11 Jul
1998
11 Jul
'98
12:40 a.m.
Well, the cpu on this mac is socketed, i *could* just pop it out- in fact it
resembles an intel type chip very much. that's what really piqued my
interest.
-Eric
From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: can I use any 68040 chip in a mac ?
>just put it in? besides any clock speed issues
& whatnot, are they all the
>same "under the hood" ? or are they all different. I guess this applies to
>several other systems I have, since I'm interested in upgrading other
things
as well. any
info appreciated. thanks!
-Eric
It requires a special accelerator board to change the CPU on a Mac. It's
my guess that at best it wouldn't work, at worst it would fry something.
However, can't you add an FPU to the Performa? I seem to remember that you
can do such things, but...