can I use any 68040 chip in a mac ?

From: Poesie <poesie_at_geocities.com>
Date: Sat Jul 11 07:40:44 1998

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_at_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...
Received on Sat Jul 11 1998 - 07:40:44 BST