/2 connectors for the keyboard and mouse, which means that it should 
plug right into the KVM switch used by my PCs.  That is, of course, if 
the machine doesn't require some sort of driver to make those ports 
work.  On that note - what is the keyboard mapping on a 101 key 
keyboard for the command and option keys?

What I am interested in doing right away is upgrading the processor, 
preferably with parts that I already have laying around.  Even though 
this machine has a 603e, I see that the slot for the processor is the 
same design and size as those in other PCI Power Macs and clones.  Does 
this mean that I can use any old processor that I have laying around, 
provided, of course, that I find one that's short enough?  I know I've 
got a ZIF carrier around here that's rather low in profile, being not 
much larger than the ZIF socket itself.  I don't really want to 
experiment for fear of blowing up the motherboard, carrier, or the CPU. 
 I've already toasted a nice G3/350 on a different project by failing 
to properly seat the ZIF carrier and don't want to repeat that 
experience.

  I hope these last few comments make me look like a complete novice, 
as that really isn't the case.  They're just there to illustrate the 
fear of working on an unfamiliar machine.



Thank you for your insight into this machine.

Ryan Stevens

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