On Mar 11, 2005, at 7:02 PM, Gene Osburn wrote:
Oh. Ok then that would explain the claim of it being a 604e then. :)
What I am curious about is that everymac says the PowerCenter is a
44MHz bus machine. How does the daughtercard get 60MHZ then?
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Processor daughtercard sets bus speed; motherboard architecture determines how high a bus speed it will tolerate. The 604/132 uses 44 MHz bus and 3x multiplier, but the motherboard will tolerate much higher settings. PCC's Catalyst-based boards (PowerCurve and PowerCenter/Pro) are famous for accepting 60 MHz (or higher!) bus speeds.
Ah-so! Well then I am quite happy that I was able to save the PowerCenter and the accelerator from the scrap heap.
>> You're one lucky camper. I've been beating the bushes for a 60 MHz >> bus 604e card, to put into my PowerCenter MT.
Lucky huh?
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You bet. Power Computing's 604e/240 systems were the equal (or better, IMHO) of any other Power Mac of their day. The only possible exception would be the 350 MHz Mach V 9600 and I think it would probably be a neck-and-neck race in most functions, especially if your 240 has a full 1 MB cache.
Once I get around to downloading Gauge will that tell me the cache size?
It seems this is some sooper sekrit data as nobody seems to have the manual archived anywhere. :/ ---------- Sooper dooper sekrit, I'm afraid :-(
Loverly.
But hey, you already have the MaxPowr running at its highest setting - so do a little dance!
Heh. I am a very large man. Folks from California run to the nearest shelters when *I* do any dancing ;)
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