Subject: Re: Why does the PPC601 not work?
To: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
From: David A. Gatwood <dgatwood@mvista.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 08/06/1999 10:50:21
On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Henry B. Hotz wrote:

> At 4:18 PM -0700 8/5/99, Bruce Anderson wrote:
> >On Wed, Aug 4, 1999 11:37 AM, David A. Gatwood <mailto:dgatwood@mvista.com>
> >wrote:
> >>On 4 Aug 1999, Bruce Anderson wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Tue, Aug 3, 1999 11:42 PM, Dan Winship <mailto:danw@MIT.EDU> wrote:
> >>> >If you aren't a Serious Kernel Hacker, your best bet is probably to
> >>> >buy a G3 processor upgrade. :)
> >>> >
> >>> We 7200 owners can't - the cpu is surface mounted to the MB.
> >>
> >>You can probably use one of those cards that puts a processor upgrade on a
> >>level 2 cache card.  Not sure what sorts of issues that might cause.
> >>
> >There is no room, the cache slot is under the upper chassis.
> >Only the PCI slots are exposed.
> 
> Can't you just fold the power supply out of the way for access the way you
> can on the 7500?

The upgrades might be too tall, depending.  Not sure.


David