On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 04:10 PM, Michael G. Schabert wrote:

>> On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Pieter Coolsma wrote:
>>
>>>  Currently I have a Quadra 700 running NetBSD. I can get a P475. Is =
it
>>>  possible to transfer the 68040 to the P475 and does this =
combination
>>>  work?
>>
>> I did this with a 476. I took a 68040 out of an old Radius Rocket and=20=

>> it
>> works great. I am sure what the exact difference between the 475 and=20=

>> 476
>> was, though...
>
> Bundled software. At that time, Apple created the Performa line to be=20=

> sold in places like Sears and other retails. What they did was made=20
> slightly different s/w configs & changed the third digit in the name.=20=

> In their marketing, this made it so that Sears wasn't directly=20
> competing with the other non-computer stores, since each store got a=20=

> different config. The actual computer stores, of course got the "real"=20=

> versions (LC, Centris, Quadra) without the software bundles.

In Holland (an probably also other countries), the Performa line was=20
also sold by Apple dealers. But they were indeed bundled with third=20
party software.
Most of the 475's (and other pizza box models) sold here (today mostly=20=

by pallet for about =805 per machine) were Performa's. As far as I can=20=

remember, "third number increased models" were never sold here (at least=20=

I haven't seen any).

But it's getting a bit off-topic, Apple's hardware models is not really=20=

the subject of this list :-)

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Greetings,

Reinier Jonker