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Wanted: Advice on performing 68040 upgrade for Q605 — #18

On the other hand, if you can get your hands on a Freescale made m68040 Click to expand... Yeah, like that's gonna happen. They are like $250-$300 each in bulk according to Fre…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Quadraman Sat, 6 Feb 2010 - 01:26

What browser — #27

As Raskin put it, there really isn't any real difference anymore between Apple's OS and that of its competitors. Yes, I am sure that it is all ever-so powerful, and as OSes go, it …
68kMLA PowerPC by beachycove Sat, 6 Feb 2010 - 00:28

Wanted: Advice on performing 68040 upgrade for Q605 — #17

Thanks. I did the MC88920/88916 swap, and pull pin 9 high (?) or something like that.http://homepage.mac.com/schrier/q605_40.html on one machine but could never get video. But…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by johnklos Fri, 5 Feb 2010 - 18:52

Wanted: Advice on performing 68040 upgrade for Q605 — #16

Would you still need a heat sink/fan if you were using an 040 that was actually rated for 40mhz? Click to expand... Yes. The 40 MHz part is made exactly the same as the 25 MHz …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by johnklos Fri, 5 Feb 2010 - 18:10

Wanted: Advice on performing 68040 upgrade for Q605 — #15

At first I swapped resistors to go to 33MHz and afterwards I installed 40MHz oscillator, as per instructions on Marc Schrier's page. http://homepage.mac.com/schrier/q605_40.html'&a…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by trag Fri, 5 Feb 2010 - 16:19

What browser — #26

Who still uses 1ghz Pentium III/Athlon Thunderbird class machines as their primary computer anymore? Click to expand... I'm only using it until I can get my IIvx working &l…
68kMLA PowerPC by MidnightCommando Fri, 5 Feb 2010 - 12:03

Wanted: Advice on performing 68040 upgrade for Q605 — #13

Hi trag, Yes, I've modified Q605, not LC475, althoug I've put a jumper on the MB after I went to 40 MHz, which changed its gestalt ID to LC475. At first I swapped resistors to go…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by ojfd Thu, 4 Feb 2010 - 21:51

Wanted: Advice on performing 68040 upgrade for Q605 — #12

nb: 40MHz is not always stable though. A heatsink/fan for the 040 would be a good idea. Click to expand... I can confirm it - at 40 MHz heatsink is a must and you should use a…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by trag Thu, 4 Feb 2010 - 16:28

What browser — #25

Imagine how much more complicated it would be if Apple didn't drop support for older hardware from time to time. This is the problem with Windows. They support so much legacy hardw…
68kMLA PowerPC by ClassicHasClass Thu, 4 Feb 2010 - 04:42

Wanted: Advice on performing 68040 upgrade for Q605 — #11

If you can't find a socket with clips, you can get something like Arctic Silver thermal adhesive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100005&cm_re=arc…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by johnklos Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 23:43

Wanted: Advice on performing 68040 upgrade for Q605 — #10

nb: 40MHz is not always stable though. A heatsink/fan for the 040 would be a good idea. Click to expand... I can confirm it - at 40 MHz heatsink is a must and you should use a…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by ojfd Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 22:57

What browser — #24

Imagine how much more complicated it would be if Apple didn't drop support for older hardware from time to time. This is the problem with Windows. They support so much legacy hardw…
68kMLA PowerPC by ChristTrekker Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 22:14

PPCMLA — #7

Yes, I received one. Click to expand... That's the thing, I never got one...
68kMLA PowerPC by Christopher Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 20:57

What browser — #23

As Raskin put it, there really isn't any real difference anymore between Apple's OS and that of its competitors. Yes, I am sure that it is all ever-so powerful, and as OSes go, it …
68kMLA PowerPC by Quadraman Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 20:37

PPCMLA — #6

Did you try to type in a home page address? It did that to me when I tried. Click to expand... Did you get a conformation email? I didn't... Click to expand... Yes, I rece…
68kMLA PowerPC by ClassicHasClass Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 18:24

PPCMLA — #5

Did you try to type in a home page address? It did that to me when I tried. Click to expand... Did you get a conformation email? I didn't...
68kMLA PowerPC by Christopher Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 16:50

Wanted: Advice on performing 68040 upgrade for Q605 — #9

Don't try to pry one side out completely before the others. You'll bend some pins. You need to work around the CPU and try to pry all sides up a little at a time until it comes loo…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Quadraman Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 15:49

PPCMLA — #4

Check out this thread, it means that you've received a PM from a spammer, whose account has since been deleted. I get those emails too, and was wondering why until I saw that.
68kMLA PowerPC by LCGuy Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 09:34

PPCMLA — #3

Shouldn't this be in the Lounge? On a related note, often when I go there I get a "1 new PM is waiting for you..." message, but when I click it it tells me I have no new messages!
68kMLA PowerPC by macgeek417 Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 07:55

PPCMLA — #2

Did you try to type in a home page address? It did that to me when I tried.
68kMLA PowerPC by ClassicHasClass Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 06:26

PPCMLA — #1

Hey, I was trying to sign up there and it stated, "to make sure you're not a bot contact the board admin" but there was no link to do so, what happened?
68kMLA PowerPC by Christopher Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 05:56
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