I thought one of the big reasons for the bump in speeds from the pre-G3 to G3 chips was the large L2 cache which was soldered on to the card and didn't have the limitations of the system bus speed. None of the 604e chips were engineered this way. Umax tried to do it with the cache-doubler card with the 603e. Similarly, isn't Apple getting speed bumps by including larger L3 cache on the new G4 cards?
Bill MacLeod Jamaica Plain, MA -----Original Message----- From: Phil A. Lefebvre [mailto:p-lefebvre@;northwestern.edu] Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 8:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 9500 Questions On 10/17/02 at 6:26 PM -0700, in2palmtrees wrote: >The problem is on the 9500 when I remove the motherboard cache the >machine won't boot. After I reinstall the motherboard cache, it >boots and seems to work fine. Is this normal for the 9500 series >Powermacs? Are you sure that's the cache? I thought the 9500 had the cache soldered to the motherboard, and was not removeable. It may the ROM chip, which would probably be required for booting. > Also, would a 350MHZ 604e card be faster than the 220MHZ G3 even though >it's a 604e? Probably, depending on the function. The 604e was a pretty fast processor. However, there are no 350 MHz 604e cards that will work in a 9500. Those Mach 5 cards only work in later model 86/9600 machines. -- _______________________ Phil Lefebvre Chicago, IL -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
