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Re: Specs and Info on IIe LC card



In article <79ulk6$rqp$1@opal.southwind.net>, Randy Shackelford
<shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:

> Greg Buchner <nobody@wavetech.net> 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...
> 
> 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...?