I just have a question: How does the machine act with and without the accelerator?
I'm saying that because of my DayStar 040 in my IIci. When in the PDS slot, you turn on the machine and the little Smiling Mac Icon comes up with "Turbo 040" on its belly and the memory test only last a few seconds- LITERALLY! Without it, the Smiling Mac icon comes up as it normally does and the memory test (for 20megs of RAM) takes over 3 minutes!
I'm thinking along those lines - if the Formac is in the PDS Slot, it should activate without software, though there should be a control panel to control a few options like the 040 cache. (BTW: Apple's 040 Cache control panel does work on the DayStar 040.)
As to why one would want to put in a 50MHz 040 into a 33MHz 040, the answer if simple - for the work being done, faster is better. Things like multimedia (audio/video/images) are processed a lot faster on 50MHz than it is on 333MHz, enough to make or break a deal.
I'm saying that because of my DayStar 040 in my IIci. When in the PDS slot, you turn on the machine and the little Smiling Mac Icon comes up with "Turbo 040" on its belly and the memory test only last a few seconds- LITERALLY! Without it, the Smiling Mac icon comes up as it normally does and the memory test (for 20megs of RAM) takes over 3 minutes!
I'm thinking along those lines - if the Formac is in the PDS Slot, it should activate without software, though there should be a control panel to control a few options like the 040 cache. (BTW: Apple's 040 Cache control panel does work on the DayStar 040.)
As to why one would want to put in a 50MHz 040 into a 33MHz 040, the answer if simple - for the work being done, faster is better. Things like multimedia (audio/video/images) are processed a lot faster on 50MHz than it is on 333MHz, enough to make or break a deal.