"Extremely hard to overclock", perhaps. I did not look into information about
overclocking it, but you'll note it was someone ELSE'S suggestion to
overclock it, I just concurred. Difficulty aside, it's possible, if he wants
to do it, it's worth a shot. Also, an accelerator board can cost about the
same as a motherboard swap if not less. I've shopped around for all kinds of
Mac upgrades so I would know. I see you assume I don't, though.
Additionally, I never said a "IIci cache card", I said an accelerator board
that fits in the LC. I know the IIci cache won't work. I mean, sheesh, it
says "IICI" right there, not "LC 520".
I did not know they had no NuBUS slots, but my point is that if you have a
machine with no free NuBUS slots (or none at all), the Turbo 601 adapter may
not provide a NuBUS slot, so you may want to look into an ethernet/cpu or
some other all-in-one card that suits all your expansion needs.
For your information, I have grown a lot more knowledgeable about Macintosh
hardware since I last spoke with you, and I do not approve of you referring
to me in my old screen name as a sign of ignorance. I would prefer you call
me by Deven, my REAL name.
Back to the topic. Accelerator Cards ARE a worthwhile venture. I've installed
a Turbo 040 in my IIci, and the speed boost is incredible. Coupled with a
good RAM upgrade to 48mb, and adding a couple SCSI devices, it holds its own
as a fully usable computer against my PCs (yes, I do use PCs, so sue me, but
they run LINUX and mac emulators). A motherboard upgrade to a LC68040 is not
going to provide very good performance, and, as someone else suggested,
getting an ethernet card with an FPU, will still not yield the performance of
a FULL 68040. And the LC 520 has NO NUBUS SLOTS as you pointed out, so you'd
need a PDS one, which is another obstacle in purchasing one. And finding a
68040 chip at a good speed will be hard enough, and then there's the cost of
purchasing it. And the shipping fees. Getting an accelerator, as opposed to
replacing the mobo, adding an ethernet card or finding a 68040 chip to
replace the 68LC040.
Remember that opinions besides your own are still valid. Note that I speak in
a rational tone. You tell me I'm 'speaking out of my nether end', call me by
an old screen name out of disrespect, and beating me over the head with your
opinions, as though they're the only valid ones.
I hope this information will help out the LC 520 owner,
sorry you have to read my rant, too! :)
-- Deven "This is my real name" Gallo
In a message dated 9/16/01 7:42:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< At 20:08 -0400 on 16/09/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Yes, overclocking and adding an upgrade board is a good way to go. I'd say
>overclock it to the max it can go and be stable, upgrade the RAM to 32mb or
>more, add a big hard disk, a CDROM, and install a Turbo 040-33 or -40. As
for
>the 601 card, it's NOT worth it. They're extremely hard to get, require a
>special adapter to the best of my knowledge, and that adapter has NO NUBUS
>SLOTS so if the 520 doesn't have a NuBUS slot to use, you're pretty much
>screwed. So, OC + Turbo 040 + RAM >32mb is the best bet.
You are talking out of your nether regions yet again, BenjiOak.
First off, the 520 is a difficult machine to overclock. If you had
bothered to read Marc's overclocking site you'd know this.
Second, there are no adapters for IIci cache cards to go in anything but a
II series, unless JAG has seen something in his years at Goodwill that no
one else has ever heard of.
Third, there are no NuBus slots in any Mac all-in-one.
Fourth, adding an upgrade board is almost NEVER a worthwhile expenditure.
As I've said about a hundred times in the past week and a half, the upgrade
cards for the various LC-slot Macs are universally more expensive than a
motherboard swap would be.
p >>
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