On 2/20/06, Dan K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pasha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ASKED:
> >I found and 8600/300 kicking around that I knew not of. can the
> >processor come out and run in an older 8500 while I get the 8600
> >running on some G3/G4 input thingie...? and does anyone have any
> >good suggestions for a G3/G4 card fot that thing?
>
> to which [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Laughlin) replied:
> >The 8500 board can't handle the 604ev processor. You might have better
> >luck putting the Mach V 8600 board into the 8500 case, then using the 8500
> >board with a G3 or G4 processor inside the 8600 case. Either way, it's
> >going to be a pain. Probably the best thing is to just get a couple G3
> >processor cards and upgrade both.
>
> As John says, the CPUs are incompatible. However, you can't swap MLBs
> between 8500 and 8600 boxen either, different and incompatible power
> supplies. Well, you could I guess if you can finagle swapping the power
> supplies as well. Not worth the bother IMO.
>
> As for OS X on PCI Macs, my server is a 9600/G3-450 running Tiger, and it
> does just fine thank-you-very-much. :-P Sadly, that loverly 300MHz CPU
> can run only Jaguar at best, and that not very well. Still, it's a
> rip-snorting OS9 box . . . Yeah, a G3 CPU would give you more options for
> sure.
>
> dan k
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