Mac OS 9 Lives
Mac OS 9 Discussion => Hardware => CPU => Topic started by: d97 on December 01, 2020, 01:15:50 PM
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Hi all - Before I go ahead and do something that might damage a machine, I thought I'd ask for a little advice.
The other day I picked up an 8600 that had a couple of neat upgrades. It had an xlr8 g3 450 card and a VST UltraTek-66 Ide Card in it. I am thinking of throwing the xlr8 card into my 9600 to use with ProTools but I'm wondering if I can put the 9600 CPU into the 8600 without damaging the 8600.
My second question has to do with the xlr8 card itself. It looks as though it's a ZIF mounting for the G3 chip. Does anybody know if I could pop a G4 into that spot? That would give me an interesting 9600 ... serial ports & G4 speeds.
D.
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Yes and yes, though I'd suggest doing research in case there may be some kind of firmware update needed to put a g4 in the zif adapter.
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Thanks! I appreciate the advice!
D.