Subject: Re: upgrading a 345
To: Michael Lorenz <ml@persius.rz.uni-potsdam.de>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-hp300
Date: 04/30/1996 16:49:17
On Mon, 29 Apr 1996 11:26:19 +0200 
 ml@persius.rz.uni-potsdam.de ( Michael Lorenz) wrote:

 > Is it possible to upgrade an 345 with a 6840 or even an 68060 ? Or 
 > what about adding more RAM ? The display controller card ( 64 color 
 > catseye ) looks somewhat upgradeable ( some empty connectors ) and so 
 > on...

The CPU is upgradable to a 68040 ... you'll need a 68040, a new crystal, 
and a new boot rom.  Herb/Dave?  Wanna post this again?  I promise this 
time that I'll add it to the WWW pages :-)

I'm pretty sure a 68060 would be Hard to get working in a 300 ... not 
just from a software perspective...

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