Bill, I will be receiving a Performa 475 in a month or so and I have a couple questions: >>> blayer at qwest.net 06/20/01 09:51AM >>> >One nice feature that sets the Performa475, 476, LC475 and Quadra 605 >apart from all other models, is the ability to overclock these machines >without the usual clockchip replacement. It's a simple matter of adding a >switch and a couple of resistors, and the machine can be toggled between >It's also a plug-in upgrade to add a full 68040, which gives the machine a true >hardware FPU. Where would one find a full 68040? How much can they be gotten for? >One issue that you may encounter is getting a working NIC for these >machines. They all use the proprietary Apple LC-PDS NIC, or one of the >aftermarket clones. Unfortunately, not all of the LC-PDS NICs are >supported in Linux; you'll just have to try booting a kernel and see if >the NIC is registered and assigned an interface. All of the 8390 based >NICs work (aka NE2000), as do the genuine Apple NICs. Some NICs from Dayna >do not work. Where could you find one of the 8390 or Apple NICs? How much? >The best Linux route for these machines is Debian Mac68k Linux, which can >be downloaded from the Debian site. I'd suggest you join the >debian-68k at lists.debian.org mailing list, as the system is still under >development, and new kernels are frequently released to the list. Cool! Thanks Bill, this is interesting stuff. I was planning on making this machine into a play thing for my son (17 months, but _loves_ to bang on the keyboard and move the mouse). I may consider using an old x86 machine for this task instead... Have a great day, Troy