The National Enquirer reports at 12:32 AM -0700 5/15/04, Nils wrote: > > They downgraded the bus speed because of heat issues. They, and > > probably a lot of users, felt like the early 83Mhz units were > > generating too much heat. > >I could understand that. Mine gets a litle toasty after sitting >with it on the lap for an hour or so. It's not burning to the touch >but I can understand how some people might complain. > > > However, it wasn't a step backward, because the first Wallstreet > > PowerBooks didn't have a backside cache. When the next generation > > came out, they came with either 512k or 1MB L2 cache with added quite > > a bit of speed. > >The series one G3's were either 233, 250 or 292MHz. Only the 233 MHz >system had no L2 cache. It also ran on a 66MHz system bus. The 250 >and 292 run on a 83 system bus and have 1MB L2 cache. > >The series two G3's were either a 233, 266 or 300MHz system. And all >run on a 66MHz system bus. The 233MHz system had 512K L2. The 266 and >300MHz system had 1MB L2 cache. >
Darned if you're not right. That will teach me to post from memory rather than looking things up first. I should know better. My FIFO memory digests too much information to retain it all without crib-sheets. :-) My bad. Thanks for the correction, Nils. Bob -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
