Subject: Re: PowerMac7500
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Jeff Walther <trag@io.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 12/06/2002 14:10:35
At 11:08 -0800 12/06/2002, Henry B. Hotz wrote:
>At 10:08 PM +0900 12/6/02, Masao Uebayashi wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>Is NetBSD/macppc running on PowerMac 7500? That is, older 601
>>machines.
>The 601 is still a problem, but it's trivial to upgrade the CPU to a
>604. Probably less than $20 since there are a lot of 604
>daughtercards from 8500/9500 machines that were upgraded to G3's.
I was browsing Ebay last night and someone has a bunch of PPC604e/180
cards for sale from Umax. The Umax cards work just like the Apple
cards. The only issue with them is that they have a cable connector
at the top of the card which may interfere with mechanical features
of your case. I think they were still around $5.
Power Computing cards (except the PowerBase cards) are also an option.
Jeff Walther