Re: Specs and Info on IIe LC card

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

Labelas Enoreth <labelas@hotmail.com> wrote:

:> Yep, later 68Ks don't allow turning off 32 bit addressing with any OS version.
:> The Quadra AVs and 500 series Powerbooks fall into this category. The Q605
:> may as well, since I've heard that the IIe card doesn't work in it. Actually
:> it might not work in any '040s.

: Yeah, this is what I was under the impression of as well, but people swear
: by it so, hmmm...maybe it only works in LC040s with PDS slots?
: dunno...that many people couldn't be that mislead, I suppose...

I saw someone saying that Apple says no dice in a Q605, but I have no first
hand experience.

:> Mine lives in a Color Classic with an LC520 logic board swapped in. That
:> makes the box about twice as fast as a normal CC, so the IIe card runs
:> software fast enough to be quite usable.

: I'm interested in swapping a logic board in a CC...is LC520 a good swap?
: Are there any things I would need to modify in any way, or can I just
: 'drop it in' and everything will run just as it did before, but faster...?

The 550 is an even better swap. The boards aren't exactly a dime a dozen like
some Mac stuff so I took what I could get. Both are 32 bit clean and have a
32 bit bus and can handle up to 36 mb of memory via a 72 pin SIMM slot. The
difference is 520s have a 25 MHZ clock and 550s have 33 MHz.

They are a direct plug 'n play swap too, since they have the exact same 
dimensions and connectors/ports as the CC board.
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