Hi,

Thanks for the answer.  So it sounds like one can then buy the dual
processor card and a 9600 uniprocessor and just swap them, right?

Next stupid question.  The 7300-8600 systems all seem to have
interchangeable processors right?  If so, does that mean that one
could stick a 9600 dual processor board in say a 7300?  Or would it
fit but then just smoke the power supply.

And no, I wasn't expecting MacOS to run on the resulting system :-)

Thanks again!

cheers

bruce


On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 01:22:18PM +0100, Timo Schoeler wrote:
> hi,
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >[sorry for the somewhat offtopic message, but it will run NetBSD
> >when installed so it's not too far offtopic :-)]
> >
> >The home network is a bit short of (cheap) CPU so I was thinking
> >of adding a 9600 to the mix.  Apple produced a 9600/200/mp system
> >which I missed buying on ebay last week (Zuerich is too far to drive),
> >so, I was wondering, can one buy a 9600 single processor machine
> >and put a second processor in it?  If so, does one have to use the
> >200 mhz processors?  Or is there something special about the multi
> >processor boxes?
> >
> >Thanks in advance!
> 
> the box you mentioned had it's CPU(s) sitting on a daughterboard; the 
> logic board itself does not have a second CPU slot (but some clones DO 
> have, IIRC e.g. the UMAXens -- but they req'd a special 2nd CPU 
> board!).
> 
> so if you want a 2nd 604(e), you have to remove the built-in card and 
> swap in the dual CPU card.
> 
> furthermore, there was a dual board from Daystar (named 'nPower 360+' 
> or similar) which was used to power up 7500/7600 and so on, but they 
> are quite rare (e.g. on ePay).
> 
> HTH,
> 
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