On Dec 2, 2:25 pm, Pizzaboy192 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
> I acquired a Performa 638CD a few years ago, mostly because it was
> just gonna be thrown away, and it had a TV tuner in it. Now I have a
> few questions dealing with it.
>
> 1: How do I open the case? I have been trying for hours and this has
> compeletly stumped me. I would love to see what makes this little
> system tick, and what parts I may be able to upgrade.
The front and back removals are independent. I broke the plastic on
my 630 on the front - it was brittle from age.
> 2: What kind of ram does it use (is it the same as the PPC6100?) and
> what is the most that I can put in it?
They have 72pin SIMMS. The most you can put depends on the motherboard
-
some 630 series have two SIMM slots and some just have a row of solder
points
with no socket ...
There are some 64 and 128 MB RAM cards available even tho apple spec
says
32MB max. I got mine from WeLoveMacs, $20 for the 64 and $40 for the
128 (approximately)
The second slot if exists only takes single sided cards, like the 64
(mine doesn't
have one so I can't swear that works either). 32s are cheaper.
> 3: Did they make a Mac+Monitor AIO system? I can see the back of one
> of those performa AIO systems in my garage, but it is kinda trapped
> back there, but the rear panel looks strikingly familiar.
> 4: Could I "hack" an IDE Hdd into it using the HDD cable from an older
> Imac
You don't need a special cable. 630 series was first to use IDE
drives. You can
use any ide drive, but if it is really large it may have to be
partitioned (perhaps on a newer mac).
I have a 4GB hd in mine.
> 5: What are the specs for this thing?
> 6: If there was an AIO version of this mac, could I just insert the TV
> tuner into it, and then sell this system?
> 7: What is the best OS for it?
8.1 -- is much better than 7, however you can get 7.5.3 free from
apple website.
> 8: What Applications would work with this? (I have a copy of
> Softwindows that I used to run on my 6100 PPC system, but I seem to
> have killed my PPC so that will not work anymore)
no ppc only apps, anything that is system 7 compatible.
> 9: Would this make a good system for AppleIIE emulation? if not, would
> a Mac Classic do the job?
some 68k macs can put a appleII emulator card in I think, but don't
know which.
>
> Thanks for all the help =D
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