hi, I did something pretty cool and most may not be aware, I took a power mac 6500.225 logic board, installed one in the performa 6220cd now the logic board is installed in a LC580, which has been upgraded to a G3 via sonnet card, just had to make several mods, also has a cd burner :P just something I was experimenting with no known problems at the present time.
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 2:01 PM, PM7500 <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a 631CD and they are nice machines with system 7.6.1 or 8.1. > One thing I would do (and did), is get a full 68040 to put in it. The > one that comes in the Performa 630's is without the built in FPU. > Those were reserved for the Quadra 630 to justify the higher price, > but a 33/40 mhz 68040 these days is just considered junk and can be > found cheap most of the time. IC-China is a good seller on ebay for > such things. > > On Aug 8, 3:59 pm, Steve Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello. I picked up today a Performa 630 that I won on ebay and I'm > > well happy with it! > > > > I got: > > > > the 630 with 36MB RAM (and TV tuner!) > > 15 inch Apple monitor > > 2GB external hard disk SCSI > > Agfa snapscan 300 scanner SCSI > > Epson colour printer SCSI > > > > All of this is MINT and in original packaging! All the Apple inserts > > and pamphlets are still there too! It's like it came out of the shop > > yesterday! And I paid £5 for it. FIVE POUNDS! Amazing.... > > > > Anyway, i bought it as I saw it was without a bid and very cheap and > > was only a 45 minute drive from me. It's running system 7.5.5 and it > > really feels very nice to use so far, incredibly responsive. I've been > > reading up a little this afternoon and am keen to upgrade this in a > > few ways so would appreciate some advice. > > > > I would like to connect this to my home network. If I get an ethernet > > card, will it be possible for me to hook this up to my router and > > connect this 630 to my G5 tower for file sharing? > > > > I understand that the motherboard caddy from a 6300 series can fit in > > the 630, is it as simple as just swapping them? I'm thinking about > > grabbing a 6300 PPC 120Mhz board to slide in so I can have the option > > of going to os 8.6 and adding more RAM (is that possible?) > > > > Also, are there any limits to the size of the internal HDD? If I grab > > a 1 or 2GB ide drive from ebay for a few pounds, will the system > > recognise it?? > > > > Sorry for the manic tone and multiple questions, I'm a complete newb > > at vintage macs! :-D > > > > Steve > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
