Only the earliest ones. The 5400/5500 and 6400/6500 are all very stable. They support the Com slot cards (Ethernet) and the AV in/out board as well. Your best bet is to find the mobo from a 5400 or 6400, which has 8mgs of RAM on the board, boosting your total. The Sonnet L2 G3 upgrade card perform flawlessly too.
--- On Thu, 10/15/09, mwschmeer <[email protected]> wrote: > From: mwschmeer <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: What else can I do to soup up a Performa 638CD? > To: "Vintage Macs" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 1:56 PM > > Cool! But can it still have access to the DOS stuff > and the TV/Video > card? And weren't the 5xxx and 6xxx Power Macs labled as > "road apples" > by LEM? > > On Oct 15, 12:04 pm, King Cheetah <[email protected]> > wrote: > > You can adapt a motherboard from 5xxx and 6xxx Macs > (I've done it), and dependent on your usage, you could get > by without the need to fiddle with the power supply. Once > that's in, you have higher RAM upgrade options and L2 Cache > G3 card boosts > > > > --- On Thu, 10/15/09, mwschmeer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > From: mwschmeer <[email protected]> > > > Subject: What else can I do to soup up a Performa > 638CD? > > > To: "Vintage Macs" <[email protected]> > > > Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 11:11 AM > > > > > Hey all: > > > > > Way back in December 2007, I posted on this list > that I was > > > given a > > > mint Performa 636CD, Apple Multiple Scan 15 > Display, and a > > > StyleWriter > > > 1200. Thanks to the answers provided to my > questions back > > > then by this > > > list, I was able to add a number of components to > the list. > > > Here's > > > what I've added to the machine: > > > > > 1. Installed 52MB RAM > > > > > 2. Installed a Apple TV/Video system connected to > a combo > > > DVD/VCR > > > (which itself is connected to a DTV receiver) > > > > > 3. Installed a CommSlot Ethernet board. I've > networked the > > > Performa > > > via LocalTalk to my SE FDHD, and using the > LocalTalk Bridge > > > software, > > > it works to bring the SE to the small ethernet > network I > > > have set up > > > with a Rev. B iMac running 9.2.2 and a G4 (GE) > running OS X > > > 10.4.11. > > > > > 4. Installed 6 GB ATA hard drive divided into > three 2GB > > > partitions > > > (one for regular use, one for games, one to hold > PC image > > > files) > > > > > 5. Installed a LC630 DOS board (and it's > accompanying LC > > > PDS board) > > > with 486DX CPU and (I think that's > right---whatever the max > > > RAM that > > > board can hold, it has it)--- using the PC > Compatibility > > > software, I > > > can run DOS, Win 3.1, and Win95 (the last rather > > > sluggishly) nativley, > > > so I have access to a treasure trove of old DOS > and Win > > > games. Note > > > that this board is the one that shares the > internal Mac > > > video > > > connection and does not use the "squid" > connector. > > > > > 6. Added an external SCSI Zip 100 drive (I had it > laying > > > around and > > > figured, why not?). > > > > > 7. Also hooked it up to my trusty old Epson 740i > to print > > > in color. > > > It's slow sending print jobs, but works. (you > read that > > > right; it's > > > hooked to two printers, one through the printer > port, the > > > other > > > through the modem port). > > > > > This machine still has it's stock Apple-branded > SCSI 2x > > > CD-ROM, which > > > I plant to upgrade to a faster Apple-branded > model. The > > > system runs > > > Mac OS 7.6.1 with a number of add-ons. > Software-wise, > > > I'm set, as I > > > have a wide archive of old software that I paid > for back in > > > the day > > > and still have licenses for. > > > > > Now, here's my question: aside from upgrading the > CD-ROM to > > > a faster > > > speed, what other hardware add-ons can I plunk in > this > > > sucker to make > > > it an "ultimate" LC 636CD DOS? > > > > > Thanks in advance for your suggestions! > > > > > matt > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
