Kevyn Shortell (kevyn@apple.com)
Tue, 8 Dec 1998 10:57:57 -0800
The ANS's CPU card will NOT work in a 9500. They are not pin compatable,
if you compare a 9500's CPU card,to the ANS's CPU card, the card connector
is noticably larger =)
Kevyn
At 10:38 AM -0800 12/8/98, Aaron deMello wrote:
>Indeed, the ROMs are on the motherboard and not the CPU... That is precidely
>the problem ;) If the ROMs swapped with the CPU card we might be able to run
>a REAL os easily on these beasts ;)
>
>In fact, I have been told by apple that the ANS CPU Card will work in a 9500
>but that doesn't mean that the ANS ROMs will support _other_ CPU Cards than
>those made specifically for it. That is, there may be certain CPU handling
>information in the ROMs that would be non-functional or downright goofy with
>a G3 or other upgrade. Someone, if they were so inclined to waste some time
>could possibly try pestering Apple.
>
>Quoting Aaron deMello (aaron@demonsys.com):
>> right, but aren't the ROMs on the motherboard and not on the CPU card?
>>
>> i believe that the ANS card is the same kind of card that is used for most
>> 8500/9500 upgrades (e.g. daystar, powerlogic, etc.)
>>
>>
>>
>> > We have been talking about trying this out here at the DUsers. There is
>> > no question in my mind that if the ROMs supported it, it would work. Of
>> > course, there is the little (HA!) issue of those totally bastardized ROMs.
>> > What you would be looking for if you were going to try one would be one
>> that
>> > works in the 9500 (the box that can reportedly run AIX / the box whose
>>ROMs
>> > in a 500 (700?) will reportedly run MacOS). Just make sure that the
>> retailer
>> > will accept the card back. ;)
>> >
>> > Quoting Aaron deMello (aaron@demonsys.com):
>> >> Has anyone tried upgrading the CPU card in the ANS to something other
>>than
>> >> the regular Apple ANS CPU cards? e.g. a G3? a 250mhz 604e card?
>> >>
>> >> I'm just curious.
>> >>
>> >> d.
>> >>
>> >> ---
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>> >
>> > --
>> > Dave Beck
>> > dave@arginine.umdnj.edu Sites of interest (set 2):
>> > Computer Science and Biology
>>http://www.cyc.com/cyc-2-1/toc.html
>> > Drexel University, Philadelphia PA http://arginine.umdnj.edu/
>>
>>
>> ---
>> Aaron deMello - President aaron@demonsys.com
>> Demon Systems, Inc. http://www.demonsys.com
>> 20 St. Paul St. East, Suite 3 Phone: (514) 875-7475
>> Montreal, Quebec H2Y 1G3 Fax: (514) 875-7472
>
>--
>Dave Beck
>dave@arginine.umdnj.edu Sites of interest (set 2):
>Computer Science and Biology http://www.cyc.com/cyc-2-1/toc.html
>Drexel University, Philadelphia PA http://arginine.umdnj.edu/
>
>---
>Aaron deMello - President aaron@demonsys.com
>Demon Systems, Inc. http://www.demonsys.com
>20 St. Paul St. East, Suite 3 Phone: (514) 875-7475
>Montreal, Quebec H2Y 1G3 Fax: (514) 875-7472
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